EOF (formerly known as GIST) serves as a forum for gathering and sharing information about effective grantmaking strategies and the work of grantees, supports efforts to address urgent needs in a coordinated and strategic fashion, and makes connections among funders pursuing similar objectives or working in similar regions.
What We Do
How We Work
Meetings & Webinars
EOF hosts an Annual Budget and Tax Briefing to provide funders with a solid understanding of budget and tax policy within our current political and economic climate. Additional programs are scheduled to address emerging topics of interest.
Pooled Funds
EOF provides a table around which multiple funders can align support for key ideas and grantees. EOF, together with the Tax Equity Funders Network, administers the EITC Pooled Fund to help build support for the creation and expansion of federal and state tax credits.
Law & Social Policy Legacy Award
Launched in 2021, the Law & Social Policy Legacy Award recognizes organizations defending and advocating for low-wage workers’ rights. A $10,000 award will be given by EOF with support from the Public Welfare Foundation annually until 2030 as a part of their legacy investment into the Workers’ Rights field.
Funder Networks
Time-limited working groups offer funders the opportunity for information sharing and learning as well as the coordination and alignment of investments among identified areas of interest.
Partnerships
EOF regularly collaborates with other funder networks to lift up the intersectionality across our work. This includes sharing information about partner events or co-sponsoring activities on topics of mutual interest.
Outreach
EOF staff keep informed of areas of interest and giving among members and make connections among funders pursuing similar objectives or working in similar regions.
Publications
Funder Q&A with Lauren King, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Learn how Katie is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Dr. Katie Beckmann, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Learn how Katie is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Denise Castillo Dell Isola, Irving Harris Foundation
Learn how Denise is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
EOF 2025 Annual Report
Read about our activities and accomplishments in our annual 2025 report.
Funder Q&A with Katie Wehr, McKnight Foundation
Learn how Katie is tackling economic equity and opportunity, the work she’s most proud of, and questions she has for funder colleagues.
Funder Q&A with Enyi Okebugwu, Imaginable Futures
Learn how Enyi is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Roger Perez, GitLab Foundation
Learn how Roger is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Livia Lam, Ford Foundation
Learn how Livia is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Wafa Dinaro, New Economy Initiative
Learn how Wafa is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Anna Shireen Wadia, Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund
Learn how Anna is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Stephanie Davison, The Kresge Foundation
Learn how Stephanie is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Eesha Bhave, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Learn how Eesha is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Funder Q&A with Chayenne Polimédio, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Learn how Chayenne is advancing economic opportunity, the work she is most proud of, and questions for fellow funders.
Building Worker and Community Power for an Equitable Economy
During this Q&A, a panel of experts share insights on innovative solutions being implemented across the country to counter decades of declining power and engagement among workers and citizens.
Rightsizing Corporate Power for an Equitable Economy
During this Q&A, a panel of experts discuss how consolidation in corporate power impacts our everyday lives and examine a range of promising interventions that can help foster a private sector that works in tandem with a thriving public sector to serve the public good.
The Role of Public Options in an Equitable Economy
During this Q&A, a panel of experts shared their insights on efforts to expand and reframe how we define public options and ensure that those goods and services are community-owned and accountable.
A Snapshot of the Care Narrative Change Landscape
Read our new report and view a searchable table of organizations supporting narrative change strategies and tactics.
Economic Democracy: A Framework for a More Equitable Future
This brief aims to provide a shared understanding of the framework of economic democracy and act as a foundation for further conversation.
Why Care About Care?
View our funder brief, webinar and video designed to help deepen the understanding of the intersectional and intergenerational issues related to the care economy.
What Can Philanthropy Do? Coming Together for Children in Immigrant Families in a Changing Policy Landscape
GCIR, EOF, and ECFC developed this series of recommendations for ways funders can address the specific and unique challenges faced by immigrant families. Suggested strategies include capacity building, policy advocacy, narrative and strategic communications, and research.