GIH Comments on the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan Framework for FY27–FY31
GIH submitted a comment in response to a Request for Information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan Framework for FY27–FY31. The Strategic Plan outlines NIH’s vision for biomedical research direction, capacity, and stewardship, and lays out NIH’s proposed priorities over the next five years.
Taking the Risk to Shift Our Focus Upstream
For nearly three decades, we at the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation have operated with a clear and compassionate mission: to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable children from birth to five years old and their families throughout New Hampshire. Yet after 28 years, we have made a deliberate and strategic decision to evolve our approach—shifting our focus “upstream” to address poverty as a root cause of the challenges we have long sought to mitigate.
Surplus-to-Care: A Systems Approach to Expanding Insulin and Diabetes Supplies Access
Grantmakers In Health’s Maya Schane spoke with Svetlana Hutfles of Insulin for Life USA (IFL USA) about the organization’s model to improve diabetes supplies access across the country, and how philanthropy can engage on this issue. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
GIH Health Policy Update Newsletter
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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.
Reflections on “Lead, Listen, Inspire”
Each year, GIH asks health funders to share their thoughts on our annual conference theme. This year we asked some of our Terrance Keenan Institute fellows to share heir reflections on what it means to lead, listen, and inspire.
Health Funders and the Fight for the Future of Health Care
As part of our 35th anniversary celebration, we reached out to GIH board members and board alumni to share their advice to health funders about the primary challenges that philanthropy should be tackling.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Challenges of and Recommendations for Tracking Local Policy
If you advocate for, research, evaluate, or fund policy change, a local policy database will enrich and facilitate your work.
Supporting Innovative Solutions to the Health Care Needs of Men and Women Released from Jail
Research shows that men and women admitted to jail have disproportionately higher rates of chronic illness than the general population, along with higher rates of early death.
Growing Old is Hard Enough: Prison, Jail, and Post-Release Life for Older Adults
Sometimes a shift in perspective leads to far-reaching innovations, whether in policy, programs, or grantmaking.
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.