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Funders Together to End Homelessness • 220 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor, Boston MA 02116 • 617.236.2244 • www.FundersTogether.org
Funders Together
A national network of foundations and corporations supporting strategic and effective grantmaking to end homelessness
Who We Are
• An affinity group of foundations and corporate donors
• Founded in 2004 by 5 foundations, 2 corporations, and 2 implementing partners who committed $37m to ending homelessness
• Have 120+ organizational members and $75 million+ committed to ending homelessness
How We Work
• National in scope, regional in approach • Share best practices in funding, collaboration,
and advocacy across the country• Support the work of our implementing partners,
the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the National Alliance to End Homelessness
What We Believe
• Homelessness is a solvable problem
• Investments now save money in the long run
• Housing and prevention work and are cost-effective
• Philanthropy can not do it alone
“Philanthropy can experiment and test, working in partnership with government to find the best solutions, but the plight of the homeless is a societal responsibility which the society as a whole must be asked to meet.”
-- Frank Melville,Founding Board Chair,
Melville Charitable Trust
Objectives
• Build a national network of funders who support proven, evidence-based programs
• Support the study, research and collaboration needed to refine and improve practices and polices
• Advocate for the increase of local, state and national resources
Long Term Goals
• Create the systems change needed to end homelessness for 2 million Americans
• Raise and leverage at least $100 million for housing and services by the end of 2010
• Create 90,000 more units of supportive housing by 2014 (60,000 of the overall goal of 150,000 have already been developed)
National Steering Committee
Melville Charitable Trust, Robert Hohler (chair)
William S. Abell Foundation,Tom Nurmi
Barr Foundation, Melinda Marble
Butler Family Fund, Martha Toll
Campion Foundation, Sonya Campion
Corporation for Supportive Housing, Deb DeSantis
Fannie Mae, Joe Weisbord
Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation, Deborah Fung
Frey Foundation of Minnesota, Jim Frey
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, David Wertheimer
William S. Abell Foundation,Tom Nurmi
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Bill Pitkin
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nancy Barrand
National Alliance to End Homelessness, Nan Roman
Osteopathic Heritage Foundation, Terri Donlin Huesman
Rockefeller Foundation, Darren Walker
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, Leslie Strnisha
Funders Together to End Homelessness • 220 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02116 • 617.236.2244 • www.FundersTogether.org
Join Funders Together
Email request to join to [email protected]
Or, fill out the simple online application at www.funderstogether.org/signup
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“It is important to ask what the key
interventions are that seem to be
making a difference. You will not be
surprised to hear among these key
interventions are supportive housing
and an emphasis on getting the most
people with disabilities into housing.
Moving people out of the shelter
system more quickly both reduces the
need for beds and reduces
homelessness.”
Nan Roman PresidentNational Alliance to End HomelessnessWashington, DC
Partner Voices
“Society has at times given up on our most
vulnerable populations and incorrectly
concluded that nothing can be done to
address their issues, or to solve the cycle of
despair resulting in long-term homelessness.
We know differently – there are proven
solutions that work. Effective, cost-efficient
models that move vulnerable people off the
streets and into affordable, permanent
housing where they can receive the support
they need to heal and build better lives.”
Deborah DeSantisPresident and CEOCorporation for Supportive HousingNew York, NY
Partner Voices
“Ending homelessness is about
empowerment. It’s about finding ways
to help people to help themselves. It
is about applying diligent and
thoughtful guidance that enables
each individual and each family to
acquire self-reliance and
independence. The people who help
make that happen are among the
most talented and dedicated and
patient that I have ever worked with.”
G. Robert HohlerExecutive DirectorMelville Charitable Trust, Hartford, CT
Partner Voices
“Chronic homelessness is an issue
that cuts across many funders’
interests – from health and health
care, mental illness, and child
welfare to prisoner reentry, poverty,
and community development. No
single funder or provider can solve
it alone, and we cannot solve it
without the involvement of both the
private and public sectors.”
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey PresidentRobert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ
Partner Voices
“People who are chronically homeless and
who are not housed create very, very difficult
circumstances in our cities. And wouldn’t it
make better sense - wouldn’t our sense of
fairness and justice be met by providing
them with a supportive housing unit? This is
not the 1980s when we were bewildered by
this phenomenon. We understand it. We
know what works. So the question is, do we
have the will to actually implement what we
know works, and what, quite frankly, doesn’t
cost us any more money to do?”
Darren Walker Vice President of Foundation InitiativesThe Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY
Partner Voices
“What unites us all, what powers us
all... is the vision of a society where
everyone has a place that they can
call home. It is a vision we all believe
can be achieved. We are sure that
some day, sooner rather than later,
others will look back upon this time
and say: In such a great country, with
such unbelievable resources, what on
earth took them so long?”
Stephen MelvilleBoard ChairMelville Charitable TrustHartford, CT
Partner Voices
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