Grantmakers In Health’s Partnership with Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Highlighted in Inside Philanthropy Article
Due to cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in H.R.1, along with the program’s suspension during the longest government shutdown in American history, Grantmakers in Health (GIH) is partnering with Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) on a funder working group to coordinate philanthropy’s response. This partnership, along with SAFSF’s broader work, was highlighted in a November 13, 2025 Inside Philanthropy article. In the piece, Clare Fox, SAFSF’s…
Roles for Philanthropy as Medicaid Changes Take Effect
For those of us who have worked toward health equity, who have spent the past few years building toward incremental gains and pushing for larger change, the events of this year can feel like one big backslide. At times, it’s overwhelming. Yet this is not the time to get bogged down by the size of the challenge or by analysis paralysis. From where I sit, I see five roles that philanthropy can play in the rollout of changes to Medicaid.
Acting with Urgency: Stupski Foundation Accelerates Its Spend-Down Grantmaking
In this interview, Grantmakers In Health’s Maya Schane spoke with Dan Tuttle and Sulma Gandhi of the Stupski Foundation about the foundation’s spend-down strategy and acceleration of grantmaking in 2025 in response to federal policy changes.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
An Exclusive Resource for Funding Partners
The Health Policy Update is a newsletter produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partnersi 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.
Council on Foundations: COVID-19 Resource Hub
The Council on Foundation’s COVID-19 Resource Hub offers legal and policy resources for foundations, information on funding opportunities throughout the country, and other resources for funders.
COVID-19 Resources for Funders
GIH has compiled resources and information for health funders on how to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University: Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University maintains an interactive dashboard tracking the spread of COVID-19 in real time.
The Journal of the American Medical Association: From Containment to Mitigation of COVID-19 in the US
In “From Containment to Mitigation of COVID-19 in the US,” published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s (JAMA) COVID-19 Resource Center, Stephen M. Parodi, MD, and Vincent X. Liu, MD, MSc discuss the spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
The Council on Foundations: Funder to Funder Call: Sharing Approaches to COVID-19 Community Response
The Council on Foundations (COF) hosted a webinar on March 12 focused on community approaches to COVID-19 response. A recording of the webinar will be made available on the COF in the coming days.
Southern California Grantmakers: How Philanthropy Can Support and Enhance the Government Response to COVID 19
Southern California Grantmakers (SCG) hosted a March 12 webinar to share best practices for grantmakers in pandemic preparedness and response while emphasizing community resiliency and support for our most vulnerable community members. A recording is available on their website.