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Policy Publications
Improving Health Care Access: Grantmakers Share Their Experiences
Improving Access Executive Summary
Improving Access to Health Care
This report is a collection of profiles that tells the stories of how health funders across the country are working to improve access to health care. With these profiles, we have attempted to capture the priorities, funding strategies, accomplishments, and challenges of a cross section of grantmakers, giving readers a place to look for insights that they can adapt to their own circumstances. Download the full report or the executive summary.
Health and Fiscal Policy
November 2004
Given the amount of public expenditures devoted to health and concerns about the impact of changes in public policy on the nation's most vulnerable residents, health grantmakers need to understand existing state and federal policies affecting revenues and expenditures and the implications of any changes on the table. They can also play an important role in the development and implementation of these policies. This portfolio, prepared for GIH's 2004 Fall Forum, provides information and resources to help grantmakers understand the connections between health and fiscal policy.
Building Relationships in Health: How Philanthropy and Government Can Work Together
January 2003
Philanthropy and government have many mutual interests. While differences in culture, time frame, and expectations can make building relationships difficult, there are many successful partnerships that together are greater than the sum of their parts. This publication presents what GIH has learned from colleagues in both sectors about the range of options for those interested in collaboration and the lessons they have learned in building those relationships.
Strategies for Shaping Public Policy: A Guide for Health Funders
January 2000
Many foundations have shied away from funding in public policy in part because of confusion over federal tax rules governing lobbying for nonprofit organizations. As a guide to foundations on funding in health policy, this publication is intended to clear up some of the misconceptions and help funders engage in public policy work. It also presents examples of the range of public policy activities now being undertaken by health funders.