Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN)

??The Better Preparedness Community of Funders is a growing community of over 120 funders committed to working together around crises, conflict, and restrictive civic spaces, reflecting and learning together, and codesigning strategies and solutions. We are grateful to our Guiding Group of advisors who have provided feedback on direction, content, and blueprint components. Cecilia G. Jerusha Burnham Otto Saki Sally Chin Karen Karnicki Kate Kroeger Celia Turner Olivia Moore Bryan M. S. Abi Knipe We provide open spaces for learning and collaboration, such as learning labs, and more! Join our community and shape the future of funding with us!? ?? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e442iYuP #BetterPreparedness #FundingResilience #FunderCoordination #FundingInCrisis

?? Shoutout to Jess Tomlin, CEO of Equality Fund and Srikanth (Srik) Gopal, President & Managing Partner of Humanity United, representing the Better Preparedness Initiative at the Clinton Global Initiative. ?? Watch the full video. They start at 1:50:43: https://lnkd.in/eCy-Jt3i And learn more about the Better Preparedness Initiative: https://lnkd.in/e442iYuP #CGI2024 #BetterPreparedness #FundingResilience #FunderCoordination #FundingInCrisis

?? We are thrilled to unveil the Crisis Coordination Playbook, part of the Better Preparedness: Funding Resilience initiative hosted by Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and Peace and Security Funders Group. ?The Crisis Coordination Playbook is a how-to guide for foundations to act, coordinate, and move resources to civil society under threat from human rights crises, conflict, and entrenched civic space challenges. Dive into case studies, a suite of tools, internal checklists, and other ways to collaborate between compliance and program teams, and more! ?? https://lnkd.in/e442iYuP #BetterPreparedness #FundingResilience #FunderCoordination #FundingInCrisis

??We just launched our latest Advancing Human Rights report tracking the human rights funding landscape. 2020 was no ordinary year. How did funders respond amidst a global pandemic and worldwide uprisings for justice? ?? The lessons of 2020 offer a critical snapshot of philanthropy in action during a time of crisis, and also raise crucial questions about how philanthropy mobilizes on a global scale. In collaboration with Candid, Ariadne Network and Prospera International Network of Women's Funds. Check out our Key Findings and dig into the #AdvancingHumanRights data! ?? https://bit.ly/AHR-2020

Will you be in New York for #ClimateWeek or the #UNGA79? HRFN members and partners are hosting multiple in-person and online events throughout September. Check them out in the link below, join where you can, and take action! Just Futures Collaborative, HRFN, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) will host a roundtable discussion for foundations, activist-led intermediary feminist funds, and human rights funds on supporting cross-movement strategies on challenging criminalization on 19 September. View complete list: https://bit.ly/47fsAou The Freedom Fund, Pawanka Fund, WINGS, Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur, The Global Fund for Community Foundations, Dasra, Prisoners of Conscience, CSFund, Black Feminist Fund, Dalan Fund, Purposeful, Rawa Fund #UNGA #Philanthropy #humanrightsfunders

Thank you to our Festival advisor Mariam Gagoshashvili for her incisive reflections on the role of philanthropy in the South Caucasus: ?? “Will the global funding ecosystem meet the challenge of funding grassroots-led intersectional resistance and response strategies that address the root cause of anti-gender opposition?” ???“Will funders (re)prioritise and/or step up their commitment to Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe to support movements, crushed between Russian and Western Imperialisms, in choosing a third path – a path towards themselves?” Read more: https://bit.ly/3AWQYyO #DecolonizePhilanthropy #SouthCaucasus #Georgia #LGBTQIRights

Some powerful reflections on collective power from the HRFN Festival! From reflection on participatory grantmaking practices to analysis of intersectionality, these discussions are vital to addressing the root causes of inequality. Let's celebrate our collective power and the impact of feminist friendships! #HRFNFestival #FeministFunds #CollectivePower

??Throwback to the Urgent Action Sister Funds in action leading a powerful conversation around collective care! #HRFNFestival #CollectiveCare #FeministInfrastructure #HumanRights

?????In April, we hosted our #HRFNFestival in Tbilisi during a moment of rage and resistance, both in Georgia and globally, from Palestine to Ukraine to Sudan. While the Festival covered many different topics, our plenaries and main events highlighted this complex global context, and provided a critical opportunity for funders to collaborate and to create real systemic change in philanthropy. ??Over 350+ human rights funders from around the world attended. Over three days, we built shared analysis, nurtured collaborations, and sparked philanthropic action to support those fighting the world's most urgent intersecting crises. Thank you to those who attended and helped organize. You made the Festival an amazing one! ?? Read more and check out the photos on our website! ?? https://bit.ly/4dcNjLi #HRFNFestival #FundingFutures2024Festival #FFF2024 #Philanthropy #HumanRights #HumanRightsPhilanthropy #FundResistance #HumanRightsDefenders #Georgia

Have you registered to join our Virtual Launch? Join us tomorrow, Tuesday 9th July 7:30am -9:00am- ow.ly/ywUk50So0Kl 4:00pm- 6:30pm- ow.ly/Kit250So0Km Join us as we shed light on the current landscape of funding for Indigenous communities and women, offering valuable insights for funders and allies. Our rich panel will share their expertise and experience. You can now read the reports on our website: https://lnkd.in/gSyrSJrM #IndigenousPeoples #Philanthropy #FundingAnalysis #IndigenousWomen?