The Burroughs Wellcome Fund: October 2026
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has announced the next cycle of its Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative (NGP), significantly expanding its investment in researchers working to deepen understanding of pregnancy and address some of the field’s most persistent challenges.
Rural Health Information Hub: October 2026
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) released the AI in Rural Healthcare Toolkit, developed by the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis in collaboration with RHIhub. The toolkit guides rural organizations as they explore whether and how to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), covering planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability. It includes program models spanning clinical decision support, care delivery, and operational management, as well as examples of rural health care organizations that have implemented AI.
Health Foundation of South Florida: October 2026
Through Black Health Summit In Action, the foundation carries the insights and priorities from the stage into direct community investment, supporting solutions in maternal and infant health, Black men’s health, housing, and community safety, while amplifying the voices most directly affected. This work responds to what residents and grassroots leaders have long shared: health equity requires more than clinical care. It demands collaboration, trust, and investment in communities themselves.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners
The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partners and Trust for America’s Health. Drawing on GIH’s policy priorities outlined in our policy agenda and our strategic objective of increasing our policy and advocacy presence, the Health Policy Update provides GIH Funding Partners with a range of federal health policy news.
Center for Effective Philanthropy: May 2026
Nonprofits across the United States continue to serve their communities in countless vital ways, despite being under extraordinary pressure amid a challenging funding environment. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s latest “State of Nonprofits 2026” examines how these organizations and their leaders are faring, and what they need donors to understand, revealing the unique challenges that organizations are facing right now and how leaders are responding.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – May 2026
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Healthier Information Ecosystems: Strategies for Health Philanthropy
Our information environment is transforming—including the places and people who help us make decisions about our health. Those health information ecosystems are fragmented; filled with information from a wide range of expertise and sources; and platform algorithms exert tremendous and unseen control over what messages are seen, shared, and amplified. These changes have many of our traditional health information sources racing to learn new skills to ensure they remain trusted and relevant.
Beyond Innovation: How Philanthropy Can Strengthen Systems to Improve Rural Health Outcomes
Sometimes innovation in philanthropy is associated with breakthrough technologies or new medical discoveries. But some of the most impactful investments fund something less visible: the coordination of people, protocols, and institutions already in place so they work together seamlessly to save lives.
A Philanthropic Tree of Life: Seeding Health Equity through Influence and Innovation
Philanthropy can function as a living ecosystem for change rooted in equity, nourished by trust, and bearing the fruits of community well-being. The Direct Relief Fund for Health Equity (DRFHE), launched with $50 million in initial investments, exemplifies a transformative philanthropic model supporting nearly 200 community-based organizations across the United States. Acknowledging DRFHE as a “Tree of Life” offers a framework grounded in community-led, trust-based, and unrestricted giving that challenges traditional philanthropic paradigms. Therefore, this article describes the fund’s origins, strategic priorities, and outcomes, and introduces the DRFHE Tree of Life framework as a replicable model for equity-driven philanthropy.