2026 Congressional Calendar
Developed in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, this calendar tracks when each house of congress will be in session in 2026.
Grantmakers In Health’s Partnership with Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Highlighted in Inside Philanthropy Article
Due to cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in H.R.1, along with the program’s suspension during the longest government shutdown in American history, Grantmakers in Health (GIH) is partnering with Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) on a funder working group to coordinate philanthropy’s response. This partnership, along with SAFSF’s broader work, was highlighted in a November 13, 2025 Inside Philanthropy article. In the piece, Clare Fox, SAFSF’s…
Roles for Philanthropy as Medicaid Changes Take Effect
For those of us who have worked toward health equity, who have spent the past few years building toward incremental gains and pushing for larger change, the events of this year can feel like one big backslide. At times, it’s overwhelming. Yet this is not the time to get bogged down by the size of the challenge or by analysis paralysis. From where I sit, I see five roles that philanthropy can play in the rollout of changes to Medicaid.
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.
Grantmakers In Health Strategic Plan Cited in Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services Guest Editorial
The Grantmakers In Health strategic plan was referenced in a Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services guest editorial about the need for greater collaboration and understanding between philanthropy and nursing.
Grantmakers In Health and National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers Bring Philanthropy Consultant Directory to GIH Funding Partners
Grantmakers In Health is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers to share an online resource that brings expert skills and knowledge to our Funding Partners.
Cara V. James in Inside Philanthropy: Funders Send a Message to Biden on Hunger and Health
GIH President and CEO Cara V. James was quoted in an August 30, 2022 Inside Philanthropy article about a recent letter that GIH, along with The Funders Network, Grantmakers for Education, Native Americans in Philanthropy, and 49 other organizations in philanthropy sent to the Biden administration in support of the upcoming White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health.
Task Force Releases Report to Inform White House Conference
Authored by the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, “Ambitious, Actionable Recommendations to End Hunger, Advance Nutrition, and Improve Health in the United States” offers policy recommendations and actions to advance the goals of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to end hunger, improve nutrition, and reduce diet-related diseases in the United States by 2030.
Kate Treanor in Inside Philanthropy: COVID-19’s Effects on Philanthropic Giving
GIH Senior Program Director Kate Treanor was quoted in an August 24, 2022 Inside Philanthropy article about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social movements on philanthropic giving to nonprofits. ’After George Floyd’s murder, a social justice movement swept the country,’ said Kate Treanor, senior program director at Grantmakers in Health, which represents…
Virtual Focus Groups to Inform GIH’s Policy and Advocacy Activities
This resource from BoardSource and the Building Movement Project offers insight and advice to boards about how to avoid pitfalls leading up to a transition and after a new leader is hired.