GIH program staff is on-hand to help staff and trustees of foundations and corporate giving programs with questions related to health and philanthropy. Our strategic guidance services include:
GIH offers various opportunities for funders to receive strategic guidance from program staff, experts, and peers.
1:1 Strategic Guidance
GIH program staff is on-hand to help staff and trustees of foundations and corporate giving programs with questions related to health and philanthropy.
Learning Communities
Each Learning Community uses an online platform plus a mix of webinars, in-person meetings, resource sharing, and surveys to provide ongoing opportunities for sharing, networking, and collaborating around specific topics or functions in health philanthropy.
E-Forums
GIH E-Forums are designed to help health funders share best practices and connect with peers on the issues and challenges that matter most.
Facilitated Introductions
To promote collaboration and peer connections, GIH can facilitate an introduction via the online partner directory.
Funding Partner Directory
GIH's Funding Partners provide both unrestricted and program support for our activities. Philanthropy Support Partners work together with GIH to serve the field of health philanthropy.
Grantmaker Profiles
Find out more about grantmaker profiles to learn about the history, vision, and giving of your philanthropic peers.
Policy and Advocacy
GIH seeks to take a more active role in defining the key issues that will advance better health for all. We are also supporting health philanthropy with the thought leadership and programming to create lasting impact by influencing advocacy, policy, and funding in targeted areas.
Legal Strategy
Foundations and other charitable organizations are facing increasing legal risks related to their work. Grantmakers In Health (GIH) has developed resources to help health funders navigate the current legal landscape and assess and mitigate their legal risk.
Strategic Communications
We encourage GIH Funding Partners to prepare or review their crisis communications strategies and legal response plans for potential actions by the administration against philanthropy or nonprofits.
Trustee Resources
Browse trustee-tailored content related to governance, strategy, and effectiveness.
Awards
GIH awards are designated to individuals who have made innumerable contributions to the fields of health and health care.
Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders
The Terrance Keenan Institute is a professional leadership development opportunity for health philanthropy’s next generation leaders.
Learning Communities
GIH provides a platform for funders with similar roles and interests to learn, share, and collaborate.
Philanthropy Careers
Program Officer
The Program Officer supports the foundation’s programs and grantmaking, working with and providing support to the president and senior program staff. The position is involved in a variety of tasks related to the programmatic work of the foundation to advance the mission of FORE. The ideal Program Officer is organized, collaborative, and a strong communicator, knowledgeable in the subject matter and committed to the foundation’s mission, who is actively engaged in the development and monitoring of grants, supportive of the evolving priorities of the foundation, and able to problem-solve to meet programmatic needs.
Director of Grantmaking
The director of grantmaking supports and provides vision and strategy for the foundation’s grantmaking efforts. This leader will identify new grantmaking initiatives that align with the foundation’s strategic plan; build partnerships with grantees; continuously review and improve the grant process; and oversee the capacity-building strategy for grantees. Collaborates closely with stakeholders to ensure that grantmaking activities are coordinated and strategically aligned with our policy, communications, and research work.
Senior Impact Investing Officer
Reporting to the Vice President, Impact & Community Investing, Dogwood Health Trust (Dogwood) seeks a Senior Impact Investing Officer to develop and execute its expanding impact investing portfolio. The Senior Officer plays a critical leadership role in deploying catalytic capital—loans, equity, guarantees, recoverable grants, and innovative financing mechanisms—to advance Dogwood’s mission of dramatically improving the…
Vice President, Strategic Communications and Narrative
We are seeking a visionary and collaborative Vice President of Strategic Communications and Narrative to lead the development, implementation, and management of comprehensive communications and narrative strategies that amplify community-driven solutions, shift beliefs and power, and drive systems change to advance racial and health equity and health access for marginalized populations across California.
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Associate Provost and Executive Director
The Executive Director will lead the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, one of Wisconsin’s largest and most influential health philanthropic assets shaping high-impact investments that seed discovery, turn knowledge into action and strengthen community health across the state.