The 2022 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Year in Review report looks back at the many services and products GIH offered Funding Partners throughout the year, provides an update on the implementation of GIH’s five-year GIH strategic plan, and previews GIH’s work in 2023.
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Better Health Policy Through Stronger Communities
The 2022 Grantmakers In Health Fall Forum provided policy-engaged funders with information on current issues, access to leading thinkers, and connections with grantmaking peers around the theme of Better Health Policy Through Stronger Communities. The forum featured programming focused on what funders can do to strengthen community engagement, advance LGBTQ health equity, and how to support policies that achieve better health for all.
Letter From President Cara V. James
President and CEO of Grantmakers In Health (GIH), Cara V. James, delivered closing remarks at the 2025 Health Policy Exchange, “Protecting the Freedom to Give” in Arlington, Virginia.
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Promoting Health Equity and Combating Racism Through Health Policy
Not every foundation is comfortable with trying to affect health policy.
Nevertheless, for philanthropies committed to promoting health equity, shaping governmental action at every level is a powerful tool that deserves close examination.
Always Future Focused: Reflecting on Grantmakers In Health’s 40th Year
From the Annual Conference to the Fall Forum, 2022 has been a year of celebration to mark 40 years of Grantmakers In Health. We launched this milestone occasion with a new five-year strategic plan and complementary vision, Better Health For All Through Better Philanthropy. Our renewed vision for health philanthropy has served as a point…
Annabella R. Jenkins Foundation
“Health equity is not achieved by philanthropy alone. Guided by the vision of our all-female volunteer Board, the Jenkins Foundation is proud to collaborate with community partners and grantees by investing in relationships, resilience, and equitable access to care across the Greater Richmond, Virginia region. A recent example is our partnership in Boost 200, a workforce development initiative led by the Virginia Health Care Foundation. Through shared learning and collective investment with local funders, we have helped expand licensure opportunities for behavioral health counselors—strengthening our region’s pipeline of mental health professionals and improving access to care for our community.”
GIH Bulletin + News
Recent Reports
Behavioral Health Strategies
GIH conducted a survey in late 2024 on funder engagement in behavioral health. This fact sheet, based on a sample of 139 health funders, summarizes the current trends, gaps, successes and challenges for funders. It also highlights philanthropy’s continued commitment to behavioral health while also signaling concern about the upcoming funding environment.
2024 Health Equity Survey: Understanding the Changing Landscape
In 2024, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) surveyed its Funding Partners to understand how their health equity work has evolved. The survey consisted of 40 questions including demographic information, program focus areas, partner engagement, organizational strategy, priority population, successes, and challenges. This report summarizes findings from the Health Equity Survey titled, “Understanding the Changing Landscape.”
2024 Survey Summary: Firearm Violence Prevention Strategies
GIH conducted a survey in September 2024 about funder engagement in firearm violence prevention. This fact sheet summarizes the survey results with a total sample of 81 health funders. This public health crisis and social justice issue is preventable, and health funders have an important role to play in advancing firearm violence prevention efforts.
Perspectives From Health Philanthropy
Roles for Philanthropy as Medicaid Changes Take Effect
For those of us who have worked toward health equity, who have spent the past few years building toward incremental gains and pushing for larger change, the events of this year can feel like one big backslide. At times, it’s overwhelming. Yet this is not the time to get bogged down by the size of the challenge or by analysis paralysis. From where I sit, I see five roles that philanthropy can play in the rollout of changes to Medicaid.
Acting with Urgency: Stupski Foundation Accelerates Its Spend-Down Grantmaking
In this interview, Grantmakers In Health’s Maya Schane spoke with Dan Tuttle and Sulma Gandhi of the Stupski Foundation about the foundation’s spend-down strategy and acceleration of grantmaking in 2025 in response to federal policy changes.
Practicing What We Preach: Three Tips for Putting Equity at the Heart of a Successful Application Process
Every step of the grant application process
— from initial outreach to final award notification — provides opportunities for funders to either reinforce inequities or dismantle them. The grant application process is often the first barrier that organizations encounter when seeking funding. If designed without an intentional focus on equity, the application process can advantage well-resourced organizations, while disadvantaging equally or better qualified organizations that have fewer resources.
Upcoming Webinars
CEO Working Group Webinar: December Convening
Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors, or the highest-ranking health staff at multi-issue foundations.
Upcoming Convenings
2026 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy to discuss the important issues facing the field.
Finance and Operations Manager
The Finance and Operations Manager supports the financial and operational functions of Insulin for Life USA, serving as a key team member in sustaining the organization’s financial health, efficiency, and internal systems.
Policy Impact Strategist
Health Forward is currently looking for a Policy Impact Strategist to help advance the Health Forward policy agenda. With a strong commitment to health equity, this position engages with community, policymakers and funded partners to advance the systems change needed to accomplish Health Forward’s Purpose Plan through our policy and advocacy work and our funding opportunities. This position will work across the Purpose Areas of People, Power, Place and Platform and cross-departmentally to integrate and align with other functional areas.
Community Engagement and Program Associate
The Health Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to fill the Community Engagement & Program Associate position targeting January 2026. Reporting to the Senior Program Officer, the Community Engagement & Program Associate is responsible for providing support to the team in the areas of community engagement, grant program administration, and communications.
Senior Program Officer/Program Director
The Health Foundation seeks a highly motivated and qualified individual to fill the Senior Program Officer/Program Director position targeting December 2025. The Senior Program Officer/Program Director is responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of the Board-determined strategic grantmaking agenda for the Foundation and assisting in evaluating the Foundation’s impact.
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