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2026 SAFSF Forum in Savannah, GA June 22-25
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New: Movement-Aligned Funding Learning Community
2026 SAFSF Forum in Savannah, GA June 22-25
Integrated Capital Community of Practice
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Funding Narrative Power 101: From Communications to Systems Change

March 9, 2026
Blue Sky Funders Forum, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture, Grantmakers in Health, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Sustainable Agriculture…

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Maximize Your Membership

March 10, 2026
Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization, have not…

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Gather Round

March 19, 2026
The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST, serve as a regular “drop…

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Food Policy Councils: Food justice, democracy, and civic engagement

March 24, 2026
Co-sponsored by Community Food Funders, New York Health Foundation, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders Organizing and activating networks for policy…

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Funding Narrative Power 101: From Communications to Systems Change
March 9, 2026
Blue Sky Funders Forum, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture, Grantmakers in Health, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Sustainable Agriculture…

Learn More ›

Maximize Your Membership
March 10, 2026
Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization, have not…

Learn More ›

Gather Round
March 19, 2026
The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST, serve as a regular “drop…

Learn More ›

Food Policy Councils: Food justice, democracy, and civic engagement
March 24, 2026
Co-sponsored by Community Food Funders, New York Health Foundation, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders Organizing and activating networks for policy…

Learn More ›

Recent News

February Mycelium View

SAFSF Mycelium View SAFSF’s Mycelium View goes deeper—tracking emerging field developments, policy shifts, and systems change efforts from philanthropy and beyond. Read in browser   Forward to funder colleague   // February 24, 2026 Introducing SAFSF Mycelium View, our new bi-monthly newsletter for funders and movement leaders who want to stay close to the trends, policies, and system change efforts shaping the food and agriculture landscape. Like the mycelium networks that quietly connect and sustain our entire ecosystems underground, this newsletter surfaces important signals for those working toward a more just and equitable food system. While our bi-monthly ‘Network Pulse’ newsletter covers the funding ecosystem through member moves and philanthropy news, Mycelium…

Sit Down with Bruce Karmazin, Long-Time Executive Director at Lumpkin Family Foundation

SAFSF Executive Director Clare Fox and Senior Membership Associate Holly Hanes sat down with longtime SAFSF member and recently retired Executive Director of Lumpkin Family Foundation, Bruce Karmazin, to reflect on his career and two decades of membership with SAFSF.  With a core focus on promoting health and wellness through sustainable food systems, mental health initiatives, and regenerative agriculture, the Lumpkin Family Foundation is a private, family foundation based in Illinois. At the SAFSF 2025 Forum, Lumpkin Family Foundation celebrated 20 years as a member of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders.  Bruce Karmazin recently stepped down as Executive Director after 23 years at the foundation. During his time as…

Beyond the Stereotypes: A Call to Invest in the Rural Communities that Sustain Us – Reflections from the UnConference

Holly Hanes, SAFSF Senior Membership Associate, shares her reflections from attending the United Philanthropy Forum’s UnConference as an Emerging Leader scholarship recipient. She participated in a transformative session discussing the newly released 10 Principles of Rural Philanthropic Engagement, which provides critical framing for funders seeking to deepen their work with rural communities. This year, I had the pleasure of joining colleagues at United Philanthropy Forum’s UnConference as an Emerging Leader scholarship recipient. United Philanthropy Forum is the umbrella membership organization for Philanthropy Infrastructure Organization (PIO), also known as funder networks or affinity groups. This year’s conference was unique in structure – fully peer-driven and peer-led – featuring sessions that harnessed…

Echoes Across Seasons: Reflecting on the SAFSF Forum

This summer, we gathered on the sovereign land Santa Ana Pueblo and learned from Tribal, grassroots, and movement leaders. Our gathering coincided with the violent descent of ICE, and armed military forces in Los Angeles, as hundreds of innocent people were abducted and detained simply for the color of their skin, the language they speak, and their vocation.  This was the beginning of a summer of increased political violence, disinformation campaigns, and an attack on frontline communities as well as on the non-profit and philanthropic sectors. We heard from hundreds of our colleagues about the devastating impacts of stalled and slashed federal funding.   “Everything we have known is coming undone.”…