Systems Thinking in Grantmaking
Thought you might be interested in this article by David Peter Stroh of Bridgeway Partners about systems thinking in grantmaking. Click here for the link.
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Feminist Perspective on Measurement & Evaluation
See AWID’s report and powerpoint(attached)regarding AWID’s work on re-inventing monitoring and evaluation from a feminist and women’s rights perspective. M & E Backgrounder Part II.pdf M&E Overview WITM-1.ppt M&E Backgrounder PART III.pdf M&E Backgrounder Part I.pdf
Network Power for Philanthropy and Nonprofits
A paper written by Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor for the Barr Foundation. Network Power for Philanthropy and Nonprofits.pdf
Small Money Big Impact – Foundations for Peace Report
Monina O’Prey just sent in Foundations for Peace’ Report (available here) – Small Money Big Impact, which is about the importance of philanthropic contributions to social justice and peacebuilding work in divided and conflict-torn societies.
From Central American Women’s Fund – on Social Impact Analysis Work Since Cairo
I was already part of the North-South Working Group for Evaluation of Social Change, in which Latin American social movements activists and Northern donors are gathering virtually since last year about evaluation of social change in the context of North-South relationships. This group is producing a joint document that systematizes its reflections on this topic…
Taso Foundation Activism for Social Justice and Peace
Russian-Georgian armed conflict in August 2008 has changed a lot in our working directions. We’ve had some peace-building activities even before the war (screening of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”, a documentary on Liberian women’s peace movement; collecting signatures of women for peace appeal to the Georgian government, to oppose multi-sided militaristic rhethorics etc.)…
Social Movements Bibliography
Got this from Thivai Abhor’s Dialogic blog. Social movements bibliography.doc
What Is Philanthropy for Social Justice?
Philanthropy Philanthropy has been defined as the act of giving and for the most part, it assumes that such act is the privilege of the rich or of few individuals and/or institutions. Other less common definitions of philanthropy mention that anybody, independently of their giving capacity (wealth), can participate in this act. As a growing…