Upcoming Webinars
Roundtable Discussion: Health Funders Communication and Policy Staff
Grantmakers in Health is pleased to host a second joint call for the GIH Policy Staff Learning Community and the GIH Communications Staff Learning Community. We will discuss the importance of communicating about policy changes in meaningful ways that engage communities and partners. In this informal conversation, we will swap strategies, illuminate solutions, and make connections. We will also use the time to dig in on a topic that was raised during the January 27 call: supporting policy, messaging, or other work related to the upcoming elections (such as governors’ races, mid-terms, ballot initiatives, etc.).
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.
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.
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? During our roundtable discussion we connected with peers, explored pressing issues, and shared experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities. Between calls, members interact with one another in GIH’s online learning community for policy staff.
GIH Webinar Recordings and Resources
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…