November 19, 2025 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – Register Here As we close out 2025, join us for a virtual recap of the working group projects. We will also discuss upcoming events and learnings, and begin planning our 2026 goals for learning and action. Funders from the Baja, Imperial, and San Diego regions are invited to join us to connect around shared priorities […]
Federal Headwinds, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts and Opportunities for Action (Three-Part Series)
November 17, 2025 @ 11:00 am – REGISTER HERE In just a few months, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of […]
How the Barr Foundation is Investing in Climate Resilience Storytelling
November 12, 2025 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – REGISTER HERE This summer’s widespread heatwaves brought record-breaking and life-threatening temperatures across the United States, even in regions typically unaccustomed to such boiling seasonal conditions. In Massachusetts, people were talking about the climate-fueled realities and risks of extreme heat like never before — in no small part thanks to the Barr Foundation’s extreme heat storytelling campaign. […]
Bay Area Asset Funders Network Summit: Inclusive, Economic, & Immigrant Rights
November 6, 2025 @ All Day – Everyone—regardless of race, gender, nativity, and immigration status—deserves a life of dignity, agency, and belonging. Economic security, mobility, and collective prosperity are essential to realizing these inclusive values. However, current narratives and dominant mental models often limit our understanding of immigrant people and communities to their economic contributions as laborers and consumers. The Bay Area […]
Can ‘Abundance’ Be Inclusive? A Funder Discussion on the Promise and Peril
November 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – ➡️ REGISTER HERE The idea of restoring faith in government by speeding the delivery of housing and other infrastructure is appealing. Can that happen without harming the environment and already overburdened communities? Join us for an open discussion about the abundance framework detailed in the recent book by journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. […]
Federal Headwinds, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts and Opportunities for Action (Three-Part Series)
November 3, 2025 @ 11:00 am – REGISTER HERE In just a few months, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of […]
Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Fall Retreat
October 19, 2025-October 22, 2025 @ All Day – Register Here for EGA’s 2025 Fall Retreat! Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is excited to extend an invitation to Smart Growth California members to our 2025 Fall Retreat. This year, we will gather on the lands of the Tamayame, also known as Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, from October 19-22. Smart Growth California members are invited to register at our […]
Urban Wildfires in Los Angeles – Health and Environmental Impacts and Community-Led Solutions
September 30, 2025 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – This webinar is hosted by Health & Environmental Funders Network and co-sponsored by Grantmakers In Health and Smart Growth California. Wildfires are not only environmental disasters, they are health, housing, and economic crises that magnify systemic inequities in frontline communities and expose deep gaps in public response, infrastructure, and policy. The people most vulnerable to displacement, pollution, and climate impacts […]
California Community Land Trust Network 2025 Conference
September 25, 2025-September 26, 2025 @ All Day – 2025 CLT Conference September 25-26, 2025 Fresno, California Register Here This two-day gathering in Fresno is meant to nurture collaboration and encourage knowledge & resource sharing for all those involved in the community land trust ecosystem in California. Visit the California Community Land Trust Network website for more information on programming, speakers, and registration.
Bridging the Digital Divide in Disasters
September 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am – REGISTER HERE Unequal access to internet and digital tools—the “digital divide”—can limit families’ ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. This gap is most pronounced in rural communities, among people living in poverty, and communities of color. Join the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and partners for a webinar exploring how digital […]
