2014 Fall Forum
The 2014 GIH Fall Forum was held from November 5-6, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living Outside the School Day
Listen to this webinar to learn about promising practices that school districts, national youth-serving organizations, and youth leaders are using to create health-promoting programs outside the school day.
Cooking Skills: An Ingredient for Healthy Eating
Listen to this webinar to learn about exemplary programs that are teaching young adults and children to use and eat fresh foods, and to discuss how grantmakers can incorporate cooking education into their healthy eating strategies.
Supporting Local Food Policy to Create Sustainable Access to Healthy Food
This webinar offered funders new to and experienced in investing in local food policy a chance to explore opportunities and challenges and learn how funders might begin working in this area.
Harnessing 21st Century Technological Innovation to Promote Health
Harnessing 21st Century Technological Innovation to Promote Health was held on May 9, 2014 in New York, New York.
Closing the Gap in Childhood Obesity: A Forum Without Walls
Closing the Gap in Childhood Obesity: A Forum Without Walls was held on May 8, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey.
How Do We Save Recess?
This webinar provided funders with an update on what some are calling a “War on Recess” and discuss different policy and program strategies being implemented to help keep recess in schools.
Using Technological Innovation to Promote Community Wellness: A Strategy for Equity
This webinar explored the opportunities for health funders to support digital health innovation as a strategic approach that enhances community wellness and promotes racial and ethnic health equity.
2014 GIH Annual Meeting
The 2014 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy was held March 5-7, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Foundation Strategies to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living
Growing recognition of the nation’s obesity epidemic and its profound impact on population health has led an increasing number of health funders to identify the promotion of healthy eating and active living (HEAL) as a strategic priority. Anecdotal reports from Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Funding Partners suggest that as the level of investment committed to HEAL has increased over time, the nature of funded interventions has also changed considerably. In order to test these perceptions, GIH conducted this scan of the field to gain a clearer understanding of health foundations’ strategic approach to HEAL. Funded by The Colorado Health Foundation, the study considers foundations’ history with, current strategies for, and future plans regarding HEAL-related investments, as well as prevailing views on the value and effectiveness of these efforts.
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