Atlantic Philanthropies, Commonwealth Fund and Other Foundations Take a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan
Foundations that were instrumental in building the case for the Affordable Care Act seven years ago don’t want Congress to gut the landmark federal health-insurance legislation. But some health-care advocacy groups say the current debate on Capitol Hill lacks an all-out push like the one progressive foundations made when the law was being created.
Atlantic Philanthropies, a leader in health advocacy during the Obamacare debate, is spending down its endowment on a variety of domestic and international priorities. It announced its last grants late last year.
Other major health-care grant makers such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund have remained focused on the issue but are leery of stepping too far into the debate on particular pieces of legislation...