Thursday, March 26 * 12:00-1:00 pm eastern The past two weeks have seen dramatic changes in your work – both how you work and what you are doing. Get together with your peers to hear what they are up to. How are you staying connected to your grantees? Up to date on the information in…
Thursday, March 19 * 2:00 – 2:30 pm Eastern Does Medicaid have an impact on whether poor families can stay in their homes? What about on poverty rates? How has Medicaid expansion affected families experiencing poverty? Learn all of this and more with Naomi Zewde! Naomi is an Assistant Professor of health policy and…
March 5-6 in Washington, DC Join this two day briefing for funders to network with colleagues and learn about and discuss pressing policy developments, key battles and opportunities at the federal and state level, and emerging policy, communications, and organizing strategies to advance worker justice, social protections, and an economy that works for all. Hear…
Grantmakers in Health webinar November 21, 2019 Learn more and register here Join GIH for this webinar. Experiencing trauma in childhood increases the risk of chronic disease and behavioral health issues throughout life. The Medicaid program, which provides health coverage for approximately 40 percent of children and youth aged 0-18 in the United States, is…
If you are interested in the intersection of immigration and child welfare, check out: A Threat to Health & Well-Being: Public Charge’s Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond GCIR webinar September 26, 2019 If you are curious about innovative funding for policy advocacy, check out: Philanthropy’s New Playbook for Policy Advocacy Urban Institute event…
Watch the webinar here! Policy research, public will building, message development, grassroots and grasstops engagement. Funders have lots of tools in their toolkit! Join funder colleagues to discuss a range of advocacy and systems change strategies used to ensure more children, families and communities thrive. We’ll discuss strategies and lessons learned from a variety of…
Thursday, March 28 at 2:00 pm eastern RSVP here! How can philanthropy make the case for funding advocacy to end homelessness? Uncertain whether you can fund grantees that lobby? What’s philanthropy’s role in educating new members of Congress on housing and homelessness issues? What does it look like to support local ballot initiative work? Funders…
For the Roundtable’s next conversation, we want to highlight the policy changes that most affect families and the strategies funders are using to support, shape, or defend against these changes. To get a sense of your family-focused philanthropy, policy, and equity priorities in 2019 and 2020, we are surveying our members and asking our affinity…
Join the EITC Funders Network for an annual look at current federal and state EITC policies and what’s to come in the year ahead. February 14 at 1:00 pm eastern Register here. 2018 was a big year for tax credit advocacy on the state level: bills to enact or expand state EITCs moved forward in…
The Funders Census Initiative (FCI) at FCCP has an on-going webinar series on census messaging. During each briefing, you’ll learn about best practices to reach hard-to-reach communities. There are two briefings in January: Wednesday, January 16 at 1:00 pm eastern – National Congress of American Indians – register here Wednesday, January 23 at 1:00 pm…