Be a Catalytic Funder

Catalytic funders working to end homelessness focus not on the successes of individual programs, but rather on a systemic approach that addresses the underlying causes. They know that housing-based solutions combined with the right supports can end homelessness, so they so they invest in evidence-based best practices. They take risks to discover innovative solutions. And they raise the bar for everyone else. Using our Funder Resources can help start and expand your efforts as you focus on being catalytic.

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Collaborate with Others

No funder has the resources to end homelessness alone. Funders can play a powerful role in convening diverse stakeholders, facilitating system-wide collaboration, and identifying key gaps in homelessness systems. Collaborating speeds up the learning process and enables funders to take a strategic, systems-change approach to ending homelessness. There is power in philanthropy speaking with one voice. Through our programming, you can learn, share, and collaborate at both the local and national level.

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Be a Voice for Change

Funders are more than just a checkbook. Philanthropic dollars are small when compared to government funding, but through advocacy funders can build support for new approaches and strategic shifts. Foundations can help reduce policy barriers, leverage funds, and create bridges between different systems to have a real impact on ending homelessness. We can help you learn how to best use your voice and influence to impact change locally and nationally.

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From The Blog

What the ‘Social Determinants of Health’ Really Means

Apr 21, 2026

In this blog post, Michael Durham, Director of Networks at Funders Together for Housing Justice, reflects on the lessons that shaped his understanding of housing as a core driver of health and wellbeing. Drawing from his experience at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, he examines the tension between addressing immediate needs and advancing systemic change, and calls on philanthropy to hold both in pursuit of housing justice.

Celebrating Lauren Bennett's Incredible Journey and New Chapter

Apr 01, 2026

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After nearly 11 transformative years with Funders Together for Housing Justice (FTHJ), we share with deep gratitude and bittersweet joy that Lauren Bennett, our Chief of External Affairs, will be departing the organization to join the Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) as their Senior Director of Communications and Membership. 

The Fight for Immigrant Rights Is a Housing Justice Issue

Mar 25, 2026

The Fight for Immigrant Rights Is a Housing Justice Issue

In this blog post, Interim Co-CEO Jessica Venegas reflects on the political moment we are living through, the ways immigration enforcement is shaping housing instability, and what philanthropy must do now to stand with impacted communities and help build a future rooted in housing justice, racial justice, and belonging.