Letter To California Governor Gavin Newsom on Need for a Permanent Revenue Source for Housing Justice
Members of Funders Together's California Homelessness & Housing Policy Funders Network sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom stressing the importance of an ongoing, flexible state revenue source in our efforts to end homelessness and housing insecurity and achieve housing justice for all California residents.
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Building a Liberated World: 2022 Reflections from Funders Together
Driven by the values of our new strategic framework, the Funders Together team reflects upon 2022 and looks forward to building a more liberated world in 2023.
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Funders Together Statement on All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
Funders Together to End Homelessness responds to the newly released United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
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Upstream Enough? Reflections on the Canada-US Funders Forum on Prevention of Youth Homelessness
In October 2022, Michael Durham, Funders Together Director of Networks, attended “cross-border learners’ exchange” between Canadian and U.S. foundations around youth homelessness prevention and documented his experience in Toronto, summarizing the two-day meeting itself and reflecting on what this means for the movement stateside.
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Joint Statement In Response to Governor Newsom’s Rejection of Local Homeless Plans
In early November, Governor Newsom announced he would be rejecting local homelessness plans and would hold funding as a result. Funders Together to End Homelessness and our California Homelessness & Housing Policy Funders Network joined other housing justice organizations and people with lived experience in voicing concern of the Governor's rejection and choice to withhold critical resources from communities for homelessness services and programs.
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Introducing Tia Smith and Jack Zhang to the Funders Together Team
Funders Together to End Homelessness is excited to welcome Tia Smith and Jack Zhang as the newest members of the Funders Together staff!
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Pivoting to Something Different: Reflections from Foundations for Racial Equity’s Convening in Denver
After a year of meeting virtually, Funders Together’s second Foundations for Racial Equity (FRE) cohort met in person for the first time in August 2022. We so grateful to have the privilege of facilitating this amazing group of people working toward housing and racial justice. We know that FOMO is real, and we hope this recap will help share with the broader Funders Together network a snapshot of what we’re learning and doing.
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2022 Funders Institute: Reconnecting In Person with Love and Disruption at the Center
The 2022 Funders Institute marked our first in-person convening since early 2020 with more than 40 participants representing nearly 30 philanthropic organizations. On July 25-27, we gathered in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the National Conference on Ending Homelessness to examine timely issues impacting housing justice efforts and policy across the country.
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Funders Together CEO, Amanda Andere's Remarks from the 2022 National Conference on Ending Homelessness
