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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Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Countering Bias and Promoting Care

Most pregnancy-related deaths in North Carolina are preventable. Yet mental health conditions, including overdose and suicide, remain the leading cause of pregnancy-related death. For health care leaders, that reality demands a closer look at how we identify, treat, and support pregnant and postpartum patients with opioid use disorder.

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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.

Grants and Programs

Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – August 2025

The latest on grants and programs from the field.

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U.S. Attorney General Issues New Guidance on DEI Programs and Policies

This resource provides an overview of a Department of Justice memorandum from the Attorney General on the application of federal antidiscrimination laws to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs the administration alleges involve “discriminatory practices.”

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The One Big Beautiful Bill: Top Tax Takeaways for Nonprofits

This resource provides a rundown on the top tax takeaways for nonprofits from the July 4, 2025, budget reconciliation bill.

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2025 Call for Grantmakers In Health Board Nominations

Grantmakers In Health, an educational organization serving staff, executives, and trustees of foundations and corporate giving programs working in the health field, is seeking nominations for its board of directors for terms beginning in March 2026.

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2025 Congressional Calendar

Developed in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, this calendar tracks when each house of congress will be in session in 2025.

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Policy Resource: Overview of Congressional Staff and Member Outreach

Developed in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, this resource provides a detailed overview of how congressional offices, committees, and leadership are staffed. In addition, it provides recommended best practices for meeting with Members of Congress and their staff.

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