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How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides
With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk over the last several months, we have found ourselves wondering: is this the new reality? And as a relatively small local foundation, how can we most effectively target our resources to make a difference?
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Challenges of and Recommendations for Tracking Local Policy
If you advocate for, research, evaluate, or fund policy change, a local policy database will enrich and facilitate your work.
Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Learn more about the Michigan Health Endowment Fund’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
de Beaumont Foundation
Learn more about the de Beaumont Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Philanthropy Talks to Philanthropy
The annual conference showed again this year why it is the premier opportunity for health funders to talk to their peers about challenges, lessons learned, and the path forward.
Reflections on a Life in Philanthropy
Almost twenty years ago, after a career in public health, I was offered the opportunity to bring my passion for population health improvement to philanthropy. Since then, I have had the unique privilege of leading two new health foundations—one in California, and one in Kentucky.
Reports and Publications
Crisis and Issues Management Playbook for Funders
This Crisis and Issues Management Playbook is intended as a guide to support Grantmakers In Health Funding Partners in both individual and collective approaches to crisis moments.
2024 Health Equity Survey: Understanding the Changing Landscape
In 2024, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) surveyed its Funding Partners to understand how their health equity work has evolved. The survey consisted of 40 questions including demographic information, program focus areas, partner engagement, organizational strategy, priority population, successes, and challenges. This report summarizes findings from the Health Equity Survey titled, “Understanding the Changing Landscape.”
Diversity in the Leadership, Staff, and Boards of Health Philanthropy
A new Grantmakers In Health survey of health funder leadership, staff, and boards found that health funder organizations are more racially and ethnically diverse than the broader field of philanthropy.
Trustee Resources
Explore this page to browse resources, publications, and events related to foundation trustees.