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.
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.
Community-Focused Health Philanthropy
Community-focused health philanthropy is a philanthropic style that enables you to tackle important local health issues, has a sense of mission and urgency about it, has some reasonable prospect of making a difference, and creates a practical effect on a defined geographical area.
Local Health Funders are Key Players in Local Policy
Policies made at the local level have a tremendous influence on people’s health. Whether it’s the quality of foods served in schools, water fluoridation, urban zoning, or minimum-wage requirements, the list of health-related policies determined or regulated at the local level is nearly endless.
2016 Terrance Keenan Institute Fellows Named
GIH is delighted to announce the 2016 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy class of fellows.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – September 2016
The latest on grants and programs from the field.