The Funders Network

#InCaseYouMissedIt ✨ TFN's Ron Milam recently shared an update on the Climate Funders’ Collaborative (Baja, Imperial and San Diego Region) work in identifying new opportunities to support frontline communities impacted by climate change. Read the latest TFN's Smart Growth California blog 👇 https://bit.ly/4fnyZR9

Join TFN's Urban Water Funders and Mobility and Access Collaborative on Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. ET for the second session of a 2-part series in which we unpack the challenges and opportunities across water and transit issues. To register and access a recording of the first session, click here 👇 https://bit.ly/4eZPeE4

"All travelers deserve to safely and efficiently navigate their communities, yet too often, people with disabilities are prevented from reaching schools, shops, employment, healthcare, places of worship, and other destinations by inaccessible roads and sidewalks. Now, more than 30 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the government must no longer delay taking action" The Funders Network is proud to have joined the National Campaign for Transit Justice and over 100 transit justice organizations across the country in a letter calling on the Department of Justice to adopt the Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (PROWAG). Read the full letter 👇 https://bit.ly/3YrJRrG #TransitJustice #PedestrianRights #Accessibility

🌊 Water shapes our economic, environmental and social wellbeing. On the 10th Anniversary of US Water Alliance's #ImagineADayWithoutWater, we're grateful for our Urban Water Funders -- a working group of place-based and national funders supporting water equity, sustainability and climate resilience in vulnerable and marginalized communities. 💡Curious to explore the intersections of water and transit issues? Join TFN's Urban Water Funders and Mobility and Access Collaborative for an Oct. 22 webinar ➡️ bit.ly/4eZPeE4 📬 Would you like Urban Water Funders news/resources in your inbox? Sign up here ➡️ bit.ly/4hldJgS 🧜♀️ Want to connect with someone directly? Reach out to TFN's Urban Water Funders program lead ➡️ Kerry Hastings 💙 Nathan Boon, William Penn Foundation | Maggie Allio Rwakazina, AICP, Springpoint Partners | Sarah Diringer, PhD, Pisces Foundation | Dan Favre, Greater New Orleans Foundation | Yeou-Rong Jih, The Kresge Foundation | Dana Okano, PhD, AICP, Hawaii Community Foundation | Jennifer Patrick, THE JPB FOUNDATION | Alex Paxton, Water Foundation | David Rankin, Great Lakes Protection Fund | Pamela Russo, RWJF | Emily Raquel Warren Armitano, PhD, The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

In Case You Missed It 🎉 Check out the latest Going PLACES blog from 2024 PLACES fellow Patrick Moreno-Covington of the Rockwell Fund. Patrick reflects on the recent PLACES fellows site visit to Denver, and how place and the stories tied to those places impact our work in philanthropy. Read Patrick's blog below 👇

Last week, our VP of Community Impact and Director of Learning ventured to Billings, Montana, for a meeting of the Philanthropic Preparedness, Resiliency and Emergency Partnership (PPREP). A cohort of Midwestern funders that have responded to significant disasters, PPREP is a program of The Funders Network and connects our community to up-to-date resources and best practices. In Montana, Joe and Carrie visited the Beartooth Mountains, where a 2022 flood event began that impacted areas as far away as Yellowstone National Park. PPREP members heard from city, county, and community foundation staff in these areas about their response and ongoing recovery. The group also explored the history of Indigenous communities and learned about emergency management for reservation communities from the Partnership with Native Americans.

All funders are disaster funders. It's a matter of if, not when 🌊🔥🌪️ 🏔️ TFN's PPREP learning cohort traveled to Montana this week to explore how disaster intersects with housing, climate, economy and community, and how local community organizations are working to meet evolving needs. 🚌 Our journey began with a scenic bus drive along the beautiful Beartooth Highway, where the devastating June 2022 flooding started. 🚧 We traveled to the town of Red Lodge, to learn about ongoing county/municipal recovery efforts and community-based response from Red Lodge Area Community Foundation. We then headed 35 miles northeast to Fromberg, where we heard from the City Council about how the flood impacted their community and the state of accessibility of federal/state resources for rural communities. 🌱 Tuesday, we turned our attention to the unique challenges Native Nations face when disaster strike. Special thanks to Northern Cheyenne Elder Verda King for the opening prayer, and to PPREP member Partnership With Native Americans and the Mountain Plains Regional Native CDFI Coalition for joining us in conversation 🎬 We wrapped up the day with a screening of "Elemental: Reimagining Wildfire", and a delicious dinner from Mama Joan's Frybread and Indian Tacos food truck! 📊 We spent Wednesday morning connecting the dots with Kristin Smith, PhD of Headwaters Economics. Dr. Smith share valuable tools like the rural capacity map and insights on current research informing public policy for working with local governments experiencing disaster. 🙌 A HUGE thank you our local hosts Montana Community Foundation and Taylor Crowl, and to Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Cari (Logan) Cullen for their help making this convening a success! Our PPREP learning cohort focuses on disaster preparation, response and recovery in the Midwest, but those facing the impacts of Hurricane Helene in the Southeast were very much in our thoughts this week. For more information and tools for funders, we encourage you to check out the CDP website by clicking here 👇 https://bit.ly/3Nd1jtt

Curious about the upcoming 2024 elections' impact on health, environment and climate? 🤔 Join us for an interactive 90-minute workshop on Oct. 7 at 12:30 p.m. ET! We’ll discuss what’s at stake in the upcoming elections and explore how funders can engage post-election to amplify their values and priorities in ways that advance just outcomes for health, environment, climate and community 🌍 We welcome funders of all experience levels — come prepared to learn, reflect and exchange ideas with fellow philanthropic colleagues 🤝 This workshop is offered by the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) and co-sponsored by Neighborhood Funders Group, The Funders Network and Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF). 👉 Register now and learn more: https://bit.ly/3Y0v07g #philanthropy

We still don't know the full impact of Hurricane Helene's deadly path through the southeast, but the road to recovery won't be easy. We’re co-sponsoring Center for Disaster Philanthropy's “Hurricane Helene: How funders can support recovery,” at 1 p.m. ET Oct. 3. Join us to learn more about the storm’s impact, what the needs are in areas hit by disaster, and what funders can do. https://bit.ly/4gEKllg    #CDP4Recovery #philanthropy