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.
Cara V. James in Inside Philanthropy: Funders Send a Message to Biden on Hunger and Health
GIH President and CEO Cara V. James was quoted in an August 30, 2022 Inside Philanthropy article about a recent letter that GIH, along with The Funders Network, Grantmakers for Education, Native Americans in Philanthropy, and 49 other organizations in philanthropy sent to the Biden administration in support of the upcoming White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health.
Task Force Releases Report to Inform White House Conference
Authored by the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, “Ambitious, Actionable Recommendations to End Hunger, Advance Nutrition, and Improve Health in the United States” offers policy recommendations and actions to advance the goals of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to end hunger, improve nutrition, and reduce diet-related diseases in the United States by 2030.
Kate Treanor in Inside Philanthropy: COVID-19’s Effects on Philanthropic Giving
GIH Senior Program Director Kate Treanor was quoted in an August 24, 2022 Inside Philanthropy article about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social movements on philanthropic giving to nonprofits. ’After George Floyd’s murder, a social justice movement swept the country,’ said Kate Treanor, senior program director at Grantmakers in Health, which represents…
Virtual Focus Groups to Inform GIH’s Policy and Advocacy Activities
This resource from BoardSource and the Building Movement Project offers insight and advice to boards about how to avoid pitfalls leading up to a transition and after a new leader is hired.
Letter to President Biden Offers Support and Recommendations for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Organizations in philanthropy sent a letter to President Biden in support of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. This letter outlines four recommendations for the Administration and federal agencies to adopt leading up to and following the conference.
Wishing GIH’s Vice President a Fond Farewell
It is with a mix of joy and sadness that we announce that after 18 years Osula Evadne Rushing, Vice President for Program and Strategy at Grantmakers In Health, is leaving to rejoin the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) as Senior Vice President for Strategic Engagement.