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.
Building a Field for Health Equity Advocacy: Reflections from a Grantee-Driven Approach
The Colorado Trust believes that all Coloradans should have fair and equal opportunities to lead healthy, productive lives regardless of race, ethnicity, income, or where we live.
GIH Announces New Board Members
Michelle A. Larkin and Elizabeth Ripley have been elected to the GIH board of directors. Their terms begin in March 2017.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – December 2016
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Philanthropy @ Work – Transitions – December 2016
The latest on transitions from the field.
The Rockefeller Foundation RFP: December 2016
Over time, The Rockefeller Foundation has become very intentional about catalyzing or supporting innovation where and when it is appropriate.
New York State Health Foundation RFP: December 2016
The New York State Health Foundation’s (NYSHealth) Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities Request for Proposals (RFP) is open.