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Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Let’s Take Courageous Steps Together in 2025
Dr. Laura Gerald, President, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust; Outgoing Board Chair, Grantmakers in Health
At the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, this has been a challenging year for North Carolina, where we live and work. Hurricane Helene devastated the western part of NC and the surrounding region, and we endured an election that divided our state and nation.
We also know that we are not alone facing the challenges of 2024 and those we will take on in 2025. Many of us in the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) community are wondering how to persevere through these uncertain times. At the Trust, we acknowledge the heaviness of the moment—because we anticipate policy changes that will negatively impact people who are already being left behind.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
The Health Sector is a Critical Voice in Climate Advocacy
Laura Kate Bender, Assistant Vice President, Nationwide Healthy Air, American Lung Association
Deb Brown, Chief Mission Officer, American Lung Association
Founded 120 years ago, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research, education, and advocacy. Central to our work is a mission imperative to champion clean air for all. We work tirelessly to protect public health from air pollution to ensure that all people have air that is safe and healthy to breathe, including through advocacy to address climate change and advance clean air policy at every level of government.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Postpartum Care Systems: Strategically Collaborating to Advance and Align Solutions across Sectors
Andrea Palmer, Program Officer, Pritzker Children’s Initiative
Jacque Caglia, Director of Learning, Communications and U.S. Programs, Merck for Mothers
Wilna Paulemon, Associate Director of U.S. Programs, Merck for Mothers
Raquel Mazon and Wendy McWeeny, Co-Directors, Community Health Acceleration Partners
Alexandra Geertz and Leah Nakon, Founding Partner and Advisor, Afton Bloom
As state policymakers began extending continuous eligibility for postpartum Medicaid coverage from the 60 days following birth to the 12 months following birth in 2022, a small workgroup of funders connected to explore what philanthropy’s role could be in strengthening maternal health outcomes and how we might support effective implementation of the extension.
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“At the heart of our work at the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation is a core belief in the dignity of all people. Our mission translates this core belief, which in our case flows from our commitment to Catholic values, but which is also affirmed by many outside this tradition, into specific actions. We exist to support and advance the health and well-being of precisely those New Yorkers whose dignity is at risk of being overlooked or denied and who too often encounter rejection or discrimination by people and systems. They are our focus, and it is a privilege to utilize the resources of this foundation in service to them.”
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GIH NEWS
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Supporting Southern California Wildfire Recovery Efforts
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Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is watching with the rest of the country as Southern California continues to battle wildfires devastating communities in and around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Our thoughts are with the many thousands of people who have been displaced from their homes and seen their neighborhoods and towns destroyed.
The disaster is affecting people and communities across the economic spectrum, from affluent neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades to working class enclaves in Altadena. Although the fires are still burning, as we move into recovery, it is critical that resources are distributed equitably to all communities involved to ensure all whose lives have been disrupted by the tragedy have access to the support they need to rebuild.
There is much that philanthropy can do to augment local, state, and federal government recovery efforts. Click here to find out how you can help engage your organization's support.
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GIH Welcomes Three New Members to Board of Directors
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GIH is pleased to announce the elections of Kenneth Jones, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Equity Officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Susan Mims, President and CEO of the Dogwood Health Trust; and Hilda Polanco, Market Managing Principal at BDO to its Board of Directors. The board terms for all three board members begins on March 24, 2025.
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2025 GIH Health Policy Priorities
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GIH’s five-year strategic plan elevates leadership and influence as one of four strategic pillars for our work. GIH seeks to take a more active role in defining the key issues that will advance better health for all and support health philanthropy with thought leadership and programming to make a lasting impact by influencing advocacy, policy, and funding in targeted areas. As part of this work, GIH recently released its updated policy priorities for 2025.
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Federal Health Policy Timeline
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Produced in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, GIH’s 2025 Federal Health Policy Timeline previews expected and potential federal regulatory and legislative health policy events. Please note that as an exclusive GIH Funding Partner benefit, the timeline is only available to active GIH Funding Partners.
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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
@ WORK
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Transitions & Appointments
Joyce Pan Huang (Cleveland Foundation) • Sarah Iselin, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dr. Thomas Lee (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation)
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Grants & Programs
Connecticut Health Foundation (Hartford, CT) • Dogwood Health Trust (Asheville, NC) • The Duke Endowment (Charlotte, NC) • The Foundation for a Healthy High Point (High Point, NC) • Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (New York, NY) • John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY) • The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn, NJ) • Nemours Children’s Health (Wilmington, DE) • Point32Health Foundation (Canton, MA) • Washington Square Health Foundation (Chicago, IL) • Williamsburg Health Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
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