Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff

Join this informal roundtable discussion to connect with your peers, explore pressing issues, and share your perspectives on how election results are likely to influence your organization’s approach to policy change.

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Bridging Health Equity in Indian Country: Navigating the Public Health Crisis

Participants joined this webinar for an in-depth briefing on the current health trends that drove the public health crisis in Indian Country and the critical health policy initiatives that shaped these trends.

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Investing in Equity: Funders’ Role in Forming Food is Medicine

Participants engaged in a conversation focused on how strategic investments in community-based organizations (CBOs) could set a course for equity and advance the Food is Medicine landscape with integrity.

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2024 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting

Participants will have the opportunity to connect with one another, share ideas, and discuss how combined efforts can produce better outcomes for rural communities.

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Connecting Pediatricians, Families, and Schools for Thriving Youth

Leaders from the field explored how EdNavigator connected across systems to solve education challenges for children and youth in Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, DC, and how this cross-systems approach was a game changer in enabling children and youth to access the services they needed to thrive in school.

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Better Health for All: The Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Health Equity – Online Workshop 3

Participants Joined us for this special virtual series and uncovered how we could collectively move towards an inclusive approach to health philanthropy. The leader of the field and participants who joined the webinar explored learning about the challenges in health philanthropy and social justice. They addressed power dynamics and foster authentic community engagement in their initiatives. 

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Firearm Violence Prevention Learning Community: Roundtable Discussion

Join this virtual convening of the Firearm Violence Prevention Learning Community to reflect on learnings to date, share experiences and challenges supporting this work, and set priorities for future programming. This interactive discussion will also include an introduction to a new software platform designed to facilitate communication, collaboration, and resource sharing among participants.

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CEO Working Group Webinar: New CEOs

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to have convened the CEO Working Group in October, which offered 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.

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Better Health for All: The Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Health Equity – Online Workshop 2

Are you interested in learning about the current challenges in health philanthropy and social justice? Do you want to ensure authentic community engagement in your initiatives? Join us for this special virtual series and uncover how we can collectively move towards an inclusive approach to health philanthropy.

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Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff

This informal roundtable discussion connected funders with peers, explored pressing issues, and participants shared experiences leveraging rulemaking and other administrative processes to advance policy change.

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Better Health for All: The Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Health Equity – Online Workshop 1

Are you interested in learning about the current challenges in health philanthropy and social justice? Do you want to ensure authentic community engagement in your initiatives? Join us for this special virtual series and uncover how we can collectively move towards an inclusive approach to health philanthropy.

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Press Forward: Revitalizing Local Journalism and Restoring Trust in Media

This webinar introduced health funders to Press Forward, a national movement revitalizing local media and sources of information. Press Forward’s Associate Director, Christina Shih, discussed ways funders can engage with the initiative including pooled funds, aligned grantmaking, and local chapters. Taryn Fort, Senior Director of Communications and External Influence at The Colorado Health Foundation and Nora Ferrell, Director of Communications at the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, will share how support for local journalism aligns with their foundations’ work to advance health and equity, as well as why they are part of Press Forward.

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Better Health for All: The Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Health Equity – Introductory Webinar

This was the first virtual convening of a four-part series where participants learned about the challenges in health philanthropy and social justice. Leaders of the field ensured authentic community engagement in their initiatives and uncovered how they could collectively move towards an inclusive approach to health philanthropy.

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Post-Chevron: Impacts on the Food, Agriculture, and Public Health Regulatory Landscape

A funder-only webinar was held to explore the impacts of one of the most significant legal developments in recent years: the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. This ruling has profound implications for the regulatory interpretation of major legislation such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Farm Bill.

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Firearm Violence Prevention Learning Community: The Role of Health Care Providers and Systems

This virtual convening of the Learning Community focused on the role of health care providers and systems in firearm violence prevention efforts and ways health philanthropy can support this work. Featured speakers included: Amy Barnhorst, MD, Associate Director of the California Firearm Violence Research Center and Director of the BulletPoints Project and Chethan Sathya, MD, Medical Director for Trauma at Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Director of the Center for Gun Violence Prevention at Northwell Health.

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Improving the Lives of Children and Families – The Hidden Gem of the Tax Code

Please join the Tax Equity Funders Network for an in-person convening titled, “Improving the Lives of Children and Families – The Hidden Gem of the Tax Code” as part of the 2024 Prosperity Summit.

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Roundtable Discussion for Health Funders’ Policy Staff

Policy-focused participants joined this informal roundtable discussion to connect with their peers, explore pressing issues, and share their experiences regarding how policy-oriented functions are organized and structured within their funding organizations. 

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Funder Meetup: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Updates

This virtual briefing provided an update on our activities, the latest intel on the OAA reauthorization, and a preview of upcoming opportunities to learn about and influence aging funding and policy.

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How Expanding School-Based Medicaid Can Support Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing

Participants in this webinar learned how expanding school-based Medicaid can be a game changer for supporting youth well-being — and how funders can help catalyze action. Speakers included Sarah Broome, Schmidt Innovation Fellow, and Elizabeth Duncan, Education Program Consultant, Healthy Schools, Louisiana Department of Education.

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Upcoming Events on Advocacy Strategies

Behavioral Health in the Balance: Navigating the Impact of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act

Medicaid is the single largest payer for behavioral health services and is increasingly responsible for substance use disorder reimbursements. In July 2025, H.R.1 was signed into law containing an estimated $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years, resulting in almost 15 million people losing health coverage, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates. The pressure on states to cut spending is immense, and behavioral health services will not be immune. Join GIH for a discussion on the behavioral health implications of H.R.1 and opportunities for funders to get involved now. Bill Smith and Angela Kimball from Inseparable will summarize H.R.1 from a behavioral health perspective. Neel Harja and Sarah Wasil from Michigan Health Endowment Fund and Itai Dinour and Hazel Guzman from Carmel Hill Fund will provide examples of how funders are responding to this challenging situation.  Funders will leave the webinar with actionable ideas to protect access to behavioral health services in their states.

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Steady Voices in Unsteady Times: Strategies for Communicating in Crisis

Communicating effectively in times of crisis is essential for maintaining public trust and organizational reputation. It can also minimize the spread of false or misleading information. This virtual workshop is designed to support health funders’ efforts to effectively communicate while managing potential risks of ideologically- and politically-driven threats. Beth Tritter and Chrystal Okonta from FGS Global will lead the program. Participants will learn how to prepare for a communications crisis and test drive practical tools for managing and responding. Working in groups, participants will also work to address a plausible and timely challenge using best practices and core principles of effective crisis response.

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CEO Working Group Webinar: New CEOs

It 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.

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