Events
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2026 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting
Marriott Bethesda Downtown 7707 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, MD, United StatesGrantmakers In Health (GIH), the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Rural Health Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Rural Health are excited to announce the 2026 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting: September 23 – 25, 2026 at the Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriot HQ. Registration link, meeting agenda, and information about lodging will be shared at a later date. For general questions about the Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership (RHPP) Meeting, please contact us at ruralhealthphil@hrsa.gov. If you are interested in being on the planning committee for the RHPP meeting, please email Alexa Ofori at aofori@hrsa.gov by Friday, March 20.
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Environmental Health, Data Centers, and the Case for Equity in the Southeast
VirtualThis webinar opens with a grounding in the region's environmental health landscape and what the data center build-out means for community health. The conversation then turns to a community leader, whose work has reshaped national policy, followed by a funder with investment in environmental health, who will share what meaningful partnership and effective philanthropy look like on the ground.
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Health Equity Roundtable: October Convening on Immigration and Philanthropy
VirtualGrantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to invite you to join us for a continued conversation on advancing health equity. This is a dedicated time for collaboration, learning, and action for program staff leading health equity efforts at their foundations and is only open to GIH Funding Partners.
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When “Exempt” Isn’t Enough: Medicaid Work Requirements and Maternal Mental Health
VirtualInvitation: When "Exempt" Isn't Enough: Medicaid Work Requirements and Maternal Mental Health
Medicaid work requirements are set to take effect soon, creating a burdensome administrative process that most enrollees will need to navigate to keep their coverage. Certain populations are exempt from these requirements—including people who are pregnant or postpartum, and those parenting a child age 13 or under. But exemption doesn't mean automatic protection: in most cases, individuals must actively prove or attest to their exempt status, often through paperwork and verification processes that are easy to miss or misunderstand.
On paper, this should mean pregnant, postpartum, and parenting individuals face no risk to their health insurance. In practice, the complexity of federal rules—combined with the burden of proving an exemption rather than simply receiving one—will inevitably create confusion, fear, and unnecessary coverage loss for people who qualify.
For people who are pregnant, postpartum, or parenting, this could mean slipping through the cracks of a system that assumes they're protected but doesn't make that protection easy to keep—worsening maternal mental health in the process. For people of childbearing age more broadly, it could mean losing access to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy counseling that helps them achieve and maintain healthy pregnancies. Join Funders for Maternal Mental Health and Grantmakers In Health on October 14th from 2 pm - 3:15 pm ET / 11 am - 12:15 pm PT for a webinar on this timely topic.
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CEO Working Group Webinar: New CEOs
VirtualIt is a difficult time for many, but especially for those who are new to their role. Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group in October, to offer foundation leaders who have been in their position for less than five years the opportunity to discuss the challenges they are facing as new CEOs with one another and seasoned leaders in the field. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors, or the highest-ranking health staff at multi-issue foundations. During these candid, confidential conversations, philanthropic leaders share information, swap strategies, raise concerns, and ask for one another’s advice. Reach out to Ann Rodgers to learn more.
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