2016 #EDGEtalk webinar series “Money Matters” on Ethical Investment March to June 2016 The #EDGEtalk webinar series will host be a space for dialogue on the rationale and practices of ethical investment for foundations. It will provide foundations with meaningful, up-to-date and independent information on ethical investment, and create a space for peer exchange and learning. The 16th Annual Just Giving Conference April 19-21, 2015 The Doubletree Berkeley Marina Hotel Berkeley, CA 2015 Wednesday, August 19 Funder Strategies on the road to COP21 and Beyond 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm What are the various funder approaches and strategies leading up to COP21? What will be the role of philanthropy Post Paris? Join us for a funder-only webinar on Wednesday, August 19 to discuss philanthropic engagement around the critical COP21. . Webinar: Divest:Invest Philanthropy – a way towards ending fossil fuels? Wed, Jul 1, 2015 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Increasing numbers of foundations, family offices and prominent wealthy individuals around the world are making the commitment to divest from fossil fuels and invest instead in climate solutions, including renewable energy, clean technology, energy efficiency and energy access for the world’s poor. See Full Description of Webinar | Register The 15th Annual Just Giving Conference April 8-10, 2015 Better, Not More Towards a Just Transition Principles and Practices for the Next Economy Baltimore, MD Learn More
2014
Thursday, October 9th, 2014 Funder Briefing – Nexus 2014: Global Gathering on Climate, Environmental Health & Justice Briefing: 1:00 pm-5:00 pm at Bently Reserve 301 Battery Street, San Francisco Reception: 5:30 pm-7:30 pm at Park Grill at Le Meridien 333 Battery Street, San Francisco Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Funder Webinar: State of Play on the People’s Climate March 1:00 – 2:15 pm ET August 14, 2014 Invitation to Dialogue with Dr. Barbara Herren (FAO) and Dr. Hans Herren (Millennium Institute) Organized by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food at the Christensen Fund Co-sponsored by New Field Foundation, with support from the AgroEcology Fund and EDGE Funders Alliance 11:00 am – 1:00 pm PT/ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET Thursday, July 31, 2014 FUNDER RESPONSES TO THE CRISIS IN GAZA Co-sponsored by EDGE Funders Alliance, IHRFG, and Peace & Security Funders Group 9:30-10:30 am PDT 12:30-1:30 pm EDT 5:30-6:30 pm BST 7:30-8:30 pm EEST (Gaza) Shifting Power and Wealth from Wall Street to Main Street Wednesday, June 25, 2014 – 2:45pm to 5:00pm Philanthropy New York 79 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY with Arca Foundation, Ford Foundation and Nathan Cummings Foundation June 10, 2014 Funder Briefing: Whistleblower Protection & The Snowden Effect: Democratic Accountability, Justice, and Human Rights in the Age of Mass Surveillance Organized by the Open Society Justice Initiative with EDGE Funders Alliance Location: Open Society Foundations 224 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019 Those not able to join in person can do so via teleconference from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. Co-sponsored by the Stewart Mott Foundation, the Rockefeller Family Foundation, the Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer/FPH and the International Human Rights Funders Group. 11:30 – 1:30 EST Monday, May 19 FUNDER WEBINAR – Essential Action to Our Most Essential Resource: New Strategies to Guarantee the Human Right to Water 9:00 am PT/12:00 pm ET April 29 – May 1 EDGE Funders Alliance 14th Annual Just Giving Conference Towards and Ecological and Socially Just Transition to the Next Economy Berkeley, CA April 29 – May 1, 2014 Thursday, Feb 27 EDGE Funders Convening Breaking the Silos – Deepening our engagement on grassroots organizing and building movements for power, locally and beyond. Tuesday, February 25 Breaking the Silos – Grassroots Organizing and Building Movements for Power, At Local Levels and Beyond 1:50pm – 3:20pm ~ Concurrent Session Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Grassroots Strategies for a Just Transition to a Next Economy In person: Overbrook Foundation: 122 East 42nd St, Suite 2500, New York City (Right off Lexington Ave, next to Grand Central) Or join via online webinar/conference call.
2013
December 12, 2013 20 Years after NAFTA and the Zapatista Uprising: What’s Happening in Mexico? Co-sponsored by Grassroots International, EDGE Funders Alliance, IDEX, and the IHRFG Latin America Funders Working Group 4:00 PM ET/1:00 PM PT November 25, 2013 “Sowing Seeds of Disharmony: Africa Under Pressure to Harmonize Seed Laws” Co-sponsored by EDGE Funders Alliance, Grassroots International, IDEX, Swift Family Foundation, the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD), Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA), and Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group. 12:00 pm ET/9:00 am PT October 15, 2013 “What Funders Can Do Now to Stop Next Gen Trade Pacts From Undermining Social and Environmental Progress.” 10 am PDT, 1 pm EDT Organized by EDGE Funders Alliance, the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) and the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF). October 1, 8:00 am Morning Breakfast Briefing at EGA’s Annual Retreat, New Orleans, LA Equity + Alignment = Impact Co-sponsored by Overbrook Foundation, Kresge Foundation, C.S. Mott Foundation, Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, Chorus Foundation, Patagonia and EDGE Funders Alliance The ability of grassroots base-building organizations and large NGOs to effectively build power collaboratively has been a persistent obstacle within the environmental movement, exacerbated by limited philanthropic resources available for organizing. Together with grassroots leaders and big, national green groups the Overbrook Foundation and allied funders are developing a bold new initiative for achieving impact at scale. Join us for a conversation about plans for building greater equity and alignment for greater impact, through this and related initiatives supported by engaged funders. Co-Sponsored by The Johnson Family Foundation; Patagonia, Clif Bar Family Foundation, Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, Solidago Foundation and the Chorus Foundation. September 19, 2013 “Egypt in Context: Challenges and Opportunities for Funders” 10:00 am PDT, 1:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm EET #Justice4Trayvon: Two Opportunities for Action: Aug. 1st Donor Teleconference: “Youth Action in Response to Zimmerman Acquittal – A Critical Moment for Justice” 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST Aug. 15th Donor Teleconference: “What is the appropriate role for Philanthropy following the Trayvon Martin decision?” 2:00-3:30 PM EST/11:00 AM-12:30 PM PST Land Grabs and the Criminalization of Social Movements Thursday, June 20th at 9:00 am PDT/12:00 pm EDT, 6:00 pm Heidelberg This briefing with Flavio Valente (FIAN International) and Maitri Morarji (Wellspring Advisors) will address the interconnection between land grabs and the criminalization of social movements, providing funders with a fresh analysis on what’s happening on the ground and in the global policy arena. Please rsvp to Saulo Araujo saraujo [at] grassrootsonline.org by Thursday, June 13. Communities Uniting for a Just Transition: Our Power Camp & Campaign Briefing June 25th from 12-1:30pm eastern (9-10:30am pacific) Get a fresh report back from the Our Power Camp and action hosted by Black Mesa Water Coalition in Black Mesa, AZ and learn about the Climate Justice Alliance’s newly launched Our Power Campaign. Narrative Strategy & Social Change Friday, April 26, 2013 9AM-Noon The New York Foundation A workshop and dialogue for funders on storytelling, communications and movement building. Sponsored by: Ford Foundation, Solidago Foundation, The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, Chorus Foundation, Compton Foundation, New York Foundation and Edge Funders Alliance EDGE Funders Alliance 2013 Just Giving Conference Global Social Change Philanthropy What is to be done and who do we do it? Kellogg Conference Hotel Washington D.C. May 21-23, 2013 The Just Giving Conference provides a unique space for grantmakers to deepen their understanding of the current landscape of grassroots and transnational initiatives addressing structural injustice in key areas. Funders Exploring Transitions to Social and Ecological Transformation March 2013 Together with the Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l’Homme (FPH) who will be hosting this two day meeting at its agro-ecological retreat center outside Paris, EDGE Funders is convening two dozen grantmakers just before the World Social Forum in Tunis to deepen collective understanding and develop potential collaboration in support of new forces and dynamics working on transitions towards deep societal transformation. These conversations will continue at the WSF, at our Just Giving Conference in Washington, DC and then at the annual meeting of the European Foundation Centre, in Copenhagen at the end of May. Funders at the World Social Forum in Tunis March 2013 EDGE Funders is providing hotel, logistics and program support to grantmakers attending the 2013 World Social Forum in Tunis at the end of March. Tens of thousands of civil society actors from the region and around the world are expected to attend, with discussions ranging from the right to self-determination and for freedom of movement, for a world “free from the war as an instrument of domination;” for democratic institutions and governance models; for building alternatives upon principles of cooperation and financial justice; and for collective reflection on the meaning of new social struggles and on the World Social Forum process itself. EDGE Funders Alliance Learning Call Strategies for Agro-Ecology: The Policy of Seed Laws, Seed Saving and Sharing Tuesday, February 5 at 9:00 am PST/12:00 pm EST A conversation with Mariam Mayet of the African Centre for Biosafety in South Africa hosted by Jennifer Astone of the Swift Foundation.
2012
EDGE Funders Alliance Learning Call A Special Interactive Webinar: How California Funders Joined Forces to Increase Impact Wednesday, October 24th, 3-4pm EST / 12-1pm PST How can foundations help build movements for opportunity and social change… and win? Facilitated by: Mary Manuel, Senior Advisor, McKay Foundation EDGE Funders Alliance/Occupy Philanthropy Learning Call Dreams, Obstacles & Opportunities for Occupying Philanthropy: Dialogue about Race, Class, Gender, and Power & Privilege September 27th- 11:00-12:30PST/ 2:00-3:30 EST What does it mean to “Occupy Philanthropy,” especially in relation to race, class and gender.