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What Happens Next: How Election 2024 Could Impact Climate, Health, and Environmental Justice

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

From Vision to Victory: Building Political Power for Environmental Health and Justice Through Grassroots Partnerships

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

Are you anxiously anticipating the upcoming elections and what they’ll mean for communities fighting for environmental health and climate justice? Are you wondering what building long-term political power means beyond what happens one day at the ballot box?

State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

This virtual workshop will address fundamental concepts and methods pertinent to cumulative impact assessment. Experts from different sectors will explore and discuss key concepts; the combined impacts of the built, natural, and social environments on health outcomes; and available methods and approaches for collecting and integrating quantitative and qualitative data.

Bridging the Gap: Grantee Perspectives on Intermediary Funders

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

As use of and support for intermediary organizations – a term which refers to many kinds of entities that regrant philanthropic dollars – has grown in recent years, a new CEP report reveals that grantee experiences with intermediaries are not very different from their experiences with “originating” funders. In this webinar, members of CEP’s research team will present data from this first-of-its-kind study of grantee perspectives on intermediaries before joining a conversation about the strengths and opportunities of these organizations.

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF DEI IN PHILANTHROPY

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

How are foundations with a core commitment to racial equity and DEI responding to the current racial equity backlash and thinking about the work ahead? The Race and Equity in Philanthropy Group (REPG) emerged in 2006 to provide a peer learning space for foundations to explore racial equity policies and practices as a way to influence institutional change. Learn about how REPG members are currently responding and what they see as the priorities in this polarizing environment.

Nurturing New Spaces for Social Change: Reimagining Community and Action across Generations

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

How might we create and nurture new spaces to cultivate and encourage authentic engagement that fosters meaningful social change across generations in a rapidly changing, increasingly digital, world? Reflecting on the evolving landscape of social change, this conversation will seek to bridge perspectives across generations to understand how traditional notions of collective action are transforming. This shift recognises that personal growth and societal change are deeply intertwined, calling for a more holistic approach to engagement.

Reflections on the Future from the Summit of the Future

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

This interactive conversation presents a unique opportunity to engage with leading thinkers in futures studies and philanthropy whose recent attendance at the Summit of the Future can provide a line of sight into ideas and decisions for the future. We will explore how we can leverage our collective resources and expertise to contribute meaningfully to the global agenda set forth by the Summit of the Future.

Cumulative Impacts and Public Health Webinar

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

Our systems of environmental and public health, safety, and protection – regulations, policies, and practices that include land use, monitoring, permitting, and enforcement – have been dominated and governed by practices that center on one pollutant at a time and individual sources of pollution. This myopic approach has contributed greatly to environmental injustice.

Conserving Islands of Coherence in Oceans of Uncertainty

gbrown@hefn.org — September 25, 2024

In a world where the health of the oceans has significant implications for life on land, we will explore the power of corridors and the critical imperative of preserving marine and coastal ecosystems.

Program Officer

Anonymous — September 17, 2024

ABOUT MOSAIC

Mosaic is a national funder and field catalyst whose mission is to amplify the power of the environmental field by strengthening movement infrastructure– the connections and shared resources all social movements need to succeed. With its innovative model of grantmaking, Mosaic aims to make transformative investments that build the power of the environmental field to meet the pace and scale of today’s challenges and win the big environmental victories necessary in this critical decade and beyond.