1. Issues Explorer #5:Grantmaking Strategies

3. Research and Demonstration Projects Research begets funding – foundations looking for minimum investment should support research Demonstration projects = great way to convince community of effectiveness, safety, reduction in homelessness Examples: Connecticut Supportive Housing Demonstration Taking Health Care Home

4. Convene and Collaborate Collaborate via regional associations of grantmakers Gives more leveraging power to smaller foundations Good way to put muscle behind a particular population or program Examples: Pittsburgh San Diego

5. Public/Media Campaigns Share your strategies with provides, policymakers, press Stay on message in your giving and public statements Invite other funders to adopt your message Examples: Building Tulsa, Building Lives Heading Home Minnesota

6. Ten Year Plans Become a leader in your local Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness Set a goal of reducing homelessness by XX% over next ten years Examples: Denver’s Road Home Osteopathic Heritage Foundations

7. Advocacy and Systems Change It is allowable in many forms (i.e. won’t lose your tax exempt status) Often most effective way to make lasting change Key areas: health care reform, systems integration, service delivery Examples: Hilton Foundation Campion Foundation

8. Next Steps Join Funders Together Learn more about specific issues Join or start a regional affiliate of Funder Together Bring experts to your community Determine the strategies that make sense for you