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 […]
The Exchange 2020
September 23, 2020-September 24, 2020 @ 9:00 am – This year has laid bare the truth and consequences of leadership in all forms, interpreted in many different ways. What do we mean when we talk about leadership? And what sort of leadership do we need right now? In this year of existential issues—a growing imperative to achieve racial equity, coping with a global pandemic, addressing an emerging […]
IMWFN Peer Learning Call: Unpacking Capacity and Power-Building Funder Survey
September 22, 2020 @ 12:30 pm-2:00 pm – Unpacking Capacity and Power-Building Funder Survey: Case Studies from the Region will share the results of the funder survey sent in March and look more deeply at some examples offered. We have a great group of funders lined up to share how they support capacity and power-building needs of their grantee and nonprofit communities. Register […]
Seizing the Moment: Funder Collaboratives for Criminal Justice Reform
September 16, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – After years of regressive criminal justice policies and practices, we are seeing growing bipartisan recognition that criminal justice reforms are crucial to the future of racial equity, economic opportunity and democracy. Advocacy groups are acting with greater urgency and coordination to drive equitable systems change and practice in a number of places across the country. […]
Virtual California Funder Session: Using Policy to Re-Imagine Homelessness and Housing Systems in California
September 3, 2020 @ 9:00 am-10:30 am – As we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice awakenings, it’s important to reflect on what we’ve learned and take action towards the new possibilities and opportunities in front of us that can create real and equitable change. Join funder peers on Thursday, September 3, at the California Homelessness and […]
Realities of the Triple Pandemic: Racialized Violence, COVID-19 and Climate Change
August 24, 2020 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – “We make a grave mistake every time we invoke the history of oppression to diminish the reality of racism’s present. Progress is real, but the narrative of progress seduces us into inaction. If we believe, simply, that it gets better, there is no incentive to do the work to ensure that it does.” ― Mychal […]
SCG Environmental Funders Group: How to Be an Anti-Racist Environmental Movement
August 21, 2020 @ 10:30 am-12:30 pm – As the Black Lives Matter movement has made clear, white supremacy and systemic racism are root causes of injustice, violence, and inequality, and these forces contribute to environmental injustice, degradation, and destruction. For generations, the mainstream environmental movement has willfully ignored issues of race and power, with many environmental organizations still led by white men, […]
Representation Matters: Deepening Leadership Pipelines and Building Community Power
August 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – Legislative victories on important issues are rightfully celebrated — but meaningful impact also hinges on equitable implementation, community engagement and local leadership that can fuel that forward momentum long after votes are tallied. How can funders and anchor institutions work together to support community power-building and help create leadership pipelines and pathways? Join us for […]
