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New Vaccine Guidance: What Funders Should Know

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January 29, 2026
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Steady Voices in Unsteady Times: Strategies for Communicating in Crisis

October 20, 2025
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2025 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

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June 16, 2025 - June 20, 2025
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Don’t Call Us “Conversion Foundations”… Please

March 7, 2001

A hot topic of discussion in philanthropic circles in recent
years has been the phenomenon of sizable new foundations being created as the result of nonprofit health care organizations converting to for-profit status.

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Grantmakers Are from Mars; Policymakers Are from Venus: Is There Hope for This Relationship?

March 7, 2001

How can health grantmakers and state policymakers collaborate and when does it make sense to try? What does it take to develop and sustain these relationships? This piece is based on Smith’s plenary remarks given at Grantmakers In Health’s 2000 Washington Briefing, The Intersection of Health Policy and Philanthropy.

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Crisis Resources for Grantees

March 5, 2026

As non-profits face new challenges in the current policy landscape, effective crisis management has become essential. This Grantmakers In Health toolkit provides resources and action steps for grantee nonprofits before, during, and after a crisis.

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Survey Findings: Perceptions of Health Funders

November 20, 2025

In July and August 2025, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) conducted research 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. In addition, this overview was presented on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at the 2025 GIH Health Policy Exchange in Arlington, VA.

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Crisis and Issues Management Playbook for Funders

August 11, 2025

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.

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