June 17, 2019 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – This funder-only learning webinar is hosted by TFN’s consortium on sustainable mobility and equitable access. The webinar is June 17 at 12 pm EST. Congestion pricing in New York City got a green light from the New York State Legislature and Governor on April 1, 2019. The win invigorated efforts in several other U.S. cities. Making the […]
Equity as a Through Line: A Four-Part Summit Series on Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities
June 13, 2019 @ 8:30 am-1:00 pm – Please join the HEALU Network for Part 2 of our four-part summit series, Equity as a Through Line: Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities. Part 2 will explore crucial but overlooked challenges facing unincorporated areas, small cities, and under-resourced communities, like the need to compete against larger and wealthier communities for grant dollars, […]
Power for Just Practices: How Evaluations Can Promote Equity (Webinar)
June 12, 2019 @ 2:00 pm-3:00 pm – Funders and philanthropic institutions increasingly embrace equity as core to their work. Yet even among those organizations, evaluation is difficult to examine, revamp and cultivate through an equity lens. Join us for the latest installment of our Power Forward webinar series, Power for Just Practice: How Evaluations Can Promote Equity, 2 p.m. ET Jun 12. […]
Creating healthier, more equitable and sustainable communities in the San Joaquin Valley (Webinar)
June 6, 2019 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – You are invited to join ClimatePlan and the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, for this important webinar on land use and planning. The San Joaquin Valley faces significant challenges. Poor land use decisions have led to increased urbanization of farmland and wildlife habitats, which is accelerating sprawl development. The lack of parks and safe open […]
California’s Hottest Topic: The Housing Crisis and Our Collective Response (Webinar)
June 6, 2019 @ 10:00 am-11:00 am – Governor Newsom brings a new energy and focus to California’s lack of housing in general, and lack of affordable housing in particular. He’s set an audacious goal of building 3.5 million new units over the next seven years and legislators have followed suit with nearly 200 housing-related bills – many aimed at wrestling down the […]
Economic Opportunity, Environmental Wellbeing, and a Just Transition: California as a Testing Ground for the Green New Deal
May 31, 2019 @ 10:00 am-12:30 pm – This convening will bring together leadership from several state, national and international foundations who have funded initiatives that advance economic opportunity and environmental wellbeing, promote a just transition, and could be either replicated elsewhere in the country or scaled up under a Green New Deal. We will explore what they are learning, how they have […]
Power for Just Practices: Let’s Talk Race, Privilege & Philanthropy (Webinar)
May 15, 2019 @ 2:00 pm-3:00 pm – Join us for the next installment of TFN’s Power Forward webinar series for a frank conversation about the sector’s willingness to address structural racism and its impact on organizational practice. Power for Just Practices: Race, Privilege and Philanthropy, which takes place at 2 p.m. May 15, brings together a panel of national experts and funder […]
Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (Webinar)
May 14, 2019 @ 3:00 pm-4:00 pm – What do funders need to know about the new Water Infrastructure Improvement Act? Join our May 14 webinar organized by TFN’s Urban Water Funders working group to learn more about this act, which enjoyed bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress and was signed into law by President Trump in January 2019. This new act encourages […]
Intermountain West Funder Network Annual Convening
April 24, 2019-April 26, 2019 @ All Day – The Intermountain West Funder Network, an initiative of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN), works to inspire, strengthen and expand funding and philanthropic leadership in the Intermountain West. The theme of this year’s convening is Navigating Change: How Philanthropy is Harnessing Opportunity in Disruptive Times. Funders will examine changes through the […]
Power for Policy: Mobility and Access Advocacy (Webinar)
April 23, 2019 @ 3:00 pm-4:00 pm – Funders focused on mobility and access know that investing in people power is one of the most effective ways to influence policy and practice, redirect funding and carve out street space for sustainable modes of transportation. Join us for the latest in our Power Forward webinar series, Power for Policy: Mobility and Access Advocacy, at 3 […]
