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Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Protecting Ballot Measures to Protect Democracy
Vina Kay, Director, Piper Fund and Piper Action Fund, initiatives of Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League
Bill Kopsky, Executive Director, Arkansas Public Policy Panel
Access to abortion care in Ohio. The chance to support city candidates with democracy vouchers in Seattle. Promoting judicial ethics in Colorado. An $11 an hour minimum wage in Arkansas. What do these policy changes have in common? They were all enacted through the ballot initiative process, and they all support healthy, thriving communities, both in process and in outcome. But multiple states are seeing efforts to curtail the ballot measure process, limiting the voices of voters.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Beyond the Exam Room: Impacting Health Outcomes Through Civic Engagement
Dr. Alister Martin, Emergency Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Founder, Vot-ER
Dr. Joseph R. Betancourt, President, The Commonwealth Fund; Former Senior Vice President for Equity and Community Health, Massachusetts General Hospital
August marks Civic Health Month, a time to showcase the link between voting and health and celebrate efforts that ensure every voter can support their community’s health at the ballot box. At the same time, the United States is grappling with a health care system ranked 37th globally despite consuming 17 percent of the country's GDP. With 26 million Americans uninsured and 43 million underinsured, the gap in access to care continues to widen. This crisis will deepen as critical ACA subsidies expire at the end of 2025, potentially leaving 3.8 million more Americans without coverage, in addition to new federal cuts to Medicaid and changes to how coverage is accessed through the health insurance marketplace, which could result in as many as 20 million Americans losing their health insurance.
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“Action is where philanthropy demonstrates its true value. At the Children’s Foundation, this means supporting community-led solutions, participating in collaborative funding efforts, and advocating for policies that strengthen public health, uplift nonprofit partners, and reinforce the philanthropic sector. Action requires transparency, trust, and long-term commitment.”
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GIH NEWS
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Tracking the Field: Behavioral Health Strategies
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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.
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2025 Call for GIH Board Nominations
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GIH is committed to better health for all through better philanthropy and is seeking candidates who align with this vision and are committed to advancing health equity. Ideal candidates represent the diversity of health philanthropy across a variety of personal and professional dimensions, including demographics, life experience, professional skills, geographic location, organization size and assets, and type of health funder.
Begin the process by completing a nomination form no later than Friday, September 12, 2025.
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Save the Date: 2025 GIH Health Policy Exchange
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Building on the important conversations begun last month at the 2025 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Conference in New Orleans, we are excited to announce the 2025 GIH Health Policy Exchange, Protecting the Freedom to Give. The multi-day conference will provide opportunities for health funders focused on policy to network with policymakers and other funders, exchange ideas and best practices, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
This year’s Health Policy Exchange will be held on November 19 – 21, 2025, at The Westin Arlington in Arlington, VA and will delve into how health philanthropy should address the unique policy challenges posed by our current moment.
Registration will open later this summer.
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Philanthropy Careers
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Grantmakers In Health offers a listing of current professional opportunities in health philanthropy on the GIH website. |
Recent opportunities:
Click here to view the full list of opportunities
Submit an Opportunity to the GIH Career Board
Posts are free for GIH Funding Partners; for all others the cost is $99 for a 90-day post. At this time, we only accept positions based in health, philanthropy, or the nonprofit sector. GIH retains the right to review all posts for appropriateness and relevance to our community. Please contact us at info@gih.org with any questions.
Submit Career Opportunity Listing
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PHILANTHROPY
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Grants & Programs
Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation (Boston, MA) • The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York (Buffalo and Syracuse, NY) • Pottstown Regional Community Foundation (Pottstown, PA)
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Transitions
Xiomara Arroyo, Ana Gomez Chapman, and Chris Howard (San Diego Foundation) • Dr. Anthony Iton (The Health Trust) • Eric Meadows (The Meadows Foundation) • Dan Winslow (The New Hanover Community Endowment)
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