The 2022 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Year in Review report looks back at the many services and products GIH offered Funding Partners throughout the year, provides an update on the implementation of GIH’s five-year GIH strategic plan, and previews GIH’s work in 2023.
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Better Health Policy Through Stronger Communities
The 2022 Grantmakers In Health Fall Forum provided policy-engaged funders with information on current issues, access to leading thinkers, and connections with grantmaking peers around the theme of Better Health Policy Through Stronger Communities. The forum featured programming focused on what funders can do to strengthen community engagement, advance LGBTQ health equity, and how to support policies that achieve better health for all.
Letter From President Cara V. James
One year ago, as we were just one month into the new administration, I wrote that “At a moment when so much has been described as ‘unprecedented,’ and so much of what we value is being attacked, we need to ask ourselves as individuals, organizations, and a field, what do we stand for? What values do we hold, and what will we do and say to defend them?” Today, the answers to these questions are needed more urgently than ever.
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Promoting Health Equity and Combating Racism Through Health Policy
Not every foundation is comfortable with trying to affect health policy.
Nevertheless, for philanthropies committed to promoting health equity, shaping governmental action at every level is a powerful tool that deserves close examination.
Always Future Focused: Reflecting on Grantmakers In Health’s 40th Year
From the Annual Conference to the Fall Forum, 2022 has been a year of celebration to mark 40 years of Grantmakers In Health. We launched this milestone occasion with a new five-year strategic plan and complementary vision, Better Health For All Through Better Philanthropy. Our renewed vision for health philanthropy has served as a point…
Healthy Communities Foundation
“We are deepening our trust-based grantmaking, further aligning our strategy with the learnings and relationships built over years of partnership with community and grantees. Our approach reflects a growing focus on multi-year funding that helps to provide organizations with stability and flexibility to address the root causes of health inequities, strengthen resilient local networks, and advance community-driven solutions that promote health for all. The current public health, economic, and social challenges faced by our partners and the communities they serve highlight the urgency of acting now, while we remain steadfast in our long-term vision of equitable health and well-being for future generations”
Recent Reports
Behavioral Health Strategies
GIH conducted a survey in late 2024 on funder engagement in behavioral health. This fact sheet, based on a sample of 139 health funders, summarizes the current trends, gaps, successes and challenges for funders. It also highlights philanthropy’s continued commitment to behavioral health while also signaling concern about the upcoming funding environment.
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.”
2024 Survey Summary: Firearm Violence Prevention Strategies
GIH conducted a survey in September 2024 about funder engagement in firearm violence prevention. This fact sheet summarizes the survey results with a total sample of 81 health funders. This public health crisis and social justice issue is preventable, and health funders have an important role to play in advancing firearm violence prevention efforts.
Perspectives From Health Philanthropy
Medicaid and Community Violence: Pathways to Sustainable Care
American cities are witnessing historic declines in gun violence. In recent years, cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Chicago have all seen precipitous drops in homicides, with some reaching multi-decade record lows (Washington Post 2025). While there are many causes of this decline, experts in the field point to community violence intervention as driving the trend.
Reimagining Rural Health and Well-being
To inform positive change, Grantmakers in Health (GIH) and the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) are partnering to reimagine a unified vision for health and well-being in rural America. The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) was engaged to conduct a landscape analysis and facilitate listening sessions with rural health stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels.
Roles for Philanthropy as Medicaid Changes Take Effect
For those of us who have worked toward health equity, who have spent the past few years building toward incremental gains and pushing for larger change, the events of this year can feel like one big backslide. At times, it’s overwhelming. Yet this is not the time to get bogged down by the size of the challenge or by analysis paralysis. From where I sit, I see five roles that philanthropy can play in the rollout of changes to Medicaid.
Upcoming Convenings
2026 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy to discuss the important issues facing the field.
Financial Accounting and Reporting Analyst
Support the grantmaking work of the BCBSNC Foundation by ensuring timely and accurate payments of grants and expenses, production of accurate, quality and timely GAAP and statutory financial reporting; ensuring adherence to financial accounting controls and polices; coordinating the monthly, quarterly and yearly close; and coordinating general ledger maintenance. Our ideal team member will thrive in and contribute to a collaborative environment, working cross-functionally to support the critical areas of finance and operations.
Program Officer
Community Memorial Foundation is searching for an experienced and mission driven Program Officer to join our small and highly collaborative team. This role will focus on grantmaking and portfolio management and community engagement. We are looking for a person with a track record of leadership in the philanthropy, public health, or nonprofit sectors.
Grants and Programs Officer
The Grants and Program Officer is part of a team responsible for coordinating, managing and executing activities related to programs and initiatives of the grantmaking arm of the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, particularly focused on working with Native communities. The position will include implementation of the current grants strategy and planning new engagement activities, management of a specific grantmaking portfolio, and engagement with the Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (OPEN).
Executive Director
Lead the overall direction of the organization, including strategy, governance, partnership, financial oversight, operations, staff leadership, and external representation. Work in close partnership with the Board of Trustees to guide PFH’s mission, ensure organizational integrity and effectiveness, and guide the foundation through its next phase of learning, impact, and evolution, balancing continuity with thoughtful adaptation as conditions change. Success in this role requires sound judgment, comfort with complexity, and the ability to balance continuity and reliability with adaptive, values-aligned leadership.
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