Courageous Action for the Health of Our Communities

The final day of the 2025 Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy focused on milestone moments in health like the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and elevated the philanthropic partnerships already inspiring a better tomorrow. While much of the conference was spent reflecting, today was marked by action and what comes next: standing firm in values, being courageous, and co-creating a vision for the future.

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Reimagining Health Philanthropy, Together

During Day 2 of the 2025 Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, attendees across sectors worked together to identify the intersections of their work and co-created solutions for healthier, thriving communities. Sessions spanned a wide range of topics, from exploring business’ role in health equity to strategies for supporting staff in uncertain times.

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Remarks on Defending Philanthropy’s Freedom to Give

President and CEO of Grantmakers In Health (GIH), Cara V. James, delivered opening remarks at the 2025 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy in New Orleans.

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Fulfilling the Promise of Equality: Ensuring that “Health for All” Extends to Everyone

The Affordable Care Act is crucial toward fixing a health care system that has been broken for far too long. But ensuring that “health for all” extends to everyone will require policymakers and advocates to pursue a more inclusive approach to health care reform

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Advancing Health Equity in Turbulent Times

With risk-taking and innovation as core values, the Consumer Health Foundation sought new ways to advance its work. This Views from the Field describes how the foundation applied a field-building approach to grantmaking and collaborative funding approaches to address health, economic, and racial equity priorities.

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How Much Do Healthy Communities Cost?

Research links decent, affordable housing and high-quality education to a range of positive social outcomes—including improved health.

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2015 Call for GIH Board Nominations

GIH seeks nominations for its board of directors for terms beginning immediately after the annual conference in March 2016. Nominations are due Friday, September 4.

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Systems, Foundations, and Behavioral Health: Views from Alaska

The Mat-Su Health Foundation addressed the gap in it’s region’s crisis behavioral health system with a systems approach. This Views from the Field article describes the foundation’s transition from a responsive to emergent strategy and the lessons learned along the way.

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Call for Nominations: 2016 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy

Nominate an outstanding health grantmaker to receive the 2016 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. The nomination deadline is Friday, September 4, 2015.

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