Funders Together to End Homelessness is a diverse network of over 230 philanthropic organizations dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness. Because homelessness has no single cause or solution, our members are engaged in many grantmaking activities, ranging from homelessness to related areas like housing, health care, education, workforce development, child welfare, domestic violence, and food security.
Our members include all types of foundations—private, operating, family, community—as well as corporate giving programs, United Ways, and individual philanthropists. Because membership is for grantmaking organizations where grantmaking is the main focus of their work, our programming and support improves our members' impact and allows them to contribute to a larger national movement to prevent and end homelessness.
Funders Together Membership
Funders Together offers two types of membership: Full Membership and Basic Membership.
Full Membership
Full Members generously support Funders Together’s work through paying annual dues. In return, we help connect you to peers, national partners, and the latest best practices that will help improve your grantmaking and advance the movement to prevent and end homelessness. Full members join Funders Together for:
Basic Membership
Basic Members do not pay annual dues, but show support for and stay connected to what’s happening in the homelessness field by being part of our network. Basic members receive our twice-monthly newsletter and invitations to Funders Together events and webinars. Basic members do not have access to most online resources and do not qualify for member discounts for events and webinars.
If you are unable to become a Full Member, please consider joining us as a Basic Member, which allows us to show the homelessness field and policymakers that over 230 funders across country care about housing stability and homelessness.
Membership Dues
Funders Together’s membership dues are determined by your organization’s grantmaking budget for preventing and ending homelessness, per the scale below. Your dues contribution makes a significant difference in our ability to sustain our work.
We understand the budgeting realities of our members and strive to make our membership dues as reasonable as possible. We also know that not all of our members have grantmaking budgets specifically dedicated to ending homelessness. If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to discuss an appropriate dues level for your organization, contact: Stephanie Chan, Chief Strategy Officer.
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Annual Grantmaking Budget for Preventing and Ending Homelessness |
Suggested Level of Annual Support |
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Under $200,000 |
$300 |
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$200,000 and under $500,000 |
$1,000 |
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$500,000 and under $1 million |
$2,000 |
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$1 million and under $5 million |
$4,000 |
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$5 million and under $10 million |
$7,000 |
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$10 million and under $20 million |
$10,000 |
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$20 million and over |
$15,000 |
Membership Dues for Individual Philanthropists
We welcome individual philanthropists to join Funders Together to End Homelessness. If you are an individual philanthropist giving at least $50,000 to homelessness annually, you are eligible to become a Full Member of Funders Together. Please use the dues structure above to calculate the dues amount that is appropriate for you.
Membership Dues for United Ways
We understand the budgeting realities and unique nature of United Ways and strive to make our membership dues as reasonable as possible. To this end, we created a dues structure specifically for United Ways based on feedback from our United Way members.
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Annual Grantmaking Budget for Preventing and Ending Homelessness |
Suggested Level of Annual Support for United Ways |
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Under $200,000 |
$300 |
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$200,000 and under $500,000 |
$1,000 |
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Over $500,000 |
$2,000 |
Become a Member!
If you would like to become a Funders Together member or are interested in more information on Funders Together Membership, contact Rachelle A. Matthews at [email protected].