Searching for Answers in Miami: Where Beauty Blurs Reality…
I jumped at the opportunity to reflect on my first site visit as a member of the 2017 PLACES Fellowship cohort. I felt compelled to share and work through a few observations that confounded and still perplex me. I hoped to stimulate a conversation with an audience larger than the ones I typically have the privilege of addressing.
But if I am honest, I found this exercise far more difficult…
Request For Proposals Now Available for Partners for Places Round Eleven!
RFP Now Available for Partners for Places Round Eleven
Proposals Due July 31, 2017
Request For Proposal
In partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) is pleased to announce the opening of Round Eleven of the Partners for Places grant program.
Partners for Places is a successful matching grant program that…
Join us for the 2017 Community Change Learning Exchange!
What is the Community Change Learning Exchange?
The Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE) aims to provide a means to unlock and share lessons learned, what works, what doesn’t and what still remains to be learned, as well as to create a safe space for funders to discuss not only past, but current challenges they are experiencing in community change work. Check out our agenda!
Our CCLE…
Stormwater Funders’ Group: Workforce and Green Infrastructure Webinar
As the field of green infrastructure expands, a qualified workforce is needed to design, install and maintain green stormwater practices.
Join TFN's Stormwater Funders' Group for its quarterly learning webinar, "Workforce and Green Infrastructure," Tuesday, June 20, at 3 p.m. ET/ noon PT.
Jobs For the Future recently examined the workforce needed to support the demand for green infrastructure…
Looking for Progress: Connecting Opportunity to Economic Development in Lake County
As part of our ongoing work exploring the lessons and recommendations offered in Looking for Progress in America's Smaller Legacy Cities: A Report for Place-based Funders, we asked some of the participants in the study: How has revitalization proceeded in your community, and how might your foundation and local partners ensure that economic growth and economic opportunity develop in a coordinated…
Going PLACES: #StayWoke Philanthropy: Owning our role as the system
For years, I have escaped to the beaches of Miami, Florida as an outsider looking to steal some fun in the sun. But thanks to an immersive site visit with the 2017 cohort of PLACES fellows, I possess a greater appreciation and understanding of Miami as a place filled with a rich mix of history and culture unparalleled by any other city in the country. Our time in Miami made the most of my senses,…
Going PLACES: TFN’s new PLACES blog series!
The Funders’ Network PLACES fellowship program gives participants from around the country an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and growth related to issues of race, class and ethnicity. It was created to provide those working in philanthropy the tools, resources, and best practices needed to increase their effectiveness as grantmakers through coaching, leadership development and…
New Partners for Places Grantees Announced!
Sustainability Efforts in 15 Cities Get $1.7 Million in New Funding
We are proud to announce that 15 cities across the United States will receive more than $1.7 million for sustainability efforts through the Partners for Places matching grants program — projects as diverse as supporting urban agriculture and reforestation, providing green jobs for low-income workers, and ensuring all residents…
Looking for Progress: Exploring the Connection Between Economic Growth and Opportunity
"This piece raises important issues around how to ensure that urban revitalization efforts are equitable and sustainable in smaller legacy cities and beyond. As more communities recover from the Great Recession, these questions will become increasingly important in ensuring long-term growth and prosperity," writes Torey Hollingsworth in a recent blog post for the Greater Ohio Policy Center.…
On Self-Care and Resiliency in Racial Equity Work
Bina M. Patel of Saathi Impact Consulting and former PLACES fellow shares some brief tips on doing racial equity work from her module at the PLACES alumni gathering at The Funders’ Network 2017 Conference in Saint Paul, Minneapolis.
The point of self-care is to create the conditions for you to continue taking action towards progress everyday – to keep coming back. Self care is about creating…