Grantmakers In Health Joins Amicus Brief Challenging Medicaid Work Requirement Rule

Grantmakers In Health (GIH) has joined an amicus curiae brief filed September 10 in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Oz, supporting a challenge to a federal rule that the brief argues would strip Medicaid coverage from millions of people with serious health conditions. GIH joined the American Public Health Association, the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health…

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Health-Related Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda

This Grantmakers In Health policy resource summarizes health-related executive orders and presidential memoranda issued since 2015, highlighting implications for health funders. It tracks directives on behavioral health, Medicaid, prescription drugs, federal grantmaking, DEI, gender-affirming care, child welfare, vaccines, and related litigation affecting implementation.

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August 2026 Executive Order on Childhood Vaccines: Overview, Implications, and Stakeholder Reactions

This Grantmakers In Health policy resource provides an overview of the August 2026 executive order on childhood vaccines, including the restructuring of the federal immunization schedule, the directive to split the MMR vaccine, implications for insurance coverage, family costs, and state exemption laws, and reactions from stakeholders.

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Beyond the Rankings: What Four Decades of KIDS COUNT Have Taught Me About Why Data Matter

For more than three decades, through the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® project, decisionmakers and communities have had access to reliable national, state, and local data to improve outcomes for all children, young people, and families in this country. KIDS COUNT comprises the foundation’s national KIDS COUNT publications—the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book and periodic reports such as Race for Results; the KIDS COUNT Data Center, a resource for year-round national, state, and local data; and the KIDS COUNT Network of state-based partner organizations that help policymakers, advocates, journalists, and community leaders understand and use data to make informed decisions.

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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.

Requests for Proposals

St. David’s Foundation: May 2021

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is accepting proposals for research designed to help improve postpartum outcomes for women experiencing disparities and towards better-informed health care decisions.

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Requests for Proposals

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute: May 2021

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is accepting proposals for research designed to help improve postpartum outcomes for women experiencing disparities and towards better-informed health care decisions.

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Requests for Proposals

PagerDuty: May 2021

PagerDuty launched $1 million in grants for equitable COVID-19 vaccine access and distribution via the PagerDuty.org Fund to help eligible nonprofits and social enterprises deliver more COVID-19 vaccines faster.

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Requests for Proposals

New York State Health Foundation: May 2021

The New York State Health Foundation has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to support policies and programs that connect New Yorkers with the food they need to thrive.

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Requests for Proposals

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: May 2021

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding efforts to examine how recent Medicaid policy changes may alleviate or exacerbate racial inequity and structural racism.

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Requests for Proposals

Mary Black Foundation: May 2021

The Mary Black Foundation considers grantmaking to be an investment in Spartanburg, South Carolina that will contribute to improved health, wellness, and success. Therefore, it seeks to invest in strong, well-run organizations that are clear about what results they will achieve and how the results will be measured.

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