June 27, 2017 @ All Day – Convened by the US Water Alliance, the One Water Summit 2017 brings together hundreds of leaders from across the country to network, engage in thought-provoking dialogue, share best practices, set strategic priorities, amplify great ideas, and take actionable ideas back home. If you would like to register as a delegate from the Funders’ Network for […]
Immigration Policy: Effects on Cities and Neighborhoods (Webinar)
June 16, 2017 @ 9:00 am-9:50 am – This funder-only webinar is part of an “Inside Policy” series coordinated by the Restoring Prosperity in Older Industrial Cities Working Group. These webinars explore emerging national policy trends and their potential impacts on cities and communities. This webinar features Tanya Broder, senior staff attorney, with the National Immigration Law Center. Learn more.
California’s New Transformative Climate Communities Program (Webinar)
June 15, 2017 @ 10:00 am-11:00 am – How Can Funders Help a New Climate Program Lift Up Some of California’s Most Disadvantaged Communities? Smart Growth California invites funders to a special webinar focused on California’s new Transformative Climate Communities Program. The Transformation Climate Communities Program is the result of AB 2722, a bill passed last year that requires the California Strategic Growth Council to […]
Change Begins Within: A Foundation’s Equitable Journey (Webinar)
June 14, 2017 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – Funders are invited to join TFN’s monthly learning call for a conversation with Nichole Mahar, president and CEO of Northwest Health Foundation. Nichole will share her organization’s journey to more equitable outcomes in their grantmaking. Learn about the practical application of their leadership, the meaningful actions used to address race and equity, and the challenges […]
Collaboration Gone Right: 9 Funders and 69 Nonprofits Make Regional Change Work
June 8, 2017 @ 11:00 am-1:30 pm – Funders are invited to a lunchtime program focused on the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, which offers a blueprint for how to engage a variety of funders and partners from multiple sectors to address complex, systemic issues and work cooperatively to improve outcomes for a region. Speakers include Sabina González-Eraña of The California Endowment, Chet […]
Regulation and Deregulation: Emerging Trends and Urban Impacts (Webinar)
June 2, 2017 @ 9:00 am-9:50 am – This funder-only webinar is part of an “Inside Policy” series coordinated by the Restoring Prosperity in Older Industrial Cities Working Group. These webinars explore emerging national policy trends and their potential impacts on cities and communities. This webinar features guest speaker Jeremie Greer. Jeremie is vice president of policy and research at the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) and a […]
Healthy Communities, Green Infrastructure, and Water Sustainability in Southern California
June 1, 2017 @ 10:00 am-12:30 pm – Funders are invited to join a conversation with leaders working on a set of strategies to usher in a green infrastructure paradigm for Southern California. With temperatures rising in Southern California due to climate change, our region is facing severe threats including heat mortality, flooding, and long-term water shortages, particularly in low-income communities of color. […]
How the Northeast Can Help Lead the Nation Forward on Solar, Climate, and Justice (Webinar)
May 25, 2017 @ 7:30 am-8:45 am – Northeast Funders’ Network and Barr Foundation Learning Webinar You are cordially invited to participate in a webinar for funders hosted by the Barr Foundation and the Northeast Funders’ Network (a working group of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities) to discuss the state of solar policy in the Northeast, and how we can continue […]
State and Local Policy: Implications of Current Policy Directions for States and Cities (Webinar)
May 19, 2017 @ 9:00 am-9:50 am – This funder-only webinar is part of an “Inside Policy” series coordinated by another TFN working group, the Restoring Prosperity in Older Industrial Cities Working Group. These webinars explore emerging national policy trends and their potential impacts on cities and communities. Anna Davis, director of Government Relations with the National Governors Association, is the featured speaker of the webinar. Learn more.
2017 Stormwater Funders’ Group Annual Meeting
May 15, 2017-May 17, 2017 @ All Day – Join the Funders’ Network for this two-day meeting, which will include site tours of green infrastructure and community development projects underway in Portland, as well as funder-only sessions on scaling up the use of green infrastructure. This meeting takes place in association with the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange, a practitioner network supporting green infrastructure in […]
