Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy Report
This resource provides an overview of the Department of Health and Human Services report on children’s health released on September 9, 2025.
Department of Health and Human Services Reorganization and Reductions: Explaining the State of Play
This issue brief provides an overview of the current status of the reorganization and Reductions in Force (RIF) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help funders understand the impact on their work and engage in the current policy landscape.
The Importance of Ballot Measure Access and Race-Conscious Policymaking
In this interview, Grantmakers In Health’s Maya Schane spoke with Elizabeth DiLauro and Giridhar Mallya of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about the importance of race-conscious policymaking and protecting access to ballot measures as key tools for advancing health and racial equity.
Clean and Safe Drinking Water: A Cornerstone of Healthy Lives
In California, where our foundation is based, upwards of 1 million residents lack access to clean and safe drinking water in their homes. Their drinking water is contaminated by nitrates from fertilizer, industrial solvents, naturally-occurring arsenic, and other harmful elements.
Hospital Anchor Mission and Community Health: Implications for Health Funders
A group of funders, working in partnership with Grantmakers In Health developed a health funder learning journey to understand health care evolution and examine how hospitals and health systems can more effectively advance health equity in partnership with health funders.
Putting the ‘Community’ Back in Community Health
When the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) launched the Healthy Neighborhoods Fund, we knew access to healthy and affordable food, opportunities for physical activity, and the overall built environment of neighborhoods greatly influenced health outcomes. But we also knew that community leaders were the key to making any real change.
2018 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy
This year’s Terrance Keenan institute will be held October 10-11, 2018, in Washington, DC. Nominations must be received by February 16.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – January 2018
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – January 2018
The latest on transitions from the field.