Annual Report 2014
GIH’s 2014 Annual Report document’s the organization’s programmatic and financial activities.
GIH Bulletin: June 2015
Long-term poverty is the norm in many rural areas of the United States. Coupled with slow (or nonexistent) job growth, limited numbers of health care providers, and other access issues, the result is significant physical, oral, and behavioral health problems.
Health Reform Five Years Later: Philanthropy Steps Up to the Challenge
In this report, GIH describes the full spectrum of ways in which foundations have engaged in health reform-related efforts—both coverage expansion and health system transformation—since passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
GIH Bulletin: May 2015
GIH has many conversations with health foundations and corporate giving programs across the country, helping us gauge the areas in which grantmakers are active. We have identified eight priorities, illustrating the breadth of funder interests.
GIH Bulletin: April 2015
This year marks the 100th anniversary of National Negro Health Week and the 30th anniversary of the Heckler Report. Both were milestones in the quest for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care.
Pathways to Health
Each year GIH invites grantmakers to share their perspectives by writing essays devoted to the annual conference theme. This year’s writers have put their thoughts to paper regarding their journeys on Pathways to Health. We invite you to read the guest commentaries and the GIH essay written by Faith Mitchell.
Beyond Grantmaking: Health Foundations as Policy Change Agents
This GIH report seeks to help the field of health philanthropy maximize its strategic potential and minimize the difficulties inherent in taking on new roles by both describing ways funders are directly engaging in policy change efforts and distilling the key lessons learned from these experiences.
GIH Bulletin: March 2015
This year’s annual conference in Austin, Texas, was a multidimensional exploration of the theme Pathways to Health. Dynamic plenary speakers set the tone, beginning with Patrick Kennedy (The Kennedy Forum)