Health Across the Life Course: Mobilizing New Opportunities

July 29 2021

This session, the second in the series Designing a Roadmap for a Post COVID-19 Recovery Centered on Health Equity, was designed to stimulate new thinking and identify strategic actions that can be taken to advance health equity and racial equity as the nation rebuilds after COVID-19.

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Food Access and Security Learning Community Calls

July 26 2021

This meeting focused on the current state of food and nutrition incentives, with a particular emphasis on the impact of the pandemic and the future of these interventions. The meeting featured Oran Hesterman, Noah Fulmer, and Katie Jones of Fair Food Network.  

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Embedding Rural Issues in Equity Conversations

June 11 2021

Tim Putnam, Chief Executive Officer of Margaret Mary Health, and Justin Maxson, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture discuss embedding rural issues into equity conversations, in a conversation moderated by Nashville Health Founder and Chairman, Senator Bill Frist.

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Carolyn Wang Kong & Tiffany Hall

June 11 2021

Carolyn Wang Kong, Chief Program Director of Blue Shield of California Foundation, accepts the 2021 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy. Tiffany Hall, Executive Director of Recover Alaska, accepts the 2021 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: A New Behavioral Health Paradigm

June 10 2021

Arthur Evans, Jr., American Psychological Association, discusses the need for a new behavioral health paradigm at the GIH annual conference, Building a Just and Equitable Future.

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Climate Change, Health, and Equity

June 10 2021

Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UPROSE, discusses climate change, health, and equity at the GIH annual conference, Building a Just and Equitable Future.

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Reprioritizing Public Health

June 09 2021

Mona Hanna-Attisha, Founder and Director of Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, and Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities of The California Endowment discuss reprioritizing public health in a conversation moderated by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust President Laura Gerald. 

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Centering Equity in Pandemic Response and Recovery

June 09 2021

Marcella Nunez-Smith, Chair of the White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, discusses how to center equity in pandemic response and recovery at the GIH annual conference, Building a Just and Equitable Future.

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Federal Opportunities to Improve Health and Health Care

June 08 2021

David Blumenthal, President of Commonwealth Fund, and J. Nadine Gracia, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Trust for America’s Health discuss federal opportunities to improve health and health care, in a conversation moderated by Grantmakers In Health President and CEO Cara James.

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2021 Annual Conference Plenary Remarks: Justice, Equity, and Philanthropy’s Future

June 08 2021

Melissa Berman, President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; Kathleen Enright, President and CEO of Council on Foundations; Crystal Hayling, Executive Director of Libra Foundation; and Brenda Solorzano, Chief Executive Office of Headwaters Foundation discuss justice, equity, and philanthropy’s future, in a conversation moderated by Healthy Communities Foundation President Maria Pesqueira.

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2021 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy (Virtual)

June 08 2021

The 2021 Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy will be held virtually from Tuesday, June 8 to Friday, June 11, 2021. The GIH Annual Conference is the best place to meet up with the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy today.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Shifting From Hate to Health: The Benefits of Leading From within Community

June 04 2021

In this Quick Take, hear from Jewish and Muslim leaders, and learn successful strategies to creating safer and more welcoming communities and drafting actionable steps for your organization.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention

June 04 2021

This Quick Take session will explore the challenges and opportunities of establishing and sustaining hospital-based violence intervention programs.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Virtual Crisis Care: Rural Innovation to Mental Health Crisis Response

June 04 2021

This Quick Take will provide the nuts and bolts of how one state is piloting a statewide program to give rural law enforcement officers immediate access to mental health professionals using technology.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Advancing Health Equity for the Homebound

June 04 2021

Older adults who are homebound are often socially isolated, have unmet care needs, and suffer high mortality—and being homebound is not uncommon. In 2011, data showed that more older adults were homebound than living in nursing homes. This Quick Take will highlight the epidemiology and characteristics of homebound older adults, a population often invisible to society, and discuss why funders should include the homebound in their efforts to advance health care equity.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Closing the Gap: Evaluating Rural Communities with a Health Equity Lens

June 04 2021

Using Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s The Two Georgias Initiative as a guiding framework, this Quick Take will explore the role of philanthropy and intermediaries, innovative evaluation tools and resources, and lessons learned about what it takes to build rural community capacity to measure health equity impacts.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Debt as a Social Determinant of Health

June 04 2021

In this Quick Take, the Asset Funders Network will explore the burden of unmanageable debt arising from longstanding systemic inequities that degrades health and wealth for people of color.

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2021 Annual Conference Quick Take: Good Food Purchasing: A Roadmap for the Post-Pandemic Food System We Need

June 04 2021

This Quick Take will share and highlight key pillars for successful food system transformation using values-based procurement; stories of leadership, innovation, and perseverance; recommended actions and investments needed to accelerate change at the scale and pace we need; and a vision for movement building, policy, and action to transform our food system over the next ten years.

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Upcoming Events on Health Equity and Social Justice

CEO Working Group Webinar: December Convening

December 08 2025

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors, or the highest-ranking health staff at multi-issue foundations.

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2026 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

June 08 2026

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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Funder Briefing: Nature as a Health Equity Tool

December 11 2025

No matter what you fund, nature can be a powerful tool and ally in creating sustainable, long-term success and equity in your grantmaking.

Funders are invited to join a briefing on the power of nature-based solutions to achieving human and planetary health and justice. Hear the latest research and data on the connection between time spent outdoors and human health, and how climate change is impacting our emotions. Together, we’ll dig into existing solutions, including narrative change, community building, and data analysis, and co-create a network of aligned funders interested in using nature and the outdoors as a tool for health equity.

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