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.

Read More →

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.

Read More →

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.

Read More →

Latest Resources

Baptist Healing Trust

Learn more about Baptist Healing Trust’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

Read More →

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Learn more about Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

Read More →

Empire Health Foundation

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

Read More →

Expanding Impact Through Evaluation

Foundations support evaluations for a variety of reasons: to measure impact and monitor program performance; to strengthen program performance by providing feedback to grantees and foundation staff; and to promote broader learning by grantees, the foundation, and the nonprofit community at large.

Read More →

2015 Terrance Keenan Award Speech by Gail Christopher

Gail Christopher, Vice President for Policy and Senior Advisor at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is honored with the 2015 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. Listen to the podcast of her acceptance speech “Do All Lives Matter?” delivered at the 2015 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy.   GIH established the Terrance Keenan Award…

Read More →

St. David’s Foundation

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

Read More →

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Learn more about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation’s mission, vision, and approach in this Grantmaker Focus profile.

Read More →

Aetna Foundation

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

Read More →

Health in All Policies: What It Is and What It Means for Health Grantmaking

Health in All Policies (HiAP) is an emerging approach to public policymaking, grounded in recognition that the most important determinants of health are outside the reach of the formal health care system. This Issue Focus describes the HiAP concept, its history and evolution, and explores how this approach is poised to influence priorities and programs in the field of health philanthropy.

Read More →

Connect With Funder Peers on Governance and Operations 

Interested in exchanging strategies, information, and questions with your funder peers? Sign up for GIH E-Forums.

Trustee Resources

Explore this page to browse resources, publications, and events related to foundation trustees.