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
Executive Director
The Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment (CARE) Fund invites nominations and applications for a forward-thinking, inclusive, and visionary executive to serve as its next Executive Director. The CARE Fund represents a unique and powerful model of public-private partnership, advancing life-saving cancer research across Washington State.
Executive Director
The Jackson Chance Foundation is seeking an Executive Director to lead its next phase of growth and expand its impact on families with children in the NICU. Building on a strong foundation, successful fundraising efforts, and an engaged Board, the Executive Director will implement the organization’s strategic vision, grow and diversify revenue, strengthen donor relationships, oversee operations and finances, and serve as a key ambassador alongside the Meghie Family.
Executive Director
The Foundation for a Healthy High Point seeks a highly relational, strategic, and community-focused leader to serve as its next Executive Director. The ideal candidate will be a trusted convener, systems thinker, and visible community connector who can translate a compelling vision into meaningful action, build authentic partnerships across High Point, and steward the Foundation’s resources to achieve long-term community impact.
Vice President of Communications and Development
The Vice President of Communications and Development is a key member of the Michael Reese Health Trust Leadership Team. This leader will help define and elevate the foundation’s visibility and identity as both a funder and a doer—a collaborator, convenor, advocate, and bridge-builder advancing health equity across Chicagoland.
FEATURED POSTING
Director, Public Health
The Director, Public Health leads our US-based Public Health initiatives to improve population health by applying novel processes, project management strategies, and data science tools to build effective solutions to complex public health problems. They will manage a team of Public Health consultants to inform policy, system, and environmental changes aimed at improving the health status of state and local public health programs through a health equity framework.