November 3, 2025 @ 11:00 am – REGISTER HERE In just a few months, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of […]
Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Fall Retreat
October 19, 2025-October 22, 2025 @ All Day – Register Here for EGA’s 2025 Fall Retreat! Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is excited to extend an invitation to Smart Growth California members to our 2025 Fall Retreat. This year, we will gather on the lands of the Tamayame, also known as Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, from October 19-22. Smart Growth California members are invited to register at our […]
Urban Wildfires in Los Angeles – Health and Environmental Impacts and Community-Led Solutions
September 30, 2025 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – This webinar is hosted by Health & Environmental Funders Network and co-sponsored by Grantmakers In Health and Smart Growth California. Wildfires are not only environmental disasters, they are health, housing, and economic crises that magnify systemic inequities in frontline communities and expose deep gaps in public response, infrastructure, and policy. The people most vulnerable to displacement, pollution, and climate impacts […]
California Community Land Trust Network 2025 Conference
September 25, 2025-September 26, 2025 @ All Day – 2025 CLT Conference September 25-26, 2025 Fresno, California Register Here This two-day gathering in Fresno is meant to nurture collaboration and encourage knowledge & resource sharing for all those involved in the community land trust ecosystem in California. Visit the California Community Land Trust Network website for more information on programming, speakers, and registration.
Bridging the Digital Divide in Disasters
September 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am – REGISTER HERE Unequal access to internet and digital tools—the “digital divide”—can limit families’ ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. This gap is most pronounced in rural communities, among people living in poverty, and communities of color. Join the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and partners for a webinar exploring how digital […]
SoCal Grantmakers Convening – Rooted in Community: Democracy, Climate and Power Building
September 12, 2025 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – Register Here In a year marked by relentless challenges, from catastrophic wildfires, deep clawbacks to environmental justice funding and federal immigration raids, Southern California’s philanthropic and civic communities have responded with extraordinary courage. This virtual funder convening invites grantmakers from across the region and beyond to reflect on the bold actions our communities have taken, […]
Climate Funders Collaborative September 10 Meeting
September 10, 2025 @ 11:30 am-2:30 pm – Register Here Join the Climate Funder Collaborative for an in-person, working lunch to share relevant updates, discuss year-end priorities, and the road ahead into 2026. Participants will hear updates from each of the working groups, explore shared funding opportunities, identify gaps, and discuss how to mobilize resources toward high-impact, achievable projects. Current Working Groups These […]
Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative 9/5 Convening
September 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – The next in-person meeting for the Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative scheduled for September 5th in Downtown Los Angeles. If you are a funder and would like to join us for lunch from noon to 1pm, with the option of joining some breakout groups after lunch from 1 to 2pm If you’d like to join, please […]
Climate Resilience & Economic Development: Two Sides of the Same Coin
August 28, 2025 @ 10:00 am-11:00 am – Register Here Climate change is increasingly becoming inextricably linked to the financial wellbeing of our communities. In California, catastrophic flooding and wildfires are the clearest example of how disasters – often made worse by climate change – have harmed both municipal and household budgets. Slower onset impacts of climate change like drought and extreme heat are also contributing to […]
Federal Transportation Funding: What’s at Stake for Our Movement?
July 29, 2025 @ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Register Here What could you do with $70 billion a year? That’s roughly the annual federal budget for surface transportation. Join experts on July 29 at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) for a webinar covering the latest on challenges, changes and opportunities around the staggering sums spent on a transportation system that struggles to […]
