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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Upcoming Events on Philanthropic Growth & Impact
Responding to H.R. 1: Funder Opportunity to Help States Mitigate SNAP Coverage Losses
H.R. 1’s unprecedented requirement that states pay for a share of SNAP benefits based on their payment error rates will impose a massive financial burden on state budgets, forcing them to choose between cutting other programs and services, reducing SNAP eligibility, or even stopping participation in SNAP entirely.
To mitigate this threat, the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program and Social Finance have partnered to develop a proposal to help states effectively implement H.R. 1 and reduce some of the coverage losses and fiscal impacts. The concept, based on a successful model that supported states during Medicaid Unwinding, is to deploy small teams of digital services and process design experts directly to states or counties (depending on the type of SNAP administration).
Health Policy in 2026: What Comes Next?
Following a tumultuous year in health policy, GIH will continue to keep funders up to speed on legislative and administrative changes that will affect health access and impact health disparities. In this timely webinar, experts from Leavitt Partners will provide an overview of what to expect from Congress and the administration in 2026 leading up to the midterm elections, focusing on key legislative priorities and executive actions to help funders navigate and engage on these changes. Speakers include Laura Pence and Sara Singleton from Leavitt Partners.
In 2025, Grantmakers In Health launched a new collaboration with Leavitt Partners for health policy monitoring services related to GIH strategic priorities, which includes regular webinars on timely policy topics.