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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.