Medical grantmaking is no longer judged by the strength of individual grants. It’s judged by whether those grants collectively change health outcomes across systems.
In today’s environment — marked by funding instability, rising accountability standards, and widening inequities — isolated program funding isn’t enough. The real challenge isn’t writing bigger checks or adopting new tools. It’s designing for coordination, shared evidence, and equity at the operational level.
This whitepaper examines the structural shifts reshaping medical philanthropy and outlines what modern funders must do differently to move from well-intentioned investments to measurable, system-level impact.
What you’ll learn
Inside, you’ll explore:
- Why modernization in medical grantmaking is a coordination problem, not a technology problem
- The five trends redefining how health funders structure impact
- How research-practice partnerships turn collaboration into a repeatable performance model
- Where equity breaks down in traditional grantmaking — and how to embed it into funding mechanics
- What shared measurement and backbone infrastructure look like in practice
Access the full framework and start designing system-level outcomes.
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