GIH Bulletin: April 2020

April 21, 2020

Philanthropy has a critical role to play in ensuring that health disparities are acknowledged and addressed during this crisis and throughout the recovery process.

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Authentically Integrating and Centering Lived Experience in Children and Families Grantmaking

April 13, 2020

On this webinar, participants learned about ways health funders and community members are leveraging lived experience best practices for equitable outcomes in children and families grantmaking, including in COVID-19 response planning.

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Supporting Immigrants During the COVID-19 Crisis

April 13, 2020

On this webinar, leaders in the immigrant rights movement discussed how philanthropy can increase grantmaking dollars, shift grantmaking practices, embrace risk, and assert leadership to meet the challenges of this moment.

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COVID-19: How Philanthropy Can Stand Up for Vulnerable Populations

April 8, 2020

This webinar addressed the limitations of governmental responses to the pandemic and how philanthropists can act directly, and act as advocates, for better protections for at-risk populations, including approaches for developing a public policy agenda for philanthropy, based in equity.

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Climate Change, Health, and Equity Survey Findings: Gaps, Needs, and Opportunities

Climate Change, Health, and Equity Survey Findings: Gaps, Needs, and Opportunities

March 15, 2020

This report summarizes the findings of a fall 2019 survey on the landscape of climate change, health, and equity funding and organizational work. The survey’s purpose is to add to the understanding of the resource gaps, needs, and opportunities in this critical and expanding field.

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The Climate, Health, and Equity Funding Landscape

March 3, 2020

This webinar detailed the results of a national survey of foundations and nonprofits working on climate, health, and equity.

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Supporting Sustainable Networks of Community Based Organizations to Improve Health

February 18, 2020

Participants explored early learnings from the ARCH initiative’s efforts, including emerging payment models, challenges encountered, and promising practices.

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Issue Focus by Eileen Salinsky

Data-Driven Approaches to Achieving Health Equity

January 28, 2020

GIH convened grantmakers to explore innovative ways to use data to advance health equity. Read the actionable guidance for these efforts that emerged from the meeting’s proceedings.

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Roles for Funders in Supporting Community Resource Referral Platforms

January 22, 2020

Many health care organizations are beginning to screen patients for needs related to the social determinants of health and are seeking to establish referral relationships with community partners in order to address these needs.

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