Co-Sponsor: Fund for Housing and Opportunity

July 30, 2025 | 1:00pm ET, 12:00pm CT, 11:00am MT, 10:00am PT

On Thursday, July 24th, the White House issued an executive order that continues the Trump Administration’s dangerous push to criminalize unhoused people and forcefully relocate them to detention camps. This Executive Order will:

• Expand the use of law enforcement and institutionalization to respond to homelessness  
• Prioritize funding for states that criminalize homelessness and eliminate housing-based solutions   
• Cut off funding for life-saving programs like harm reduction.   

The potential damage of this policy cannot be overstated. But we are not powerless.

Join this rapid-response funder call to hear analysis of the implications and limitations of this Executive Order and what philanthropy is best positioned to do to support the homelessness services field and people who are unhoused in the near term, even as we hold fast to our long-term commitment to upend oppressive systems altogether. 

Note that this call will not be recorded for security purposes and to ensure open conversation.

Learning Objectives

• Comprehension of the latest details of the July 24th Executive Order on homelessness 
• Understanding of the possible implications for providers and people experiencing homelessness 
• Direction on how to mobilize philanthropic resources and influence to mitigate the executive order’s effects 

Speakers

• Stephanie Chan | Chief Strategy Officer, Funders Together for Housing Justice
• Antonia Fasanelli | Executive Director, National Homelessness Law Center 
• Ann Oliva | Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance to End Homelessness

Registration 

Please RSVP for this webinar using the button below. You will receive your unique Zoom link once a Funders Together staff person has approved your registration. 

Please note: Participation in Funders Together programming is limited to foundations, community foundations, grantmaking staff at United Ways, corporate giving programs, individual philanthropists, venture philanthropy and other non-traditional philanthropic giving entities, philanthropy-serving organizations, and members of Funders Together. Government funders and staff at organizations where grantmaking is not the primary function are not eligible to participate. Funders Together reserves the right to deny participation to individuals we believe do not meet participation eligibility criteria. If you have questions about your eligibility, please reach out to Rachelle A. Matthews (RAM), Director of Membership and Programs.  

Technology

This funder call will take place via Zoom meeting. Registration will be open until July 30, 2025. If you do not receive your Zoom link or have technical issues logging into this call, please reach out to Michael Durham at [email protected].

This call will last 1 hour.