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Funders Together Statement on Proposed Rule Changes by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Posted by · June 03, 2019 1:40 PM

Funders Together to End Homelessness strongly opposes HUD’s recent proposed changes to rules that protect and house individuals and families at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness.

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How Can Funders Strengthen Racial Equity Work?

Posted by · May 13, 2019 10:59 AM



Adrienne Mundorf, Senior Program Director at the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, attended the first in-person convening of Foundations for Racial Equity in March 2019. In this post, she outlines key takeaways from the meeting on how funders can be instrumental and supportive in the work to advance racial equity.


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Taking A Stand on the 2020 Census

Posted by · April 16, 2019 8:00 AM

The 2020 Census is less than a year away, but the work to ensure a fair and accurate count for our communities is far from over. Funders Together to End Homelessness, along with nearly thirty other philanthropy serving organizations (PSOs) and funders, contributed to an amicus curiae brief to contest the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

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Policy Expert Round-Up: The FY2020 Federal Budget and Engaging Congress

Posted by · April 11, 2019 12:28 PM

Our national partners provide insight and advice on the FY20 federal budget cycle and how we can engage the new Congress.

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Trust Building and the Process of Learning: Reflections from the Foundations for Racial Equity March Convening

Posted by · April 01, 2019 8:34 AM


On March 6-8, twenty-five funders from across the United States and Canada gathered in Portland, OR to kick off Foundations for Racial Equity (FRE), our two-year community of practice for funders who want to undo structural racism to end homelessness. We came together to learn and share resources on racial equity work in our organizations and communities, identify collective action steps, and build relationships and trust with each other.  

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Policy Expert Round-Up: Key Thoughts from the FY 2019 Federal Budget and Last Congress

Posted by · March 29, 2019 1:51 PM

Our national partners weigh in on some of the key takeaways from the latest FY19 federal budget cycle and past Congress.

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2019 Funders Forum: Taking Greater Risks to End Unsheltered Homelessness

Posted by · March 11, 2019 9:28 AM



Regardless of the topic, whenever I leave the flurry of work and family life for three days to attend a funder network meeting, I can’t help but find myself wondering “Will it be worth it?” It was much easier to embrace this risk after learning that the 2019 Funders Forum would be held in San Diego at a time of year when my home town, Omaha, Nebraska, has endured a particularly brutal winter including more than 50 inches of snow and -20-degree temperatures.

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Our Collective Impact in 2018

Posted by · February 08, 2019 5:49 AM

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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From Business Owner to Philanthropist and Advocate

Posted by · January 29, 2019 9:49 AM

 

Most members of Funders Together to End Homelessness represent institutional philanthropy -- private, endowed foundations; community foundations; corporations; or United Ways.  Yet the vast majority of charitable donations in the U.S. come from individuals and it has been a goal of Funders Together for a number of years to increase membership among individual philanthropists.

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What to Expect From Funders Together Programming in 2019

Posted by · January 16, 2019 8:17 AM

The new year is often a time when people set new goals or resolutions for the next twelve months. At Funders Together, we’re using the start of 2019 to make some commitments to all our members about the programming they can expect from us this year.

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We joined Funders Together because we believe in the power of philanthropy to play a major role in ending homelessness, and we know we have much to learn from funders across the country.

-Christine Marge, Director of Housing and Financial Stability at United Way of Greater Los Angeles

I am thankful for the local partnerships here in the Pacific Northwest that we’ve been able to create and nurture thanks to the work of Funders Together. Having so many of the right players at the table makes our conversations – and all of our efforts – all the richer and more effective.

-David Wertheimer, Deputy Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Very often a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty, but the symptom. The cause may lie deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities, in a lack of education and training, in a lack of medical care and housing, in a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children.

-President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 State of the Union Address

Funders Together has given me a platform to engage the other funders in my community. Our local funding community has improved greatly to support housing first models and align of resources towards ending homelessness.

-Leslie Strnisha, Vice President at Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

Our family foundation convenes local funders and key community stakeholders around strategies to end homelessness in Houston. Funders Together members have been invaluable mentors to us in this effort, traveling to our community to share their expertise and examples of best practices from around the nation.

-Nancy Frees Fountain, Managing Director at The Frees Foundation


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