Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise

Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise, a learning tour, was held from December 4-6, 2013 in Fresno, California.

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Investing in Legal Aid to Promote Individual and Population Health

On this webinar, participants learned more about how legal interventions connect to current investment priorities in health philanthropy.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – November

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GIH convened a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Scaling-Up: Connecting Effective Nonprofits to Capital: Part One

On this first webinar, grantmakers were introduced to the Social Impact Exchange and learned how to get involved in the innovative marketplace it has created for local, regional and national funders who want to work and learn with others to achieve larger impact in their priority areas.

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Water as Part of the Commons

Part one of a two-part Creating Common Ground series on water, agriculture, and health, this webinar examined water as a part of the Commons, a shared resource upon which we all depend and for which we share responsibility.

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Engaging Communities to Create Healthy Places

Engaging Communities to Create Healthy Places was held on November 13, 2013 in Denver, Colorado.

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Prenatal Care for Vulnerable Pregnant Women

This webinar examined grantmaking strategies that provide high-quality prenatal care to under served, hard-to-reach pregnant women, including Latinas, women living in poverty, and homeless women.

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Medicare at a Crossroads

This webinar explored challenges and opportunities facing Medicare, the implications of ACA implementation for seniors, the current and upcoming work of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and how funders and their grantees can support Medicare in their communities.

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Why the Affordable Care Act Matters to Diverse Older People

This webinar highlighted both national and state-specific examples on what is being done to ensure that older people know about the changes that are taking place under the ACA and how it affects them.

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Prescription Drug Abuse

On this webinar, participants learned more about the increasing misuse of prescription drugs and how different types of foundations are working to address this often under-recognized public health issue.

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Monitoring, Evaluating, and Learning from Kids’ Coverage Initiatives

On this webinar, participants joined an in-depth discussion of the monitoring, learning, and evaluation plans for the Finish Line and KidsWell initiatives and to hear from Bruce Lesley of First Focus, who will briefly discuss Children’s Health Insurance Program reauthorization.

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Addressing the Health Needs of LGBT Elders

This webinar identified key health issues and disparities for LGBT older adults and explored strategies for addressing LGBT aging disparities.

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

This webinar provided opportunities for participants to learn about how two foundations are working to identify and meet the economic, social, and health needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

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Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: New Directions in Behavioral Health

Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: New Directions in Behavioral Health was held on October 23, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – October

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health convened a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – Sept

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health launched a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Advanced Old Age in America: What Can We Count On?

Advanced Old Age in America: What Can We Count On? was held on September 26, 2013.

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Linking Healthy Weight Interventions to School Readiness Initiatives

This webinar explored promising efforts that incorporate healthy eating and active living into school readiness initiatives.

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“A Healthy America” Funders’ Meeting

“A Healthy America” Funders’ Meeting was held September 16, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

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Upcoming Events on Advocacy Strategies

Roundtable on Advancing Health Equity

Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to invite you to join us in continuing the conversation on advancing health equity within philanthropy. This is a dedicated time for collaboration, learning, and action for program staff leading health equity efforts at their foundations (open to funding partners only).

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2026 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy to discuss the important issues facing the field.

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Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff

A growing number of health funders employ staff whose responsibilities focus exclusively or predominantly on public policy engagement. Do you lead your organization’s policy or government affairs work? Participants joined this informal roundtable discussion to connect with your peers, explore pressing issues, and share your experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities. Agenda forthcoming.

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