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
The Intersection of Creativity, Health, and Aging
On this webinar, we explored how creative arts programs programs positively influence health outcomes, how funders are investing in programs, and the opportunities for health funders to collaborate and support this important field of work.
February Kids’ Access Funders Network Call
On this Kids’ Access Funders Network call participants learned more about the framework that states will use to create EHB plans, the implications for children and families, including children with special health care needs, and next steps.
Harnessing National Efforts to Improve Birth Outcomes and Reduce Infant Mortality
On this webinar, participants learned more about national initiatives working to improve birth outcomes and discussed how foundations might engage in these efforts as well as support complementary programs in their regions, states, and communities.
Integrative Health and Seniors
On this webinar, participants learned more about innovative approaches to health and wellness for seniors.
Enrolling Young Adults: Outreach and Education Strategies From The Field
This webinar discussed the ways in which health foundations are poised to play a significant role in supporting state and local efforts to enroll all eligible residents into health insurance exchanges.
Innovative Approaches to Wellness for Veterans and their Families
On this webinar, participants learned more about innovation approaches to health and wellness for military members, veterans, and their families; why this issue is important; and why foundations are investing in it.
Protecting Our Nation’s Public Health Successes: Community Water Fluoridation
Using fluoridation as an example, this webinar explored how funders can address these real challenges to our nation’s public health institutions and build support for their continued existence and expansion.
The Sustainability of School-Based Health Care
On this webinar, speakers discussed the variables–and vagaries–associated with school-based health care sustainability, including which program characteristics and public policies best assure long-term fiscal health.
Forging Common Ground in Oral Health
On this webinar, Alliance Founding Board members Ralph Fuccillo of the DentaQuest Foundation and Steve Kess of Henry Schein, Inc. shared more about the work of the Alliance and why their organizations have contributed to support the common ground mission.