Upcoming Webinars

Urban Wildfires in Los Angeles – Health and Environmental Impacts and Community-Led Solutions

Wildfires are not only environmental disasters, they are health, housing, and economic crises that magnify systemic inequities in frontline communities and expose deep gaps in public response, infrastructure, and policy. The people most vulnerable to displacement, pollution, and climate impacts are also those leading the charge toward just, restorative solutions. From neighborhoods downwind of wildfire burn zones, to frontline communities burdened by cumulative pollution and climate risks, Los Angeles residents are facing overlapping environmental and public health threats. Yet, they are organizing for transformation: land stewardship, public health protections, clean-up and remediation strategies, and job pathways rooted in care, not extraction.

This webinar will ground the issue of urban wildfires in LA within the broader fight for environmental justice, public health, and climate resilience. It will also illustrate the urgency and opportunity for funders to invest in intersectional, community-based strategies that address the root causes and aftermath of climate disasters—strategies that build long-term capacity, advance a restorative economy, and ensure the most impacted communities shape the future of resilience. 

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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? Join this informal roundtable discussion to connect with your peers, explore pressing issues, and share your experiences to engage communities in setting funders’ policy priorities. Jennifer Tolbert, deputy director of KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the director of State Health Policy and Data at KFF, will join the call to speak about how the provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation law will likely affect states and other policy trends related to Medicaid and state budgets.

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Developing a Funding Strategy In Response to SNAP Cuts

The scale and scope of the $186 billion in SNAP cuts included in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) are staggering and could force millions to lose their benefits. There is a need to identify clear national, state, and local strategies for diverse capital partners to address the structural harm to SNAP and widespread negative impacts on hunger, health, nutrition and economic security posed by this legislation. 

For the first 45 minutes of this call, speakers will share insights into emerging needs for advocacy, technical assistance, strategic communications, and other areas, in both the short and long term. Following Q&A with our panel, there will be a funder-only conversation to reflect on how organizations are responding, what is being funded, and how we could collaborate. 

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CEO Working Group Webinar: December Convening

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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Prescription Drug Abuse

On this webinar, participants learned more about the increasing misuse of prescription drugs and how different types of foundations are working to address this often under-recognized public health issue.

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Monitoring, Evaluating, and Learning from Kids’ Coverage Initiatives

On this webinar, participants joined an in-depth discussion of the monitoring, learning, and evaluation plans for the Finish Line and KidsWell initiatives and to hear from Bruce Lesley of First Focus, who will briefly discuss Children’s Health Insurance Program reauthorization.

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Addressing the Health Needs of LGBT Elders

This webinar identified key health issues and disparities for LGBT older adults and explored strategies for addressing LGBT aging disparities.

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

This webinar provided opportunities for participants to learn about how two foundations are working to identify and meet the economic, social, and health needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – October

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health convened a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Outreach and Enrollment Learning Community – Sept

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers In Health launched a learning community for funders who are currently supporting ACA outreach and enrollment efforts.

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Linking Healthy Weight Interventions to School Readiness Initiatives

This webinar explored promising efforts that incorporate healthy eating and active living into school readiness initiatives.

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“A Healthy America” Funders’ Meeting

“A Healthy America” Funders’ Meeting was held September 16, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

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Connecting the Health Workforce to Underserved Communities through the State Loan Repayment Program

On this webinar participants learned more about what the NHSC is doing to meet health care workforce needs, how states are managing these efforts, and what foundations are doing to support this work.

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Addressing Behavioral Health Needs in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

On this webinar participants learned more about current philanthropic efforts to support both immediate and long-term mental health needs in the aftermath of a disaster.

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