November 20, 2020 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – This funder convening will take place two and a half weeks after what many believe is one of the most consequential elections in this nation’s history. While the election impacts all aspects of life in Southern California, this convening will bring together environmental leaders to reflect on what the results mean for our region on […]
Save the Date: Urban Water Funders 2020 Virtual Meeting
November 18, 2020-November 19, 2020 @ 12:00 am – TFN’s Urban Water Funders 2020 Virtual Meeting will offer an opportunity to bring together diverse voices from across the sector to share learning, explore strategies and identify key issues that are impacting grantees, partners and the communities we serve. Save the date for TFN’s Urban Water Funders 2020 Virtual Meeting, Nov. 18-19. More details to […]
Building a Water-Resilient California
November 12, 2020-November 19, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – In 2020, California’s water landscape experienced major disruptions from the pandemic, economic downturn, ongoing drought, and wildfires. Water issues that were high priorities pre-pandemic are now competing with many urgent priorities. Yet these disruptions also bring opportunities to reduce the water system’s vulnerability to economic shocks and other surprises. Join the PPIC Water Policy Center […]
Leaning on Relationships & Trust to Advance Equity and Impact
October 20, 2020 @ 10:00 am-11:15 am – A convergence of crises is prompting a growing number of foundations to reexamine their grantmaking practices – and the way they approach their grantee relationships. Trust-based philanthropy offers a useful set of values and principles that invite funders to collaborate with grantee partners in a spirit of service, to proactively work to alleviate power imbalances, […]
How We Move: New Polling Data on Transportation
October 15, 2020 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am – Please join TFN’s Mobility and Access Collaborative for a funders-only webinar on recent public opinion research by three foundations. We’ll explore attitudes toward transit ridership, the gas tax and how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected mobility. Three presentations will be followed by discussion on what the numbers mean and how we can use them. Please […]
Haciendo el Cambio: How the Latinx Community is Harnessing Power for Climate Justice
October 14, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – This Bridge the Divide webinar is co-sponsored by Hispanics in Philanthropy. Climate change and environmental impacts disproportionately harm communities of color, including Latinx communities. The Latinx community increasingly identifies as a climate-impacted population and is more inclined to vote for progressive climate/environmental policies and candidates. As we move through a year that includes presidential and […]
Housing and Homelessness Narrative Change: From Research to Action
October 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm-1:30 pm – Across the country, communities are working to end homelessness and address housing challenges by shifting policy to transform systems. In order to do that and achieve housing justice, strong political and public will must be built. However, gaining support requires compelling and values-based messaging to make the case. We have heard over and over that […]
Transit Justice is Racial and Climate Justice
October 1, 2020 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – Join Smart Growth California’s Los Angeles Funders Collaborative, the Collaborative on Mobility and Access at TFN, Southern California Grantmakers, ClimatePlan, Transit Center, ACT-LA, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance and the Community Power Collective for a funder briefing and conversation about transit justice in Los Angeles and its state and national implications. Register now. Despite LA County’s […]
Can We Even Do That?!? Advocacy, Elections & Philanthropy
September 30, 2020 @ 12:00 pm-1:15 pm – Does taking a stand on executive actions qualify as lobbying under federal tax law? Can your foundation talk about candidates, officeholders or proposed legislation on social media? Can private foundations fund nonprofits that lobby? As we find ourselves knee-deep in a polarizing election season — and continue to grapple with headline-churning developments impacting everything from […]
Is 2020 Over? Responding to Multiple Disasters Amid COVID-19 and Climate Change
September 24, 2020 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – It feels like 2020 has lasted 15 years. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) team started following COVID-19 in January while we were also responding to the Australian wildfires and the earthquakes in Puerto Rico. The beginning of the year is usually a slower time, but 2020 began as it meant to go on: with […]
