Capturing Election Momentum for Building Power
In this final webinar in the FCCP Election Series Discussion listeners explored practical pathways that can capture election momentum to build long-term power for communities of interest. Together participants crafted potential solutions to help bridge the post-election decline in funding and retain grantee capacities at a time when that will be critical.
Funders Census Initiative Briefing Series: Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results – Part 2
The Funders Census Initiative presented the second in a series of briefings on census messaging results developed in partnership with the Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup.
GOTV + Election Protection Needs + Opportunities
This was the second call in a two-part funders-only discussion series designed to share intelligence on timely, nonpartisan opportunities for philanthropy to help ensure full and fair participation in the democratic process.
Funders Census Initiative Briefing Series: Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results – Part 1
The Funders Census Initiative presented the first in a series of briefings on census messaging results developed in partnership with the Democracy Funders Collaborative Census Subgroup.
Expanding Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
This webinar discussed the emerging policy consensus and current efforts to make comprehensive paid leave a reality across the country.
Open Enrollment: Challenges and Strategies
During this webinar, funders learned how to share outreach and enrollment tactics, available resources, and potential strategies to overcome anticipated obstacles.
Tools to Assess Program Gaps and Needs for the 2018 Voter Mobilization
This call was the first in a two-part funders-only discussion series designed to share intelligence on timely, nonpartisan opportunities for philanthropy to help ensure full and fair participation in the democratic process.
Ensuring that Medicaid and CHIP Meet the Needs of Vulnerable Children
This webinar reviewed the latest policy updates, forecasted gaps, and opportunities to protect Medicaid and CHIP coverage for children with special health care needs and children in immigrant families.
Erasing Representation: The Implications of the Census Citizenship Status Question on Reapportionment and Redistricting
The Census Bureau has proposed the addition of a Citizenship Status Question to the 2020 Census and indicated that data will be included in the transfer of census counts to states for the purposes of redistricting. Two state legislatures have already considered bills to require that state legislative reapportionment and redistricting be based on citizen totals rather than full population totals.
Improving Health Outcomes by Connecting to the EITC: A Conversation for Funders
On this webinbar, funders learned about the importance of EITC in improving health, explored examples of how philanthropy is engaging in this work, and increased cross-sectoral connections between health and economic security funders.
The Critical Role of Medicaid for People with Disabilities
On this webinar, funders heard an overview of Medicaid’s role for this critical population; understood the potential impact that new policies—such as basing Medicaid eligibility on employment—may have on people with disabilities; and discussed recent delivery system changes, such as the movement to commercial managed care.
Invitation to Innovation Funder Call Series – July
As part of our collaborative Invitation to Innovation initiative, Grantmakers In Aging and Grantmakers In Health cosponsored a monthly series of funders-only discussions focused on the challenges of and opportunities for improving care for people with complex health and social needs.
Philanthropy’s Response to the Addition of a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
During this webinar, funders learned about: where the proposed citizenship question stands now and how key national stakeholder organizations are organizing to respond to it, how funders and Philanthropy Serving Organizations can sign-on to letters regarding the citizenship question and submit their own comments, and
how funders can help inform their grantees about sign-on comment letters and other organizing opportunities for stakeholder groups.
Funding for Cultural Change: Creating and Meeting the Moment
This discussion explored how grassroots leaders have leveraged or helped create big cultural moments to build long-term power in their communities and considered how funders have been supporting this work thus far.
Region 5 Opioid Funders Summit
The Region 5 Opioid Funders Summit was held from June 18-19, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.
Sixth Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Meeting
Sixth Annual Public-Private Collaborations in Rural Health Meeting was held from June 7-8, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Complex Care: Funding Big Problems on a Small Budget
This webinar taught strategies for funding improvement and innovation in complex care on a smaller budget. The discussion included an overview of The Blueprint for Complex Care (a joint project of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, the Center for Health Care Strategies, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement); case studies on how and why to support patient advocacy, data analytics, clinical models of care, cross-sector communication, unconventional partnerships, and workforce development; examples of evidence-based programs that are ready for replication and scaling; and advice on designing sustainable business models and implementation plans.