2020 Virtual Fall Forum
Each fall, GIH offers programming designed for funders with a strong interest in health policy. These meetings, collectively known as the Fall Forum, are an excellent opportunity for funders with a strong interest in health policy to get up-to-speed on current issues, interact with leading thinkers, and connect with their grantmaking peers.
Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation: 2020 Census Funder Survey Report
The Census Subgroup and Funders Census Initiative have surveyed their funder networks to document how philanthropic institutions and the organizations they support are adjusting their work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 and the Impact on 2020 Census Outreach: Shifting Tactics to Get Out the Count
This webinar featured state practitioners who shared how COVID-19 and the Census Bureau’s adjusted operational timeline are impacting 2020 Census outreach. Participants learned what these shifts mean in terms of immediate needs for census organizations’ programs, operations, and staff; explored creative approaches to reach historically undercounted communities; and discussed how census engagement can support long-term capacity building.
Vinny DeMarco to Be Honored with Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy
Vincent DeMarco, President of the Maryland Health Care for All Coalition, led by the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, will receive Grantmakers In Health’s 2020 Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy.
Principles for Engaging Youth as Partners to Build Healthier Communities
One way to tackle today’s upstream health challenges and create tomorrow’s civically-engaged residents is to make youth part of the solution.
Rethink Outside: Telling a New Story about Healthier Communities
As a philanthropy-serving organization that focuses on expanding investments to advance environmental literacy and connect people to nature, Blue Sky Funders Forum seeks to bridge silos and unite funders who share the belief that the benefits of meaningful time spent outdoors lead to stronger and healthier people, communities, and ecosystems.
Census 2020 Messaging Testing Results
The 2010 Census missed over 2 million young children, most of which were left off the form by families who responded. Participants in this webinar learned more about why families have left children in their households off the census in the past and how to develop persuasive messages to ensure young children are not missed in 2020.
Policies for Those Who Care: Investing in Systems That Support Family Caregivers
Across the country, more than 45 million family members are providing care for older adults with chronic, disabling health conditions. There are a multitude of reasons why health grantmakers should be concerned about this, ranging from caregivers’ critical role in managing the needs of complex care patient populations to the manifold short- and long-term impacts caregiving has on the health and wellness of caregivers themselves.
Catalyzing Anchor Institutions to Invest in Healthy Local Economies
Health care is uniquely positioned to serve as an anchor sector because of its evolving mission toward more holistically addressing community and well-being, its stable role as one of the largest, community-rooted employers, and its mostly nonprofit and public status.