Funders working together to build healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities across California.
Water, Land Use and Smart Growth in California
Read our latest blog on the interplay between water and other smart growth issues, and how the Community Foundation Water Initiative and San Joaquin Valley Funder Working Group are taking action. Read More »Water, Land Use and Smart Growth in California
How Funders Helped Affordable Housing Impact Fees Gain Traction in Silicon Valley
Check out our blog on the Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s leadership on helping cities work together to better harness impact and linkage fees to build affordable housing. Read More »How Funders Helped Affordable Housing Impact Fees Gain Traction in Silicon Valley
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Power Forward: How Foundations are Embracing Impact Investing (Webinar)
November 20, 2019Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Event
Mar
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TFN’s 2020 Annual Conference
March 16 - March 18, 2020 U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego CAFunders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Event
What People Are Saying
“California is at a turning point. There is so much potential for what we can achieve for the future, but it won’t happen without foundation collaboration and leadership.”
Ray Colmenar,The California Endowment
“As California sets a path for the nation on climate change, funders are working together to impact state policy in ways we simply couldn’t on our own.”
Amy Kenyon,Ford Foundation
“Smart Growth California is one of the few spaces where funders are working across issue areas to address the needs of our most disadvantaged communities.”
Craig Martinez, The California Endowment
“I’m a better grantmaker because of the knowledge and networks I’ve built through Smart Growth California. I especially appreciate the commitment to climate resilience and social equity.”
Francesca Vietor, The San Francisco Foundation
“As part of the Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative, I get to work with other funders at the intersection of health, equity, and sustainability in an ongoing way, which strengthens both my work and our collective impact as grantmakers.”
Jacqueline Waggoner, Enterprise Community Partners
“Smart Growth California is an incredibly efficient way for me to connect with and learn from other funders and nonprofit partners so I can stay on top of what’s happening with affordable housing, transportation justice, and equitable development in regions throughout the state.”
Vu-Bang Nguyen, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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