New TFN Report Explores Midwest Transportation Advocacy, Funding & Opportunities

BY TFN Staff We're excited to share a new TFN report that examines how advocates and their foundation partners are working to build more sustainable and equitable transportation systems across the Midwest — and which includes key takeaways and lessons for funders in the region and beyond. The Midwest Transportation Landscape Assessment: A Roadmap for Funders explores the transportation…

Overcome with Hope and Unconditional Love

This post originally appeared in the PLACES Connection September 2023 newsletter. BY Talissa Lahaliyed, Equity Programs Manager “My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.” ― Nayyirah Waheed Three and a half months ago my husband and I welcomed our first baby boy into our lives. The happiness I’ve experienced is immeasurable, but so are my newfound worries for my son’s…

Introducing TFN’s New Member Portal!

BY Tere Figueras Negrete, Senior Director of Communications   You asked, we listened... We’re excited to announce that TFN's new Member Portal is live on our website! This password-protected, member-only portal is designed to support collaboration, deepen understanding and spark connections within our network and beyond. Funders across TFN's community of working groups,…

Going PLACES: Heartache drives my purpose

BY Ronda Lee Chapman, National Equity Director, Trust for Public Land, and 2023 PLACES Fellow   "Keep Portland Weird" is a vibe, albeit one that has perhaps run its course. I lived in Stumptown for just over a decade in the early aughts. It’s where I cut my teeth as a sustainability generalist, dug deep into diversifying the environmental movement, and gained a rich understanding of…

Stories from the Kendeda Fund: Podcast series chronicles a remarkable 30-year journey

BY Tere Figueras Negrete, Senior Communications Director   When Tené Traylor was hoping to join the team at the Kendeda Fund, she had one final hurdle: a breakfast meeting with founder Diana Blank, whose personal wealth fueled Kendeda’s impressive grantmaking across a host of environmental and social causes. “I was extremely nervous. Because I had a picture of a very, just,…

TFN Member Portal

Welcome to TFN's Member Portal, designed to support collaboration, deepen understanding and spark connections within our network and beyond. Enter the Portal Need a Member Portal login? Sign up now! Sign up for Member Portal About TFN's Member Portal TFN's Member Portal is designed to foster connection, inspire collaboration and deepen learning throughout our network…

We’re Hiring: TFN President & CEO! | Applications Now Open

BY TFN STAFF Are you a visionary, dynamic and strategic leader with a passion for helping communities become more sustainable, prosperous, healthy and just? We're excited to share that applications are open for the position of TFN's president and CEO. This is an extraordinary opportunity for candidates who believe in leveraging philanthropy's unique potential to advance racial, economic and…

Local Governments Membership Application

Local Governments The Funders Network believes collaboration is at the heart of creating impactful change that improves communities. TFN accepts applications from units of local government engaged in grantmaking in the U.S. and Canada. (For an example of how TFN works to support collaboration between local governments, frontline communities and foundations, visit our Partners for Places…

Grantmaking Public Charities Membership Application

Grantmaking Public Charities Public charities include intermediary grantmakers and nonprofit organizations that make grants. Membership contribution guidelines Effective July 1, 2023, TFN’s contribution guidelines for public charities, including nonprofit grantmakers and intermediaries, are based on an organization’s total grantmaking budget, regardless of issue or program category, given…