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.
Chet Hewitt to Be Honored with Terrance Keenan Leadership Award
Chet Hewitt, President and CEO of the Sierra Health Foundation, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2017 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. The award recognizes outstanding grantmakers whose work is distinguished by leadership, innovation, and outstanding achievement.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – March 2017
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – March 2017
The latest on transitions from the field.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation RFP: March 2017
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) Foundation announced its Healthy Communities 2017 funding opportunity: Health Equity in Action.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Report: March 2017
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, through its Health Equity Roundtable initiative, released a report that identifies numerous areas in which the health care system in Greater Boston fails the needs of transgender individuals.
Mat-Su Health Foundation Report: March 2017
The Mat-Su Health Foundation has published the findings of its 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The report, “Health is Where We Live, Learn, Work and Play,” identified the top factors that affect the health of local residents.




