Protecting the Freedom to Give

November 18 – 21, 2025 • Arlington, VA

The GIH Health Policy Exchange provides policy-engaged funders with information on current issues, access to leading thinkers, and connections with grantmaking peers. This year’s theme is Protecting the Freedom to Give. Against a backdrop of recent federal funding cuts, executive orders, and threats to philanthropy, it is more important than ever for health funders to educate, advocate, and collaborate to support the people, places, and things that are important to us.

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.

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Past Convenings

Rural Health Leadership Group

During this third conversation in GIH’s leadership series on rural health, GIH President and CEO Cara James convened rural leaders to advance recovery in rural areas and to increase philanthropic investments in those regions.

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Food Access and Security Learning Community Calls

This call provided an opportunity for participants to share feedback on the 2020 Fall Forum meeting, Food for a Healthier America. 

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2020 Fall Forum: Food for a Healthier America

Food for a Healthier America examined current food access and security policy, the gaps and challenges laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunities for positive policy change, and philanthropy’s role in creating a more equitable and just food system.

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Food Access and Security Learning Community Calls

This meeting of the learning community focused on addressing food equity and the role of philanthropy.  The meeting featured Navina Khanna of HEAL Food Alliance, who presented and spoke with attendees. 

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Food Access and Security Learning Community Calls

This meeting focused on the response to COVID-19, the opportunities and challenges moving beyond the immediate response to meaningful systems change, and the role funders might play in this work. The meeting featured Brian Lang and Caroline Harries from The Food Trust as presenters and discussants.  

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Virtual Meeting: Eighth Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Rural Health Association, Grantmakers In Health, and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, were pleased to cohost the 2020 Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health virtual meeting on June 4, 2020.

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Health, Housing, Equity, Race and Power Funders Convening

Health, Housing, Equity, Race and Power Funders Convening will be held on February 25-26, 2020, at The California Endowment in Oakland, California.

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2019 Fall Forum

GIH offers programming designed for funders with a strong interest in health policy.

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