This partnership of funders in the tri-state New York City region focuses on three priority issues:

• Transportation policy and practice reform
• Equitable transit-oriented development
• Better transportation planning

Improving Outcomes for a Region

The mission of the One Region Funders’ Group is to help the tri-state metropolitan region of Connecticut-New York-New Jersey achieve a more sustainable transportation system that enhances economic competitiveness, while it protects public health and safety, promotes environmental quality, and supports social equity by increasing the influence and coordination of philanthropic contributions and leadership.

Background

The One Region Funders’ Group is a partnership of private funders from Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey who are learning and working together to advance and support transportation planning and reform in the tri-state New York City region. Participating funders recognize that transportation is an area not well-served by philanthropy, yet is one that offers high-leverage opportunities to affect decisions impacting quality of life, economic competitiveness, and opportunity in the region. Transportation is also an issue of great public interest and concern in many parts of the tri-state region. Among their varied program activities, members of the funders’ collaborative have established a grantmaking fund, the One Region Fund, at the New York Community Trust. The Funders’ Network provides staff support to this collaborative.

Activities

One Region funders meet quarterly, hold periodic conference calls, host funder briefings, and jointly decide grantmaking strategies on an annual basis. The Group believes that by sharing information and making collaborative grants, funders can expand their understanding of and influence over transportation issues in the tri-state region—and that wins on transportation policy and practice leverage wins in many other critical issue areas.

Participating Foundations

• Community Foundation of New Jersey
• Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
• Fairfield County Community Foundation
• The Ford Foundation
• Fund for New Jersey
• J.M. Kaplan Fund
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Long Island Community Foundation
• New York Community Trust
• Rauch Foundation
• Surdna Foundation
• Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
• Westchester Community Foundation