Funders Together Bulletin Masthead
August 2013
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Board of Directors
David Wertheimer  
|Chair|
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington 
  
Leslie Strnisha |Vice-Chair|
Deborah Fung |Clerk|
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Joe Weisbord |Treasurer| 
New York, New York
  
Tom Nurmi |Secretary|
William S. Abell Foundation
Chevy Chase, Maryland 

Sonya Campion
Seattle, Washington 
  
Janice Elliott
Boston, Massachusetts
  
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.
  
Special Announcementsspecialannouncements

Welcome, Alexis.
We're delighted to welcome our new Communications & Public Affairs Manager, Alexis Perlmutter. 
 
Say hello, ask a question, or make a suggestion about what communications resources your foundation needs.
 
On Our Blog newsfunders
  
by Katie McKillen, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  
Especially for Members

Check out what's happening & what a great network can do.
  
  
We Thank Our Members for Their Support
 

We're getting ready to send you our annual survey.
Keep an eye out and tell us what works and what you need.

This Month in Homelessness 


 
(...and why this quiet trend is about to reverse itself.)
by Stephen Lurie, The Atlantic Magazine
  
from NOLA.com
 
by Lawrence G. Haines of Mercy House  
Tools & Resourcesresource

 

The National Alliance to End Homelessness

 spotlights resources around employment & homelessness.

Why it's crucial to overcome employment barriers to succeed.

 

More tools & resources.  

Places To Be

Council on Foundations Conference for Community Foundations 
September 22-25, 2013
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The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference
October 28-29, 2013
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Ohio Grantmakers Forum: Philanthropy Forward Conference

November 12 - 14, 2013
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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
Supporting Movements Conference
November 18 - 19, 2013
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Visit our website's Events Calendar for up-to-date information, or recommend an event and we'll share it.  
End Homelessness

Through Funders Together, you can connect with other funders like you, share lessons learned and promising practices, and help build the movement to end homelessness in America. 
  
Funding an innovative project?  Looking to leverage funding? Have exciting news about your work in homelessness?
Editor | Bevin K. Shagoury