Survey Findings: Perceptions of Health Funders

In July and August 2025, FGS Global conducted research on behalf of Grantmakers In Health (GIH) to help health funders better understand how they are viewed by the public. The research included an online survey of engaged voters nationwide and an online focus group with Washington, DC, policy professionals. An overview of the survey and online focus group findings is now available to all GIH Funding Partners.

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On Solid Foundations: Strengthening the Future of Health and Philanthropy

This report features keynote addresses by Lauren LeRoy, Bruce Vladeck, Ian Morrison, Steven Schroeder, and Martha Katz.

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Putting Patient Safety into Practice: Strategies for Health Care’s Front Lines

Reducing medical errors and heightening patient safety are critical to health care quality improvement.  This Issue Focus looks at specific error and patient safety issues and how grantmakers, researchers, hospitals, and health systems are working together to address them.  

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Findings from the 2001 Survey of New Health Foundations

This GIH Issue Focus highlights results from the latest GIH survey of new foundations, conducted between September and December 2001 among 166 identified grantmaking organizations.

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Training the Health Workforce of Tomorrow

In 2001 GIH convened a group of grantmakers and national experts concerned about health workforce issues. This Issue Brief explores issues related to the supply, composition, and competency of the health workforce, and the role that these factors play in maintaining and improving the health status of individual patients and broader populations. Specifically, the report focuses on grantmaker activities in four areas: shifting the geographic distribution of the health workforce to ensure access in underserved areas; improving representation among racial and ethnic minorities; addressing the current shortage of nurses, particularly in inpatient settings; and improving health professionals’ competency in addressing the complex health care needs of the elderly.

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Weighing in on Obesity: America’s Growing Health Epidemic

The country is facing double threats: a dramatic increase in rates of overweight and obesity among children and adults, and an accompanying increase in diabetes and other conditions that threaten the lives and health of the nation’s population. This Issue Brief helps health grantmakers understand the nature of today’s epidemic and explore ways they can play a role in identifying and promoting effective prevention and intervention strategies, including tackling the root causes of the problem.

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Assets for Health: Findings from the 2001 Survey of New Health Foundations

This GIH report shares findings from a 2001 survey of new health foundations.

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Collaboration: Building Relationships to Improve Health

This GIH Issue Focus on collaboration draws from President & CEO Lauren LeRoy’s remarks at GIH’s 2012 Meeting, Collaborating for Change: Exploring Health Partnerships That Work.

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