April 15, 2019-April 17, 2019 @ All Day – The Climate and Energy Funders Group, a program of the Biodiversity Funders Group, supports, facilitates, and seeks to expand a network of funders responding to global climate change by supporting a variety of strategies to address the problem. This year’s Climate and Energy Funders Group Meeting will focus on the following three themes, by first […]
Power For Policy: Media, Messaging, & The News (Webinar)
April 10, 2019 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – A free and vibrant press is one of the pillars of a functioning democracy — and can inform and impact policies at the national and local levels alike. How can funders better understand the evolving nature of media in a fractious age? How is philanthropy supporting efforts that encourage accurate, informed public discourse? And how can […]
Activity on Tap: Looking Across the Drinking Water Landscape (Webinar)
April 9, 2019 @ 3:00 pm-4:30 pm – Co-sponsored by the Biodiversity Funders Group, Environmental Grantmakers Association, Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Grant Makers in Health, and the Health and Environmental Funders Network Communities across the U.S. are addressing drinking water challenges, from systems coping with droughts or flooding, to people troubled by their tap water’s safety or affordability. Public […]
Ad Hoc Breakfast for Smart Growth California at TFN’s Conference
March 20, 2019 @ 7:30 am-8:30 am – Are you attending the 20th annual conference of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN)? If so, we invite you to join other funders from the Smart Growth California funder network for a casual breakfast conversation on the last morning of the conference. Ron Milam, Interim Director for Smart Growth California, will be at […]
TFN’s Annual Conference
March 18, 2019-March 20, 2019 @ All Day – How are we grappling with the stark realities of climate change and other environmental threats to our communities and health? How are we confronting systemic inequities and structural racism? How are we creating economic opportunities that allow people and places to thrive, regardless of their zip codes? Explore how funders can turn ideals into action […]
2019 Funder Summit
February 12, 2019-February 13, 2019 @ All Day – Smart Growth California’s Funder Summit brings together grantmakers to learn, connect, and take action. Save the date for February 12-13, 2019 in Sacramento. These challenging times call for funders to lead in bold new ways, especially here in California. A better future for all Californians, especially low-income communities and communities of color, will require unprecedented […]
Is SB 375 Reaching Its Potential for Climate and for Communities?
December 11, 2018 @ 10:00 am-11:00 am – Ten years after the passage of California’s landmark climate legislation, SB 375, the state still faces an uphill climb in reducing emissions from passenger vehicles (read more in the LA Times and Vox). Yet the potential of SB 375 holds as true today as it did when passed. If regions effectively create and implement Sustainable […]
Transportation For America’s Annual Capitol Ideas Conference
December 5, 2018-December 6, 2018 @ 12:00 am – Transportation For America’s Capital Ideas 2018 will offer a highly interactive curriculum of model state legislation, campaign tactics, innovative policies, and peer-to-peer collaboration to help participants advance successful proposals to raise new funding for transportation and ensure those dollars are wisely spent to accomplish tangible goals and help states stay competitive in the 21st century. […]
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Regional Meeting 2018
November 14, 2018 @ 3:30 pm-5:30 pm – Join Silicon Valley Community Foundation at this free community event which will feature a lively discussion about the true causes of the Bay Area housing shortage, its wide-ranging impact on all of us, and what’s being done to solve it. Chair of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Assemblymember David Chiu will kick off […]
2018 GREEN Annual Meeting
November 14, 2018-November 15, 2018 @ All Day – The GREEN! funder working group brings together funders interested in better understanding the promise that green strategies hold for improving outcomes for people and place. The GREEN! 2018 Annual Meeting offers funders the opportunity to: Explore the important role the philanthropic community plays in advancing sustainability, climate mitigation, urban resilience, and integrated approaches to energy […]
