Neither had we. For these things are great! Which got a small group of us thinking: what makes something great, rather than good, and how is it possible to make that leap? More relevantly, we wanted to explore how European foundations can position themselves in ways that make greatness possible. Read more here. here.
MamaCash and Grantcraft have published a new guide for grantmakers to strengthen the role of European foundations in supporting women and girls. The guide is “…filled with examples of what foundation professionals in thirty-one European foundations (and their advisors) are doing to integrate a gender perspective in their work and/or to focus some of their…
The pace of social change is increasing rapidly in the United States and around the globe but unfortunately the environment and climate movement has failed thus far to keep up with movements for justice and equality. Existing environmental regulations have been diminished and new initiatives have been attacked and stymied. From 2000-2009, grantmakers provided $10…
Jointly released by Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and written by Barry Knight, a new report, entitled The Value of Community Philanthropy: Results of a Consultation, makes the case that increasing local ownership and local accountability leads to stronger communities and should be a main focus of development aid practitioners.…
Advocacy by 110 nonprofit organizations over a five-year period has brought more than $26.6 billion in benefits to low-wage workers, communities of color, rural residents and other marginalized groups. That’s one finding in NCRP’s new study, Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Benefits by Funding Policy and Community Engagement. Our research found that every…
Funders for LGBTQ Issues has created the The Common Vision Guide to Structural Change Grantmaking. Take a look – and be sure to join in the conversation. The site is set up to share Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ experience – and to have a place for discussion about structural change grantmaking.
The Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace is gathering information that will be helpful to grantmakers who are interested in funding in these areas and are hoping you will click here to take the survey. We are researching the field to find out how funders develop and implement grantmaking strategies with a…
A paper by Barbara Masters and Torie Osborn from the Foundation Review Social Movements and Philanthropy – How Foundations Can Support Movement-Building.pdf
Attached is a post from the Greater New Orleans Foundation about an online social justice giving circle they’ve started – the Neutral Ground.
Two blog posts by Albert Ruesga challenging the notion of requiring nonprofits to produce theories of change.