The philanthropic landscape is shifting — what does that mean for your giving? 

As challenges grow and community needs evolve, many donors are turning to collaborative and pooled funds as a more strategic, trust-based approach to giving.

This webinar introduces the fund-of-funds model, an approach in which donors make a single grant to a central, mission-aligned fund that distributes resources to a network of trusted funds with community ties. Rather than funding organizations one by one, donors support an interconnected ecosystem working collectively toward shared goals.

In this session, we explore how this model offers donors an opportunity for greater impact with less fragmentation.

You’ll gain practical insight into:

• What a fund-of-funds is and how it works in a philanthropic context

• Why donors are increasingly choosing pooled and collaborative funding models

• How regranting through trusted funds reduces the burden of vetting while increasing confidence and accountability

• The role of proximity and trust in effective grantmaking — and how this model centers community knowledge

• How centralized stewardship and decentralized decision-making work together

• Real-world lessons from funders who have designed and launched a fund-of-funds

Introducing the Solidarity Is Our Strength (SOS) Fund

• Case Study: Learn how the SOS Fund was launched to counter destructive policies by investing in established, expert-led pooled funds
  
  

• A Strategic Choice: Hear directly from the funders about why they are funding pooled funds instead of making individual direct grants
  
  

• Take Action: Learn how foundations and individual donors can partner with the SOS Fund to amplify their impact, or explore how to set up your own fund on JustFund

This webinar invites donors to consider a new way of giving: one that prioritizes trust, collaboration, and proximity as pathways to deeper and more durable impact.

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