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May 2013
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Board of Directors
David Wertheimer  
|Chair|
Seattle, Washington 

Leslie Strnisha |Vice-Chair|
Deborah Fung |Treasurer|
Tom Nurmi |Secretary|
Chevy Chase, Maryland 

Sonya Campion
Seattle, Washington 
  
Janice Elliott
Boston, Massachuetts
  
Nancy Frees Fountain
Houston, Texas
  
Katie Hong
Seattle, Washington
  

Barbara "Bobbie" Ibarra

Miami Coalition for the Homeless 

Miami, Florida

 

Bill Pitkin
Los Angeles, California
  
Debbie Reznick
Chicago, Illinois
  
Martha Toll
Washington, D.C.
  
Joe Weisbord
New York, New York

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| IN THIS ISSUE |
>Who's Who at the Funders Institute: See Our Current RSVP List
>Funders Institute Sponsors and Partners
>Funders Together Thanks Members for Donations & Membership Dues

News From Our Friends

 Events Calendar

>More Upcoming Events, Conferences, & Opportunities

Special Announcementsspecialannouncements
Who's Who at the Funders Institute:
 
Our Current RSVP List:
The Butler Family Fund
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
The Weinberg Foundation |The Low-Income Housing Coalition
Building Changes | The Paul & Phyllis Fireman Foundation
Valley of the Sun United Way | National Alliance to End Homelessness
The Campion Foundation |The Mayor's Task Force, Atlanta
The Siemer Institute for Family Stability | The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
United Way of Greater New Haven | The Technical Assistance Collaborative
The Simmons Foundation | United Way of King County
United States Bank Foundation | United Way of Forsyth
The Wilson Foundation | St. Luke's Episcopal Health Institute
Center for Collaborative Health |The Hilton Foundation
The Oak Foundation | The United States Health & Human Services Department
The Miami Coalition for the Homeless | The Polk Brothers Foundation
The William S. Abell Foundation | The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
Melville Charitable Trust | Funders Together Houston
  
Our Sponsors:
The Melville Charitable Trust & The William S. Abell Foundation
  
Learn more about ways you can support the Institute.
  
Our Partners:
A special recognition for our grantors & dues-paying members.
The Pierce Family Foundation
The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota
The National Alliance to End Homelessness | The Polk Brothers Foundation
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Melville Charitable Trust
Raikes Foundation | The Butler Family Fund
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
The Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
The William S. Abell Foundation | Fannie Mae
The Frees Foundation
Contact Allison Silva if you'd like to be recognized as a partner.  
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Funders Together Thanks Members for

Generous Donations & Membership Dues
  
 
We thank the following foundations for their generous support of our efforts:
  

Grants:

Loeb Family Charitable Foundations

 

Welcome To Our New Members:
Loeb Family Charitable Foundations
  
Newest Dues-Paying Members:
Pierce Family Charitable Foundation

 

Learn more about the many ways you can support Funders Together!

 

View our Membership Dues Form here.

News from Funders Together newsfunders
Anne Miskey Guest Blogs

  

Philanthropy has taken a huge step forward, as many of the members of FT have shown - but there is still much to learn, and work to be done if we are to truly solve homelessness. That's why we're excited to hold our first-ever Funders Institute this summer with our partners at the Alliance.                                  ...Read More.

  
  
  Register Now For Our
1st-Ever Funders Institute in July

 

Agenda

Pre-Conference Session*

Monday, July 22 | 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Networking Breakfast

Keynote Address: Bryan Samuels, Commissioner, ACYF

 

Panel Discussions and Interactive Tabletalk Sessions

*You must be registered for the Funders Institute

 

Powering Change Workshop Track*

(Recommended for Funders)

Monday, July 22nd, 12p.m. - Wednesday, July 24th, 1 p.m.

National Conference on Ending Homelessness Workshop Track

*You must be registered for the National Conference on Ending Homelessness

 

Communities of Practice Meetings*

Monday, July 22nd | 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.|Youth Homelessness Tuesday, July 23rd | 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. |United Ways

*You must be registered for the Funders Institute

 

Closing Reception*

Tuesday, July 23rd | 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Wine, beer, and light fare will be served while funders relax and connect.

*You must be registered for the Funders Institute

 

Registration: Complete our Electronic Registration Form today and e-mail it to [email protected]

by June 15th, 2013.

 

Space is limited.
News from Our Members newsfrommembers

 
Deborah Fung from the Paul & Phyllis Fireman Foundation Blogs on Foundations: Catalysts of Change
  
There are many problems that neither government nor philanthropy can solve by themselves. But when foundations work well, catalyzing the power of government and private actors, they can do amazing things. They can catalyze systemic changes that empower the most vulnerable. Reich's skepticism aside, even modest foundations are capable of creating solutions to some of our most intractable social problems. That's because solutions don't always require a lot of money. A new idea can create fundamental change...  

  

Rob Podlogar of the Siemer Institute Blogs on Success, Stability, & Support for Children & Families
  
Photo Credit: Siemer Institute
 
I've recently returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. where I had the opportunity to participate in the United Way Worldwide National Tocqueville Award ceremony and to reflect on the power of individual philanthropy and the impact donors are making on a national level.  
  
  

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Public & Private Funders Collaborative Working To End Homelessness In Los Angeles Releases Evaluation Report:

  

 "Home For Good Funders Collaborative:

Lessons Learned from Implementation and Year One Funding"
 

For many years, chronic homelessness has been a significant issue in Los Angeles County. While numerous nonprofit organizations, foundations, and the public sector have been working to address chronic homelessness for a long time, there had not been a coordinated public and private effort for the services and resources needed to address the issue. That changed in 2011 when public and private funders came together as part of the Home For Good campaign to create a more coordinated approach to funding permanent supportive housing (PSH) for chronically homeless people through the creation of the Funders Collaborative. Read the Evaluation Report.

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 Sharing Your Stories

 

Funding an innovative project? 

 Looking to leverage funding

Have exciting news about your work in homelessness? 
We'd love to highlight your work.
  
 
Share your news with other funders in our Blog & Bulletin  
    | Contact| Bevin Kathleen Shagoury | Program Assistant| 

 

News from Our Friendsfriendnews 


Registration Open for
The National Alliance to End Homelessness's 2013
 
 
Early registraton is nearly over and lodging at a discounted conference rate has been expanded--don't wait any longer to register for this important annual conference on ending homelessness by visiting the National Alliance to End Homelessness's registration page.  Previous conferences have reached maximum capacity for registration several weeks in advance of the registration closing date--this is a crucial conference you don't want to miss. In addition, Funders Together is launching its first-ever Funders Institute in conjunction with this event. Learn more and register today!
Tools & Resourcesresource

 

Homeless Hub Report: Which Comes First: Sexual Exploitation or Other Risk Exposures Among Street-involved Youth?

  

In this report by Homeless Hub, researchers look at youth who are at serious risk of sexual exploitation, and the relationship between exploitation and homelessness. Approximately 1 in 3 homeless youth report being exploited, and Indigenous, refugee and immigrant, and LGBTQ youth are at an even greater risk. Despite these risks, there is little research that has looked at those under the age of 19, even though many homeless youth are subjected to multiple risks in adolescence or earlier. Read this Research Report.

  

Interagency Council on Homelessness Releases Report:

The Housing First Checklist: A Practical Tool for Assessing Housing First in Practice

 As Housing First approaches become adopted more widely, the need for clarity increases around what the Housing First approach entails and how to know whether a particular housing program or community approach is truly using a Housing First approach. Robust tools and instruments are available which can quantitatively assess and measure a housing program's fidelity to Housing First, and recent research has attempted to rigorously evaluate Housing First implementation. Policymakers and practitioners will benefit from this practical, easy to use guide to identify and assess the implementation of the core components of the Housing First approach. Use this Resource.

  

Visit our Tools & Resources webpage to learn more. 

Events Calendarsavedates

  
Please Contact 
Allison Silva | Program Director, Membership & Resource Development 
if you plan to attend any of the following in-person events, and we'll put you in touch with other grantmakers in homelessness.
  
 
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"Advancing the Policy & Practice
of Crisis Response Systems"

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Monday, June 3 - Tuesday, June 4, 2013

The University of Pennsylvania and the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs invite you to attend a two-day conference showcasing the latest research from Australia, Canada, Europe, and the U.S. in advancing the policy and practice of homelessness crisis response systems.

   

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"Reframing For the Future"

Washington D.C., July 22-24, 2013
Online registration is now open. Early registration recomended!
 
For more details, visit the registration page.

 

  
Funders Together to End Homelessness's
Washington D.C., July 22-24, 2013

 

Visit our website's Events Calendar for up-to-date information, or recommend an event and we'll share it.

 
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Through Funders Together, you can connect
with other funders like you, 
 and promising practices, and help 
   
Your voice can help make the difference 
in your community and across the country.

 

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Editor | Bevin K. Shagoury