Grantmakers In Health Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce the elections of David Jordan, President and CEO, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund; and Regan Gruber Moffitt, Vice President of Community Investments, St. David’s Foundation; to its Board of Directors.
Deadlines in Health-Related Executive Orders and Presidential Memoranda
This GIH policy resource details many of the health-related executive orders issued by the administration and includes a calendar of upcoming implementation deadlines.
GIH President and CEO Cara V. James Joined The Rural Impact Podcast for a Conversation about the Intersections of Policy and Philanthropy
On December 4, 2025, Cara V. James, President and CEO of Grantmakers In Health (GIH), was featured in an episode of The Rural Impact podcast. She joined Michelle Rathman, host of The Rural Impact and strategic communications advisor in health care policy, for a conversation on the intersections of policy and philanthropy, challenges with rural health funding, and more. “Policies that are impacting rural communities are…
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.
Philanthropy @ Work – Grants and Programs – April 2024
The latest on grants and programs from the field.
Grantmakers In Health and Grantmakers In Aging Release Policy Recommendations for Older Americans Act Renewal
On March 21, 2024, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) and Grantmakers In Aging (GIA) responded to a request for feedback about the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
Grantmakers In Health Announces 2024 Award Winners
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to announce Billie Hall of the Sunflower Foundation in Kansas, as the 2024 recipient of the Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health, and Joan Alker of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families in Washington, DC, as the 2024 recipient of the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.
Grantmakers In Health President and CEO Cara V. James Appointed to District of Columbia Commission on Health Equity
Cara V. James, President and CEO of Grantmakers In Health (GIH), has been appointed as a voting member of the District of Columbia Commission on Health Equity by Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Joan Alker of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families to Be Honored with the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy
Joan Alker, Executive Director and a cofounder of the Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF) in Washington, DC, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2024 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.