2025 Call for Grantmakers In Health Board Nominations
Grantmakers In Health, an educational organization serving staff, executives, and trustees of foundations and corporate giving programs working in the health field, is seeking nominations for its board of directors for terms beginning in March 2026.
Policy Resource: 2025 Congressional Calendar
Developed in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, this calendar tracks when each house of congress will be in session in 2025.
Policy Resource: Overview of Congressional Staff and Member Outreach
Developed in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, this resource provides a detailed overview of how congressional offices, committees, and leadership are staffed. In addition, it provides recommended best practices for meeting with Members of Congress and their staff.
Ending Mass Incarceration is a Public Health Imperative
Ending mass incarceration in the United States is one of the major social, political, civil rights, and economic challenges of our time. Government officials, practitioners, advocates, and philanthropists working in the fields of public health and medicine have important and distinct roles to play.
Cleveland’s Greater University Circle Initiative: An Anchor-Based Strategy for Change
Cities are increasingly turning to their “anchor” institutions as drivers of economic development, harnessing the power of these major economic players to benefit urban neighborhoods. This is especially true for cities that are struggling with widespread poverty and disinvestment. Urban anchors – typically hospitals and universities – have sometimes isolated themselves from the poor and struggling neighborhoods that surround them. But this is changing.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – October 2016
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – October 2016
The latest on transitions from the field.
The Colorado Health Foundation Report: October 2016
The Colorado Health Foundation recently asked its grantees to participate in a survey, conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), which was intended to answer questions related to its overall impact as a philanthropic organization.
The Vital Role of Regional Associations in U.S. Health Philanthropy
Currently, at least 12 regional philanthropy associations operate health-focused working groups, which provide a vital space for funders to come together for learning, sharing, and sometimes providing a voice for philanthropy on health-related issues in the region, whether that region be a state, multiple states, part of a state, or a metropolitan area.