Featured Resources

bi3 Article: Trust-Based Philanthropy is Grounded in Mutual Accountability and Learning

A new article shows how applying a trust-based philanthropy lens helps funders capture the full impact of grants, describes how bi3 evaluates initiatives, and how building funder-grantee relationships grounded in power-sharing, transparency, and mutual accountability helps achieve greater impact.

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New Competency Model for Foundation Program Officers Released

The Dorothy A. Johnson Center on Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University has released a competency model for foundation program officers.

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Taking A cultivate approach to Improve Community Health

Health foundations are increasingly recognizing that their mission is not simply to award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations, but rather to play a catalytic role in improving the conditions that influence health, especially at a population level.

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Latest Resources

Philanthropic Moral Courage: A Compass for Leading Boldly

Moral courage and risk-taking were hot topics of conversation during our experience as fellows of the 2016 Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders.

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Awarding Excellence in Advocacy and Philanthropy

On March 14, GIH announced that Chet Hewitt, President and CEO of the Sierra Health Foundation, is the 2017 recipient of the Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy, and that Ron Pollack, the Founding Executive Director of Families USA, is the 2017 recipient of the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.

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Potomac Health Foundation

Learn more about Potomac Health Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Healthcare Initiative Foundation

Learn more about Healthcare Initiative Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Cone Health Foundation

Learn more about Cone Health Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Montana Healthcare Foundation

Learn more about Montana Healthcare Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Philanthropy’s Future Leaders

In 2010 GIH established the biannual Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy as a living legacy through which Terrance Keenan’s words and deeds could inspire the field’s future leaders.

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W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Learn more about W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

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Shyaam Subramanian

How Foundations Can be Engaged This Election Year

Election season presents tremendous opportunities for philanthropic organizations to educate voters and candidates on the issues core to their charitable missions. Through strategies such as civic engagement and public policy advocacy, nonprofit organizations can expand the reach and impact of their activities.

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Connect With Funder Peers on Governance and Operations 

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Trustee Resources

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