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.
Philanthropy New York: Preparing for COVID-19: Philanthropy’s Response in Times of Crisis
Philanthropy New York hosted a webinar on March 12 to allow grantmakers in the region to share funding decisions related to COVID-19 as well as to exchange questions and up-to-the-minute information.
Grantmakers In Health Announces 2020 Award Winners
It is with pleasure that we invite you to join the GIH Food Access and Security Learning Community.
Vinny DeMarco to Be Honored with Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy
Vincent DeMarco, President of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition, led by the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2020 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.
Earl Maxwell to Be Honored with Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy
Earl Maxwell, former Chief Executive Officer of St. David’s Foundation, will receive the Grantmakers In Health’s 2020 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.
The California Endowment: Bob’s Blog: Lead by Shutting it Down: Notes on COVID-19
In “Lead By Shutting It Down: Notes on COVID-19,” President and CEO of The California Endowment Robert Ross discusses Italy, flattening the curve, and social-distancing.
Washington Post: As coronavirus spreads, the bill for our public health failures is due
In “As Coronavirus Spreads, The Bill for Our Public Health Failures is Due,” a Washington Post op-ed, President and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Richard Besser applies a health equity lens to the COVID-19 response.