What Do We Stand For?

One year ago, as we were just one month into the new administration, I wrote that “At a moment when so much has been described as ‘unprecedented,’ and so much of what we value is being attacked, we need to ask ourselves as individuals, organizations, and a field, what do we stand for? What values do we hold, and what will we do and say to defend them?” Today, the answers to these questions are needed more urgently than ever.

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Medicaid and Community Violence: Pathways to Sustainable Care

American cities are witnessing historic declines in gun violence. In recent years, cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Chicago have all seen precipitous drops in homicides, with some reaching multi-decade record lows (Washington Post 2025). While there are many causes of this decline, experts in the field point to community violence intervention as driving the trend.

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Reimagining Rural Health and Well-being

To inform positive change, Grantmakers in Health (GIH) and the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) are partnering to reimagine a unified vision for health and well-being in rural America. The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) was engaged to conduct a landscape analysis and facilitate listening sessions with rural health stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels.

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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 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.

Margin and Mission-Related Investing: How Hospitals Can Help Build Healthy Communities

As anchor institutions, hospitals can drive place-based change and improve health outcomes through local hiring, procurement, and other efforts that address the social, economic, and environmental factors that shape health.

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2018 GIH Annual Conference: Call for Proposals

We invite you to help shape Grantmakers In Health’s 2018 Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy. How are you Navigating Currents of Change? Proposals must be submitted by Friday, September 29, 2017.

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Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – August 2017

The latest on transitions from the field.

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Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – August 2017

The latest on grants and programs from the field.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Report: August 2017

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation released a primer designed to increase understanding of the behavioral health care system in Massachusetts and the issues affecting access to care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

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New York State Health Foundation Report: August 2017

The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) has released a snapshot of health and demographic information on the more than 800,000 veterans that call New York state home.

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