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Group Health Foundation
Learn more about Group Health Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Cone Health Foundation is Taking the Long View: Public Policy Advocacy
To date, Cone Health Foundation has made grant investments of $86 million, spread over 1,500 grants in four priority areas (access to care, adolescent pregnancy prevention, HIV, and mental health and substance use disorders).
Riding Wild Horses: Philanthropic Strategy in An Era of Unpredictable Health Policy
In 2015, Montana passed bipartisan legislation to expand Medicaid for low-income adults. The new coverage went into effect in January 2016. Within a year, Montana’s uninsured rate dropped from 15 to 7.4 percent and more than 30,000 thousand newly-insured people had already obtained preventive services.
Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation
Learn more about Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation
Learn more about William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Recounting Thirty Years of Health Philanthropy
In 1987, the opportunity to lead a new health foundation was appealing enough for me to leave a partnership in a thirty-five-person law firm. I believed the new job would permit reacquaintance with my wife and three young children and the opportunity to make the world a little better.
Reports and Publications
Advancing the Public’s Health: Current Philanthropic Approaches and Priorities for the Future
This GIH report is grounded in discussions with a diverse set of philanthropic and public health leaders about the current state of the field. It aims to assess how foundations view public health and their guiding frameworks, as well as to identify lessons learned and priorities for strengthening the public health ecosystem.
Grantmakers In Health’s 2025 Survey of Health Conversion Foundations
This report provides an updated census of health conversion foundations as well as key results from a web-based survey that Grantmakers In Health (GIH) conducted in 2025.
GIH Bulletin: April 2026
Sometimes innovation in philanthropy is associated with breakthrough technologies or new medical discoveries. But some of the most impactful investments fund something less visible: the coordination of people, protocols, and institutions already in place so they work together seamlessly to save lives.
Trustee Resources
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