Funders Together Blog: Homelessness Ends Here

Welcome to The Funders Together Board: Tony Richardson

Posted by · October 17, 2018 10:27 AM

Joining the Funders Together Board of Directors is yet another passionate and inspiring leader in the philanthropic and homelessness fields: Tony Richardson of the Nord Family Foundation.

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Funders Together to End Homelessness Statement on Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos Announcement of $2B Funding Towards Homelessness Initiatives

Posted by · September 14, 2018 10:55 AM

Funders Together to End Homelessness, a national network of funders with over 230 members, is encouraged to hear of the recent announcement from Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos regarding his $2 billion fund to assist families experiencing homelessness. We applaud his commitment to providing this level of funding towards efforts to address family homelessness.

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2018 Funders Institute: Reflections From The Day

Posted by · September 06, 2018 1:59 PM

In July at the 2018 Funders Institute, attendees gathered to share what they are learning about homelessness prevention, including what it is and how to work effectively with other systems to really end homelessness. The highly interactive day included a panel discussion, speed networking on what we’re each learning in our work, roundtable discussions, and opportunity to connect with multiple national leaders.

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Thanking an Inspiring Leader and Welcoming Another

Posted by · July 23, 2018 6:52 AM

Funders Together has seen its fair share of changes in 2018, and we have one more to add to our list.

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Exciting and Bittersweet Changes at Funders Together

Posted by · June 21, 2018 12:03 PM

Recent changes at Funders Together have us all on staff feeling both excited and bittersweet!

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Five Takeaways from the Inaugural Foundations for Employment and Housing Meeting in Houston, TX

Posted by · June 01, 2018 9:01 AM

In March, Funders Together's Foundations for Employment and Housing community members came together in Houston to learn about how the city integrated its homeless services system with the public workforce system to ensure all people receiving homeless services can access both employment and housing. In addition to learning from our hosts, community members spent time getting to know one another and sharing their current work – including opportunities and challenges.

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Ending Homelessness Through Public Will Building

Posted by · May 24, 2018 12:47 PM

In February at our 2018 Funders Forum, attendees sat down with Chris Ko, United Way of Greater Los Angeles; Julie Patiño, The Denver Foundation; and Alastair Gee, Guardian News & Media, to talk about what makes a successful will-building campaign and how philanthropy can build community support to prevent and end homelessness.

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Power in Numbers: Building a Funder Network

Posted by · March 29, 2018 11:31 AM

At the 2018 Funder Forum, attendees explored what it took to build a successful funder network and how a network can be beneficial in advancing the movement to prevent and end homelessness.

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Homelessness Prevention: Where To Start

Posted by · March 19, 2018 11:18 AM

At the 2018 Funders Forum, we dove into learning about nation-wide prevention models and pilot programs being launched in communities taking the next step in homelessness prevention.

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2018 Funders Forum: Philanthropy's Role In Ending Family and Youth Homelessness

Posted by · March 13, 2018 3:49 PM

Passion. Understanding. Curiosity. Intellect. It was all happening in one room during the 2018 Funders Forum.

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