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The Harvest Foundation
Learn more about The Harvest Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
REACH Healthcare Foundation
Learn more about REACH Healthcare Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Nemours
Learn more about Nemours’ mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Learn more about The David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Kaiser Permanente
Learn more about the mission, vision, and approach of Kaiser Permanente’s Community Health Initiative in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
The One that Got Away: Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy on Moving up and Moving on
Does philanthropy in the 21st century offer a viable career path for rising leaders with fresh visions and several decades of potential contributions before them, or is it a significant, yet temporary stop on what is sure to be a varied career journey?
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.

