Mission and Goals

Our mission is to harness philanthropy’s expanding potential for impact and change to help end homelessness in America.

Our goal is to build a national network of funders who are committed to solving homelessness through leadership, education, and advocacy; strategic collaboration and grantmaking; and effective promotion and replication of best-practice models in their communities and across the nation. More specifically, we are building a network of funders who seek to:

• Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness in five years
• Prevent and end homelessness among veterans in five years
• Prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children in 10 years
• Set a clear path for ending all types of homelessness

In support of our mission and goal, Funders Together:

• Promotes effective, strategic, and innovative grantmaking models for solving homelessness, particularly those that align with the “Housing First” approach
• Advocates for increases in and more efficient use of local, state, and national funding and resources specifically devoted to ending homelessness
• Educates funders and others about homelessness and related policies and programs and the need to align public and private resources toward common goals
• Advocates for the research, data, and evidence needed about what works to solve homelessness and what doesn’t, and share such information broadly when we have it
• Serves as a convener and provides funders with opportunities to interact around homelessness—to share lessons learned, ask questions, seek advice, get recommendations, identify collaborative opportunities, etc.—with each other and with experts, advocates, and policymakers