Upcoming Events
Past Events
Featured Resources
bi3 Article: Trust-Based Philanthropy is Grounded in Mutual Accountability and Learning
A new article shows how applying a trust-based philanthropy lens helps funders capture the full impact of grants, describes how bi3 evaluates initiatives, and how building funder-grantee relationships grounded in power-sharing, transparency, and mutual accountability helps achieve greater impact.
New Competency Model for Foundation Program Officers Released
The Dorothy A. Johnson Center on Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University has released a competency model for foundation program officers.
Taking A cultivate approach to Improve Community Health
Health foundations are increasingly recognizing that their mission is not simply to award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations, but rather to play a catalytic role in improving the conditions that influence health, especially at a population level.
Latest Resources
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Learn more about Alliance Healthcare Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
2016 Terrance Keenan Award Speech by Amy Berman
Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation, is honored with the 2016 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. Listen to the podcast of her acceptance speech delivered at the 2016 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy. GIH established the Terrance Keenan Award in 1993 in honor of Terrance Keenan, a…
Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
Learn more about The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Northwest Health Foundation
Learn more about Northwest Health Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Episcopal Health Foundation
Learn more about Episcopal Health Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile. area of the diocese.
Rasmuson Foundation
Learn more about Rasmuson Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Exiting Thoughtfully
Foundations that have adopted a limited-life approach have employed a number of principles to guide them in wrapping up their work. Several of these guidelines offer best practices for funders who are exiting from a field or retiring from grantmaking altogether. These lessons may in some cases also be relevant for foundations transitioning from an ongoing support model to a model of one-time/high-impact grants.
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Learn more about Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.
Transforming Philanthropy through Relationships
In the fall of 2014, the third cohort of the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy came together and reached a provocative conclusion: the social capital of grantmakers may be as valuable as grant funding.
Connect With Funder Peers on Governance and Operations
Interested in exchanging strategies, information, and questions with your funder peers? Sign up for GIH E-Forums.
Trustee Resources
Explore this page to browse resources, publications, and events related to foundation trustees.