INLAND EMPIRE FUNDERS ALLIANCE
The IE Funders Alliance is a funder strategy table that brings public and private funders together to broker relationships, generate credible funding intelligence, and mobilize resources to benefit the Inland Empire.
As a collaborative network of organizations with significant formal grantmaking activities in the Inland Empire region of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, we have joined together to increase communication, coordination, and collaboration. Members include foundations, corporate funders, and public agencies that, together, have a unique opportunity for alignment, leverage, and strengthening our collective impact.
Southern California’s Inland Empire is one of the fastest-growing population centers in the United States. Located 40 miles east of Los Angeles, the IE is rich in diversity, culture, history, and economic opportunity. The IE is the New California.
The Inland Empire Funders Alliance advocates for the needs of the region and its communities. Through information sharing, regional networking, and strategic partnership building, the Funders Alliance is committed to partnering with the region’s 11,000 innovative, resourceful, mission-driven nonprofit organizations to help the region’s 4.5 million people fulfill their extraordinary promise and potential.
advance equity, advocacy, and systemic change in the Inland Empire by
uplifting the region’s assets and opportunities, and leveraging resources for impact.
Strategic Priorities
We hold three guiding principles around which we align all our efforts:
to advance social equity and racial justice, including the elimination of disparities affecting communities of color
by and on behalf of nonprofits and the communities they serve
to address problems at their roots and strengthen underlying determinants of well-being and flourishing
We enact these through our strategic goals and objectives:
Bring more philanthropic dollars into the Inland Empire
- Build, execute, and measure a cultivation strategy that attracts new statewide and national funders and secures deeper, multi-year commitments from existing funders.
- Leverage regional narratives and platforms to elevate philanthropic investment opportunities in the Inland Empire.
Strengthen the Inland Empire philanthropic sector and its
connection to the nonprofit ecosystem
- Deliver high-value member convenings that deepen relationships, elevate philanthropic insights and intelligence, and advance learning-to-action.
- Align with and amplify existing efforts by coordinating partners, identifying gaps, and advancing shared regional priorities where IEFA is uniquely positioned to add value.
We are implementing these strategies through our current and recent initiatives:
Accomplishments
Our current and future impact is built on our past work and learnings. Click here to learn about major initiatives and accomplishments over our first 10 years
IEFA LEADERSHIP
Co-Chair
Patricia Watkins
Senior Program Officer, Weingart Foundation
Co-Chair
Mindy Silva
Executive Director, SAC Health Foundation
Margarita Luna
Senior Program Manager,
The California Endowment
Lina Paredes
Consultant,
Guillermo J. Valenzuela Foundation
Max Freund
Partner,
Praxsys Leadership
Membership
Membership in the Funders Alliance is open to organizations providing substantial funding or contributions greater than $25,000 annually in grants, program investment, or volunteer hours to community-based and/or public agencies in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
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