July 16, 2024 @ 9:00 am-1:30 pm – Join the Climate Funders’ Collaborative (Baja/Imperial/San Diego Region) for a network-wide gathering at the Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve in Mission Bay. We will participate in a walking tour with partners leading the ReWild Mission Bay Coalition, who have been advocating for a plan to enhance and restore the Bay’s natural wetlands for cleaner water, greater climate resilience, increased carbon sequestration, […]
Community Climate Shift Webinar
May 30, 2024 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – REGISTER HERE Achieving an equitable climate future that benefits all of us requires transforming how communities design, implement and leverage climate policy actions. For far too long, low-income communities and communities of color have been under-resourced and overlooked by policymakers, causing greater harm. Yet things are changing, catalyzed by a growing recognition that community leaders bring invaluable knowledge […]
Shifting Investments Upstream for Climate and Disaster Philanthropy
May 17, 2024 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – Friday, May 17, 2024 10:30am – 12:00pm Register here. Californians have experienced a cycle of disaster impacts due to our changing climate. Our golden state has sustained repeated wildfires, severe storms, flooding, extreme heat, and drought. Frontline communities – namely communities of color, tribes, low-income families, and undocumented laborers – are disproportionately affected […]
Solving California’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Innovative Policy Approaches
May 8, 2024 @ 12:30 pm – Join Rise Economy and the California Community Land Trust Network at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8 for a funders-only virtual briefing and conversation with foundation, public sector and community leaders on innovative policy strategies aimed at bridging the capital gap and increasing investment in affordable housing and BIPOC homeownership. Gain insights from expert speakers […]
Reel Change: A TFN Virtual Film Series – Coldwater Kitchen
April 24, 2024 @ 2:00 pm-3:15 pm – The Funders Network invites you to the next installation of Reel Change: A TFN Virtual Film Series, our first ever virtual film series showcasing documentaries and short films that lift up issues our communities are grappling with — and resilient leaders at the forefront of positive change. Join us on April 24 at 2-3:15 p.m. ET for […]
Putting the “Public” in Public Utility Learning Call
April 18, 2024 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – Join TFN’s Urban Water Funders on April 18 at 2:00 p.m. ET for a 90-minute learning call about centering community in the work of public water utilities. Learn more and register here.
In the Red: Philanthropy’s Role in California’s Budget woes, the Impacts and Solutions
March 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – As the political economy ebbs and flows, California finds itself dealing with significant budget deficits more frequently, which ultimately impacts our state’s most historically marginalized residents. Cuts to important programs impacting housing and homelessness, the social safety net, climate resiliency programs and much more have a disproportionate and adverse effect on women and children, low-income […]
2024 Smart Growth California Funder Summit
March 4, 2024-March 6, 2024 @ All Day – Registration is open! Join us to explore how philanthropy is driving change in California. Engage with regional, statewide, and national funders from San Diego to the Sierra, the Imperial Valley to the San Joaquin Valley and beyond. — REGISTER HERE March 4-6, 2024 | Sacramento, CA Summit goals are to: Spark connection and collaboration […]
Implementing Justice 40 with Environmental Justice Thriving Communities and #EJ Ready
February 16, 2024 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – Friday, February 16, 2024 10:30am – 12:00pm Learn more and register here. On December 20th, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected 11 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmakers that will receive $600 million to serve as pass-through entities to provide subgrants to community-based nonprofits and other eligible subrecipients. Grantmakers will alleviate much of the burden that the federal […]
Implementing Justice 40 with Environmental Justice Thriving Communities and #EJ Ready
February 16, 2024 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – Friday, February 16, 2024 10:30am – 12:00pm Event Description Register here. On December 20th, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected 11 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmakers that will receive $600 million to serve as pass-through entities to provide subgrants to community-based nonprofits and other eligible subrecipients. Grantmakers will alleviate much of the burden that the federal grants […]