Upcoming Webinars

SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Advocacy Opportunities

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health are forming a funder Working Group for a coordinated, strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. The Working Group comes as an actionable response to insights shared by field leaders in a SNAP-focused webinar earlier in October.

Recognizing the far-reaching implications of SNAP for food security, health, and economic equity, this Working Group will serve as an information hub and a strategic coordination space, designed to help funders act quickly, effectively, and in alignment with one another. We will organize three Working Group meetings to start and then assess next steps.

The first call will focus on opportunities for funders to support and engage in policy advocacy to protect SNAP on a federal and state level. In addition to connecting with peers, funders will hear from Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, who will provide a policy landscape update from D.C., and Joey Hentzler, Program Manager at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, who will share about MAZON’s policy engagement and rapid response funding.

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Making the Case for Supporting Immigrants in Your Grantmaking: A Messaging Toolkit for Funders

We know that funders face many challenges when attempting to make the case within their institutions for the value and importance of investing in immigrant communities. We also know that moving money to immigrant-led and immigrant-centered organizations can help foundations advance their strategic priorities, whether they relate to immigration explicitly or not.

GCIR has developed a new messaging toolkit (which will be released ahead of the webinar) designed to support funders, especially those who are navigating hostile external environments, as they make the case to their leadership or peer communities for the value of supporting immigrants in their grantmaking strategies.

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SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health are forming a funder Working Group for a coordinated, strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. The Working Group comes as an actionable response to insights shared by field leaders in a SNAP-focused webinar earlier in October.

Recognizing the far-reaching implications of SNAP for food security, health, and economic equity, this Working Group will serve as an information hub and a strategic coordination space, designed to help funders act quickly, effectively, and in alignment with one another. We will organize three Working Group meetings to start and then assess next steps.

The second Working Group call will explore how funders can support training and technical assistance for state agencies navigating significant and sudden changes in how SNAP operates, including assessing the factors influencing error rates and technology solutions to reduce them. Tim Shaw, Director of the Benefits Transformation Initiative at the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program, will also provide a status update on state action and responses to H.R. 1 requirements.

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Building Health and Wealth: A Memphis Case Study for Advancing Economic Mobility

Join us for a webinar exploring how cross-sector collaborations among neighborhood organizations, small businesses, and health care systems are driving measurable change to improve health outcomes and expand economic mobility. This session will spotlight a place-based approach anchored in the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, with insights from the Hyde Family Foundation and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. While rooted in Memphis, the strategies highlighted offer practical lessons for communities nationwide. Together, these organizations are investing in neighborhood revitalization, small business development, and health care workforce pipelines to create the conditions for health and economic opportunity for all.

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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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Briefing on Striving for Health Equity: Opportunities as Identified by Leaders in the Field

This audiconference focused on GIH’s latest report, Striving for Health Equity: Opportunities as Identified by Leaders in the Field, which highlights funder strategies along a continuum of upstream and downstream approaches to address health disparities.

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State Innovation Models Initiative

This webinar looked at the State Innovation Models initiative and offered time for funders to reflect upon upcoming opportunities for coordination and collaboration.

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Addressing the Dental and Medical Workforce Needs of Rural Communities

On this webinar, we explored how the health and dental workforces in rural communities can be improved through innovations in programs and policy, including the role of funders and the promising areas they can consider for investment.

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What Health Funders Need to Know About HIV/AIDS: Part I

This webinar was the first in a two-part series to explore the challenges and opportunities for addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable communities.

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How Health Reform’s Medicaid Expansion Will Affect State Budgets

In this webinar, Bob Greenstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discussed the decision facing states, and what recent estimates suggest about the fiscal implications of the Medicaid expansion.

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The Supreme Court’s ACA Decision: What It Will Mean for the Advocacy Agenda

This webinar discussed the implications of the Supreme Court’s ACA decision for the advocacy agenda, the types of activities that advocates are considering, and the ways in which foundations might help inform reform.

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Behavioral Health, Health Equity, and the ACA Ruling

In this webinar, Daniel Dawes discussed the ruling, its tie to health equity, and its implications for behavioral health care.

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Women and the Affordable Care Act: Factoring in the Supreme Court Decision

This webinar to discussed the key health reform issues for women, the implications of the Court’s decision, and the role philanthropy can play in supporting issues related to women’s health and the ACA.

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Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act

Grantmakers In Health and the Council on Foundations were pleased to cohost an audiocast briefing to explain the Supreme Court decision on the ACA, its policy implications, and what it means for foundations.

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Health in Mind: Addressing Disparities at the Intersection of Health and Education

This audioconference revealed recommendations outlined in “Health In Mind: Improving Education Through Wellness,” and how funders have become involved in this issue to address health disparities.

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