Our Mission

Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving programs improve the health of all people. Its mission is to foster communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the grantmaking community’s knowledge, skills, and effectiveness.

Our Vision

Better health for all through better philanthropy.

Ethics and Values Statement

We are committed to evidence-informed practice and work to promote discussion, questioning, and lively debate within the field. We strive to be a learning organization, focused on excellence and equity, and to build learning communities within health philanthropy. We believe strongly in collaboration and, when we work with others, do so with respect and candor. Our ethics and values inform our work and guide how we conduct ourselves. We promote these values through our programming and in our involvement with Funding Partners, and they are reflected in our internal policies and procedures.

Integrity, Transparency, and Fiscal Responsibility

We are committed to acting honestly and transparently, in accordance with internal policies and external laws and regulations; to using our resources wisely and providing accurate public disclosure of our finances; and to taking responsibility for our actions and preventing and mitigating conflicts of interest.

Excellence

We strive to be outstanding in our work, products, and services.

Respect

We are committed to treating the people and organizations with whom we work with fairness, dignity, and respect, and recognizing and appreciating the achievements and contributions of all. We believe in listening to, and learning from, communities.

Responsiveness and Innovation

We commit to being responsive and accessible to the grantmakers and others we serve, and strive to be visionary, proactive, innovative, and creative in all we do.

Collaboration

We support systemic change and accordingly value collaboration with other sectors that affect health.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in our programming, personnel and employment practices, and governance. We view diversity as a fundamental element of social justice and democracy, and integral to our mission. Diverse voices and viewpoints deepen our understanding of differences in health outcomes and health care delivery, inform core strategies, and strengthen our ability to fashion just solutions. We use the term diversity broadly to encompass differences in the attributes and experiences of both individuals (such as age, color, disability, faith, gender, gender identity and expression, geography, immigration status, income, language, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical ability, political ideology, race, or sexual orientation) and organizations (foundations and giving programs of differing sizes, missions, origins, geographic locations, and approaches to grantmaking).

Code of Conduct for GIH Events

GIH creates event spaces dedicated to learning, and it is important to us that all participants feel welcome. We appreciate your partnership in ensuring that the professional environment we share is one defined by mutual respect and inclusiveness, where dignity and diversity are valued. If you experience or witness offensive language, inappropriate behavior, or harassment of any kind while attending a GIH event or program, please alert a member of the GIH staff.

GIH Non-Solicitation Policy

GIH strives to create spaces for funders and our partners in philanthropy to learn from and connect with one another; spaces for candid conversation that is free of solicitation. GIH asks that all event participants keep the following guidelines in mind: 

  • Fundraising and client solicitation are prohibited at our events. While it is permissible to follow up with contacts made at the meeting at their invitation, we ask that this not happen in advance of the meeting. 
  • For those organizations that both raise funds and make grants, we ask that your participation during meeting activities be as a funder only (unless as part of your session participation). 
  • Contact information on our event participant lists is for networking purposes only. Non-funders should not add an individual’s contact information to your organization’s mailing list without that person’s permission.