Today, Funders Together to End Homelessness submitted an amicus curiae brief, in partnership with the National Alliance to End Homelessness and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc, in support of the plaintiffs in advance of oral arguments ..read more

On March 4, 2024, we convened more than 50 funders in San Francisco around the themes of housing justice and reparations. Held in conjunction with the Innovations & Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness Conference, the 2024 Funders Forum featured plenary speakers from Liberation Ventures and the Grassroots Power Project, presented Funders Together's upcoming policy framework, gathered youth homelessness funders in a strategy session, and organized case consultations among peers about advancing housing justice.     ..read more

Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego and the Arlene & Michael Rosen Foundation spent six days in Vienna to learn about their social housing model as part of the Vienna Social Housing Field Study. Vienna's Social Housing Model offers lessons for philanthropy and housing justice advocates, however, it does have its fair share of challenges, in particular around racial justice and integration ..read more

As 2023 comes to a close, we asked staff: "What is one thing you witnessed in the movement for housing justice that inspired you? What are you most looking forward to in 2024?"   ..read more

Our organization is privileged to have a board of directors that consists of a strong housing and racial justice commitment. The evolution of Funders Together’s bold voice and vision has only been possible because of the passionate and inspirational leadership of individuals who dedicate their time and energy to helping us guide our work.   ..read more

On September 7th, Funders Together hosted a webinar called "Housing Insecurity is an Economics Problem: Connecting Economic and Housing Justice" in conjunction with Funders for Housing and Opportunity, Economic Opportunity Funders, and the Tax Equity Funders Network. In her reflection, Christina Ostmeyer from Funders for Housing and Opportunity re-iterates how solving housing insecurity is ultimately linked with dismantling and transforming our current economic systems, to build towards a more just future.   ..read more

We are excited to announce that Carey Cabrera joined Funders Together as our Membership and Knowledge Coordinator in August 14, 2023. Welcome to the Funders Together team! We officially met earlier this month in Atlanta, Georgia for our annual in-person staff retreat and look forward to working together in our mission to achieve housing justice.  ..read more

We hosted our 2023 Funders Institute in partnership with the National Conference on Ending Homelessness from July 17-19. Embracing themes of trust and accountability this year, we deepened our understanding of these concepts by leaning into the teachings of transformative justice writers and activists, as well as the knowledge of movement leaders who have effectively embraced these values in their work.    ..read more

The following blog was originally delivered orally by Michael Durham as part of the framing remarks for the 2023 Funders Institute in Washington, DC, which embraced the theme “accountability and trust” to inform its sessions. It has been edited slightly for this format.     ..read more

Funders Together’s second Foundations for Racial Equity (FRE) cohort wrapped its two-year learning-to-action journey learning in May 2023. We spent three days in Tulsa, OK learning about the history of Black Wall Street, deepening our commitment to housing justice, and dreaming of a more just and liberated future together. Read on to learn about our time at the Greenwood Cultural Center and Greenwood Rising and the questions we discussed.   ..read more