As 2025 draws to a close, the year has been marked both by disruption — federal funding rollbacks, escalating climate impacts and growing wildfire threats — and by courageous, collaborative action… Read More »
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Celebrating 20 Years of the Great Communities Collaborative
On Friday, October 10, the Great Communities Collaborative (GCC), an initiative of the San Francisco Foundation, marked its 20th anniversary with a celebration of collaboration, impact, and advocacy… Read More »
Housing, Environmental Justice and Protecting Ecosystems: Philanthropy at the Crossroads of CEQA
California’s recent rollback of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) marks a major shift in how the state approaches the dual crises of housing affordability… Read More »
From Scarcity to Strength: Three Strategies for Funders in Rural Places
Rural communities in California, and nationwide, are reeling from federal workforce cuts that threaten jobs, incomes, and already-strained safety nets. These pressures came into sharp… Read More »
Partners for Places: California’s Growing Movement for Climate and Equity
Partners for Places is a matching grant program managed by The Funders Network (TFN) in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) designed to enhance local… Read More »
Defending Against Federal Funding Cuts to the Environment & Implementing California’s Climate Investments
As federal rollbacks threaten environmental justice and California prepares to implement its largest-ever climate bond, philanthropy has a critical opportunity — and responsibility — to… Read More »
Resilience and Equity in Action: A Day with the Great Communities Collaborative
Shade trees softened the sun as we stepped onto Jardín del Pueblo, a vibrant community farm in Healdsburg where local farmworkers grow their own food… Read More »
California’s Climate Bond: What it Funds, How it’s Spent, Why it Matters
Two opposing forces are shaping California’s environmental landscape: rising momentum in federal rollbacks and increasing urgency around the state’s $10 billion Climate Bond to meet… Read More »
5 CA HIGHLIGHTS: #TFN2025 BALTIMORE
We had a strong showing of California funders at TFN’s 25th Anniversary Conference in Baltimore, which drew nearly 300 funders from across the country. Uniting… Read More »
LA Wildfires: Climate Resilience and Recovery
Satellite image from CNN. Tracking the damage and devastation from the LA Wildfires in Maps (CNN) In recent years, the scale and intensity of wildfires… Read More »
