Funders Together Blog: Homelessness Ends Here

The Inaugural Funders Institute: What We Learned, Where We’re Going

Posted by · July 29, 2013 11:07 AM

A record number of private funders came to share their ideas, experiences and lessons learned from communities across the United States and Canada at the first-ever Funders Institute.

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Collaboration Across the Pond

Posted by · July 10, 2013 10:02 AM

The partnership between Butler Family Fund and Oak Foundation illustrates the power that funders have when they join forces to create replicable, systemic, and lasting solutions to homelessness.

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Elevating New Voices to End Homelessness

Posted by · June 24, 2013 12:38 PM

It’s been remarkable to watch the impact that social media has had in the arena of homelessness.

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LGBT Homeless Youth: Support Through Data Collection

Posted by · June 24, 2013 9:00 AM

Data on youth homelessness is notoriously lacking. We need better data to understand the scale of the problem and our progress toward solving it.

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Foundations: Catalysts of Change

Posted by · May 29, 2013 11:19 AM

In his forum, Rob Reich claims that, at their best, foundations foster pluralism and encourage discovery. But in my experience foundations can do much more.

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First-Ever Funders Institute: Harnessing Potential, Powering Change

Posted by · May 17, 2013 3:35 PM

Philanthropy has taken a huge step forward, but there is still much to learn and work to be done if we are to truly solve homelessness. That’s why we’re excited to hold our first-ever Funders Institute this summer with our partners at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

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Success, Stability, & Support for Children & Families

Posted by · May 02, 2013 1:40 PM

Because of the generosity of Barbara and Al Siemer, a collaboration of 23 United Ways is sharing best practices and collecting and assessing data that will lead to a better understanding of homelessness and its impact on children.

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Veteran Homelessness: We’re on the Right Track

Posted by · April 22, 2013 3:49 PM

With a scarf and a clipboard, I joined many government officials to conduct a census of people who were spending the night on the street in D.C. with low temperatures in the 30s.

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Boston Marathon Tragedy

Posted by · April 16, 2013 3:59 PM

To Members and Friends of Funders Together

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Thinking More Broadly About a Place to Call Home

Posted by · April 16, 2013 12:55 PM

In the shadow of sequestration and increasingly constrained public sector resources, the goal of ending family homelessness seems to move continually further out of reach.

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