August 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – Legislative victories on important issues are rightfully celebrated — but meaningful impact also hinges on equitable implementation, community engagement and local leadership that can fuel that forward momentum long after votes are tallied. How can funders and anchor institutions work together to support community power-building and help create leadership pipelines and pathways? Join us for […]
Embracing Uncertainty: How Funders (and the Communities We Serve) Can Grapple With an Unknown Future and Think About a Path Forward
August 6, 2020 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – *Date now finalized for August 6, 2020 for 10 am PST Today, we confront a society reeling from the health impacts of COVID-19 as well as an economy that is struggling to stabilize itself as millions of people have lost their jobs, many of them for good. Simultaneously, we are experiencing widespread civil unrest as […]
PLACES 2020 Book Club: This Accident of Being Lost
July 28, 2020 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – The PLACES fellows and alumni invite all TFN members to join us for this year’s PLACES 2020 Book Club (previously held at our annual conference). Register now for a lively discussion of this year’s book: This Accident of Being Lost, a collection of stories and songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson which highlights the indigenous life […]
Save the Date: IMWFN Funders Sharing Their Systems Change Work
July 14, 2020 @ 10:30 am-11:45 am – Panelists will share key program strategies and help us see how their work builds toward greater systems change that benefits people, communities, and land. We’ll hear examples from funders working at different intervention points in this work including resident empowerment, leadership development, decision-support research, and policy change, and how long-term aspirations are advanced through shorter […]
Virtual Policy Briefing – Coordinated Planning for Equitable Integration of Water & Land-Use
July 9, 2020 @ 9:00 am-12:00 pm – Five Nonprofits have been working together with the Local Government Commission as part of the Community Foundation Water Initiative to equitably integrate water management and land use decision making through their organizations. The briefing will specifically cover the role that coordinated planning plays in public engagement efforts. Learn more and register now. Leveraging what has […]
Inland Empire Rising: The Case for Timely Investments in Racial Equity and Sustainability
July 8, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – Join us for a webinar featuring a comprehensive new report on the Inland Empire’s nonprofit sector. The report, the first of its kind since 2009, shows that nonprofit jobs in the Inland Empire pay significantly more than other private-sector jobs. Inland Empire leads California with the highest share of nonprofit startups since 2010, and the […]
Keeping it Local: Strategies to Support Power-Building and Economic Self-Determination
July 8, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – Across the country, we are witnessing a trend of community residents and institutions organizing together to create community-led alternatives for local development. This alternative vision is not driven by profit, speculation and the corporate capture of land and community assets. It is centered on community-defined priorities and needs. This approach to local development centers the […]
Reconvene – COVID-19 and Native Communities: A Call to Action and Relationship for Philanthropy
July 8, 2020 @ 10:00 am-11:00 am – California Foodshed Funders, First Nations Development Institute, and our national co-hosts invite you back to the table to continue deepening relationship, investment, and action as Native nations and communities across the country face the ongoing COVID crisis, meeting this moment of opportunity and transformative change with continued resilience, power, and mutuality. We will look at […]
Building Wildfire Resilience in the West: A Virtual Series
July 7, 2020-August 11, 2020 @ 12:00 am – Western landscapes have always burned and always will. The more we suppress fire and change the climate, the more catastrophic wildfires become. How can we make communities and wild lands more resilient in the age of megafire? Join us for an invitation-only, weekly virtual learning and discussion series, created for philanthropic organizations and individuals. Featuring […]
Equitable and Sustainable Recovery and Growth for Inland California: Next Steps for Philanthropy
July 2, 2020 @ 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Over the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd have only further exposed the large and pre-existing health, racial, economic, and regional disparities across our state. The challenges of the current moment only underscore the critical importance of maintaining our focus on driving greater equity and inclusion […]
