King v. Burwell: What You Need to Know

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on King v. Burwell, deciding whether the health reform law’s language allows the government to provide insurance subsidies everywhere in the country, or only in states that have set up their own insurance marketplaces. This webinar discussed the basics of the case and its potential impact on health reform.

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Constructing Healthy Spaces through Multisector Partnerships

This webinar focused on the many different roles the land development and real estate sector can play, the ways health funders can effectively engage with them, and how the evidence-based strategies and recommendations found in the recently released Building Healthy Places Toolkit can be implemented in your own community.

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Building a Legacy of Healthy Children

Building a Legacy of Healthy Children was held from June 9-10, 2015 in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Young Lives in Limbo: Update on the Status of Central American Child Refugees in the United States

In this webinar, participants heard from experts about the how changes in policy and social-political conditions might affect future migration, and implications for current and future flows of child refugees.

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Health Care Innovation Awards: Driving Transformation

This webinar presented the early lessons learned from these awards, emerging evidence for the durability of the approaches, plans for future sustainability, and possible roles for private funders.

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Bridging Health and Community Development: Investing in People, Place, and Equity

This webinar focused on how these collaborations can strengthen communities, address the upstream factors that shape health, and lead to a shared vision for health equity.

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Health Reform Five Years Later: Philanthropy Steps Up

This webinar featured Barbara Masters of Masters Policy Consulting discussing the findings of Grantmakers In Health’s latest report, which examines the health reform strategies that funders are using and identifies new challenges and opportunities on the horizon.

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Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Challenges, Opportunities, and Next Steps

This webinar offered funders the opportunity to share questions, ideas, and feedback to inform a national scan of the field.

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Building a Legacy of Healthy Children in Florida

This webinar provided Florida funders the opportunity to discuss their grantmaking strategies, advocacy, and implementation efforts related to children’s health.

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National Green Schoolyards Summit

The National Green Schoolyards Summit was held from May 12-13, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.

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2016 GIH Annual Conference: Call for Proposals

Charting a New Course: Roadblocks, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries Foundations are uniquely positioned to chart new courses as they seek to improve the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and the nation. As currents shift, they are able to test new ideas and strategies, engage a wide variety of partners, take risks, and learn from their…

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Making a Difference in Addressing the Graying of HIV and AIDS

This webinar provided an overview of the changing face of HIV and aging, including how HIV manifests among older adults, with a particular emphasis on diverse racial, ethnic, and geographical communities across the country.

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Enrollment Results and Opportunities for 2015

This webinar provided updates on the federal funding picture, programming and coalition building efforts, and state and local outreach and enrollment opportunities.

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2015 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

The 2015 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy was held from March 4-6, 2015 in Austin, Texas.

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Environmental Health Science Updates: The Basics, the Latest, and the Impacts

This webinar provided highlights of new research identifying how environmental conditions affect people’s health and children’s healthy development, and documenting how science lessons can lead to better health protection.

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The LGBT Health Funding Summit

The LGBT Health Funding Summit was held January 27-28, 2015 in New York, New York.

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Climate Change, Equity, and Health: How Funders Can Make a Difference

This webinar explored climate change through the lens of the social determinants of health; the long-term and immediate health and equity benefits of climate change strategies; and the ways in which health, equity, and environmental funders can intensify their impact.

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Improving the Health of Parents, Children, and Families through Public-Private Collaboration

Improving the Health of Parents, Children, and Families through Public-Private Collaboration was held on December 12, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

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Setting the Conditions for Health: Promoting Equity for Boys and Men of Color

The health and well-being indicators for young men and boys of color fall at the bottom of nearly every scale. Increasing opportunities for this population will require holistic approaches that act on the root causes of inequity. This webinar highlighted strategies funders are using to improve the lives of young men and boys of color…

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Upcoming Events on Health Equity

SNAP Funder Working Group: Food Restriction Waivers

This Working Group Call will examine the rise of state waivers restricting the type of food that can be purchased with SNAP benefits, how retailers are navigating these changes, and what we might learn from the evaluations. To date, USDA has approved food restriction waivers in 22 states and incentivized waiver applications by tying them to increased funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program. USDA claims that these waivers are meant to “restore nutritional value in SNAP.” However, five SNAP recipients in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, and West Virginia sued the department in March, challenging these restrictions as harmful, unlawful, and burdensome.

Speakers from the National Governors Association, the National Grocers Association, and the University of Illinois Chicago will discuss the state-level decision-making process to apply for a waiver, the impact of these waivers on retailer participation in SNAP, and the public and private evaluation methods being used to assess whether the restrictions have any meaningful impact on nutrition for participants. The Center for Science in the Public Interest will also share strategic thinking about how they are exploring opportunities to engage in this continuously evolving political climate.

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CEO Working Group Webinar

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. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, or Executive Directors. During these candid, confidential conversations, philanthropic leaders share information, swap strategies, raise concerns, and ask for one another’s advice. Reach out to Ann Rodgers to learn more.

Passed in July 2025, H.R. 1 is now entering its implementation phase, with significant implications on state operations and budgets—particularly related to changes in Medicaid and SNAP programs. In this webinar, we will explore H.R. 1 implementation with two organizations that are dedicating resources to tracking its impact and supporting states as they respond. Speakers include: Alison Betty of alignco, Patti Boozang of Manatt Health, and Timothy Shaw of Aspen Institute. 

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Roundtable on Advancing Health Equity and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health Philanthropy

Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is pleased to invite you to join us for a continued conversation on advancing health equity and diversity, equity, and inclusion in health 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). 

This discussion will focus on economic inclusion as a key pillar of health equity. Your perspective would be invaluable to this conversation, and we hope you will join us in shaping this collective effort.

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