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Civic Engagement

Scan of the Field: Funder Approaches to Health Equity

February 4, 2021
May 21, 2025
Health Equity and Social Justice, Philanthropic Growth and Impact
Tracking the Field

Philanthropic investments in health equity are growing in response to increased national attention. In an effort to document and learn from this moment, GIH surveyed its Funding Partners at the end of 2020 to identify whether and how foundations altered their health equity programming and pivoted internally to foster more diverse and inclusive environments.

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Post-Election Philanthropy

GIH Bulletin: November/December 2020

November 16, 2020
May 21, 2025

GIH is continuing to organize several post-election calls for health funders, as we have done in previous years. Join us on November 30 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern for Post-Election Discussion: Moving Forward on Health Care to gain key insights into the prospects for increasing health care access, advancing health equity, and improving the delivery system. In addition, check out these resources from our Philanthropy Support Partners…

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Health Policy Exchange (Formerly Fall Forum) Video

2020 Fall Forum: Better Health, Stronger Democracy

October 1, 2020
November 16, 2020
Community Engagement and Empowerment
Health Policy Exchange (Formerly Fall Forum), Video

Better Health, Stronger Democracy explored how health funders are promoting civic engagement, protecting voter rights, and engaging in post-census electoral redistricting.

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Issue Focus by Ann McMillan

COVID-19: Foundations Help Rural Communities Respond and Recover

August 13, 2020
May 21, 2025
Access and Quality
Issue Focus

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing disparities in vulnerable rural communities, which place the 46 million Americans in rural geographies in a particularly precarious situation. In the spring of 2020, Grantmakers In Health reached out to several funders engaged in this work to better understand their perspectives on rural response and recovery and to share those examples with the broader field to assist funders as they determine future needs and strategies in rural areas.

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Health Policy Exchange (Formerly Fall Forum)

2020 Virtual Fall Forum

July 6, 2020
November 16, 2020
Community Engagement and Empowerment, Health Equity and Social Justice
Health Policy Exchange (Formerly Fall Forum)

Each fall, GIH offers programming designed for funders with a strong interest in health policy. These meetings, collectively known as the Fall Forum, are an excellent opportunity for funders with a strong interest in health policy to get up-to-speed on current issues, interact with leading thinkers, and connect with their grantmaking peers.

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Webinars

COVID-19 and the Impact on 2020 Census Outreach: Shifting Tactics to Get Out the Count

May 7, 2020
May 15, 2020
Community Engagement and Empowerment
Webinars

This webinar featured state practitioners who shared how COVID-19 and the Census Bureau’s adjusted operational timeline are impacting 2020 Census outreach. Participants learned what these shifts mean in terms of immediate needs for census organizations’ programs, operations, and staff; explored creative approaches to reach historically undercounted communities; and discussed how census engagement can support long-term capacity building.

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Webinars

Funders Census Initiative Briefing Series: Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results

February 28, 2020
March 9, 2020
Community Engagement and Empowerment, Health Equity and Social Justice
Webinars

This webinar focused on messages that resonate within historically undercounted communities, based on recent focus groups and online messaging testing.

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Webinars

Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results

September 20, 2019
September 10, 2019
Community Engagement and Empowerment
Webinars

The 2010 Census missed over 2 million young children, most of which were left off the form by families who responded. Participants in this webinar learned more about why families have left children in their households off the census in the past and how to develop persuasive messages to ensure young children are not missed in 2020.

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Issue Focus by Colin Pekruhn Sep 2019

Policies for Those Who Care: Investing in Systems That Support Family Caregivers

September 17, 2019
May 21, 2025
Population Health
Issue Focus

Across the country, more than 45 million family members are providing care for older adults with chronic, disabling health conditions. There are a multitude of reasons why health grantmakers should be concerned about this, ranging from caregivers’ critical role in managing the needs of complex care patient populations to the manifold short- and long-term impacts caregiving has on the health and wellness of caregivers themselves.

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Webinars

Census Funder Debrief: Supreme Court Citizenship Question Decision

July 4, 2019
July 1, 2019
Community Engagement and Empowerment
Webinars

This webinar was held in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the 2020 Census citizenship question.

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