Mission and Goals

Funders Together seeks to end homelessness by harnessing philanthropy’s expanding potential for impact and change.

Our goal is to build a national network of funders who:

• Invest in effective, strategic and innovative grant-making
• Mobilize leadership, ideas and partnerships to communicate what works and why
• Promote more efficient use of local, state and national resources

Our operational objectives:

• Promote proven, evidence-based grant-making and program related investments to end homelessness
• Support the survey, research and evaluation needed to advance cutting edge practices and polices
• Advocate for the increase of local, state and national resources specifically devoted to ending homelessness
• Align the funding from our national and locally-based foundations, financial institutions and businesses in support of the new and historic federal plan 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 ten years
  • Set a path for ending all types of homelessness