Make Shift Happen
Shifting Power and Resources to Build the Democracy We’ve Never Had
By Elise Belusa, Executive Director, Tara Health Foundation
In this crumbling present, how do we hold onto vision? How do we nurture hope and find joy? At Tara Health, we’re examining what we can do with our power, influence, and institutional resources. Again and again, this reflection has led me to confront an uncomfortable truth about philanthropic structures: despite our best intentions, we know that private foundations are deeply undemocratic spaces.
Visible, bold, together: Finding each other to build the world we want
By the Tara Health team
In this moment of coordinated attacks on our movements, being visible about our commitments isn't just important—it's how we find each other and stand together. That's why we're making our commitments more visible than ever.
Beyond the Mirror: Testing our Internal Intentions Against External Perceptions
By Mia Reilly, Deputy Director, Tara Health Foundation
How aligned are our intentions with how others experience us? At Tara Health Foundation, we believe that building a just world requires philanthropy to transform how it operates—starting with ourselves. We partnered with the Center for Effective Philanthropy to gather candid feedback from our grantees, and the results revealed fascinating insights about trust, reporting structures, and the lasting value of human relationships in philanthropy.
In the Spaces Between: Moments of Change at Tara Health in 2024
By Elise Belusa, Executive Director, Tara Health Foundation
We believe real change happens when we create room for authentic relationships - both the challenging parts, the beautiful ones, and all the spaces in between. In this Annual Update, we’re sharing our full reflection on 2024 - an honest look at what it means to transform from the inside out.
Transformative Philanthropy
By Ruth Shaber, MD, Founder and President, Tara Health Foundation
In our latest blog post, our founder and president, Dr. Ruth Shaber, reflects on Tara Health’s early years — how we built mission-aligned portfolios, developed new tools for gender-lens investing, and leveraged every resource to create meaningful change.
A New Chapter for Tara Health
By Elise Belusa, Executive Director, Tara Health Foundation
For years, our grantees, partners, and peers called on powerful institutions, like ours, to confront an uncomfortable truth: the money and power we hold and steward are often built upon the very unjust systems we seek to change.