Annual Conference
2024 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center 375 NE Holladay Street, Portland, OR, United StatesThe 2024 GIH annual conference, Bold Results Through Courageous Action, was held on June 4 – 6 in Portland, Oregon. Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy.
2023 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Hilton Minneapolis 1001 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesWe are excited to announce that the 2023 GIH annual conference: Advancing Philanthropy’s Commitment to the Long Game, will be held on June 7 - 9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Hilton Minneapolis.
2022 Annual Conference Strategy Session Highlights: Advancing LGBTQI+ Health Equity
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesAdmiral Rachel Levine opened a special strategy session discussing the acute health needs of LGBTQI+ communities, recent threats to LGBTQI+ equality and well-being, and promising philanthropic strategies to secure LGBTQI+ health equity. Levine’s remarks are excerpted here.
Public Health After COVID-19: What’s Our North Star?
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesThe closing plenary highlighted the public health challenges that have gone unaddressed while our attention has been focused on COVID-19, what we need to do to rebuild the public health system, and how to address our critical workforce needs in the wake of the pandemic.
Divided We Stand: Misinformation, Mistrust, and Our Inability to Solve Our Health Challenges
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesThis important plenary discussion delved into the misinformation crisis affecting public health, the public’s increasing mistrust of expertise, and how we can navigate and bridge our nation’s growing divides.
LGBTQ and Racial Equity: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesThis plenary covered recent policy threats affecting LGBTQ and BIPOC communities and explored how philanthropy can help build alliances that change systems and advance health equity for all.
Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy and the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy 2022 Recipients
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesThis special plenary luncheon honored the winners of GIH’s 2022 awards: Janice B. Yost and Evelyn Delgado.
Advancing Equitable, Quality Care for People with Serious Illness
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesThis dynamic conversation explored the challenges people with serious illness face in receiving quality care, why addressing these needs is critical to achieving health equity, and where there are opportunities for philanthropy to chart a better path forward.
2022 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: 40 Years Together and Focused on the Future
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesOur opening plenary reflected on health philanthropy’s last 40 years and discussed the current state of health care, public health, and the challenges ahead.
2022 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Loews Miami Beach Hotel 1601 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, United StatesThe 2022 Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy will be held June 27-29 virtually and in Miami Beach, Florida. The GIH Annual Conference is the best place to meet up with the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy today.
Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health
Grantmakers In Health, the National Rural Health Association, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were pleased to convene the Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health meeting on June 2 and 3, 2022.
2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Embedding Rural Issues in Equity Conversations
Tim Putnam, Chief Executive Officer of Margaret Mary Health, and Justin Maxson, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture discuss embedding rural issues into equity conversations, in a conversation moderated by Nashville Health Founder and Chairman, Senator Bill Frist.
2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Carolyn Wang Kong & Tiffany Hall
Carolyn Wang Kong, Chief Program Director of Blue Shield of California Foundation, accepts the 2021 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. Tiffany Hall, Executive Director of Recover Alaska, accepts the 2021 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.
2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: A New Behavioral Health Paradigm
Arthur Evans, Jr., American Psychological Association, discusses the need for a new behavioral health paradigm at the GIH annual conference, Building a Just and Equitable Future.
2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Climate Change, Health, and Equity
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UPROSE, discusses climate change, health, and equity at the GIH annual conference, Building a Just and Equitable Future.
2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Reprioritizing Public Health
Mona Hanna-Attisha, Founder and Director of Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, and Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities of The California Endowment discuss reprioritizing public health in a conversation moderated by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust President Laura Gerald.