Social Justice Track at 2010 COF Conference

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Attached are materials from the 2010 Council on Foundations Convention’s Social Justice Track:

  1. Ruesga, G.A. and Puntenney, D. (March 2010). Social Justice Philanthropy: An Initial Framework for Positioning this Work. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace.
  2. Kirsty and the Evaluators: Getting a Grip on Evaluation. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace.
  3. Evaluation Frameworks for Social Justice Philanthropy: A Review of Available Resources. (June 2008). Daylight Consulting Group for the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice & Peace.
  4. Ruesga, G.A. (2008). The Twelve Most Common Objections to Social Justice Philanthropy.
  5. Craig, G. (June 2005). Delivering Social Justice Through Philanthropy. Alliance Magazine.
  6. Virtue, M. (January 2010). Advancing Racial Equity in Communities: Lessons for Philanthropy. Cornerstone Consultants.
  7. Rosenman, M. (March 2010). Caring to Change: Foundations for the Common Good.
  8. Change Philanthropy flyer and the Gulf Coast Fund Briefing. (March 23 2010). Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Presented at Philanthropy New York
  9. Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact. (2009). National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.
  10. Social Justice Grantmaking. (2010). Foundation Center.
  11. Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment. (2009). Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity and the Applied Research Center.
  12. A Beginning Dialogue. Marking Progress: Movement Towards Racial Justice. (2010). Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity.
  13. Critical Issues Forum, Vol. 3. Marking Progress: Movement Towards Racial Justice. (2010 – available July). Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity.
  14. The third issue of The Foundation Review was on Advocacy and Policy Change. If anyone who is not a subscriber would like to receive a copy of that issue, they can email Teri Behrens at behrenst@foundationreview.org and we can get them a free copy. COF attendees are also eligible for a 20% discount on subscriptions.

As well, here are links to speaker, moderator and co-designer organizational websites:

Advancement Project
Angelica Foundation
Anschutz Family Foundation
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Association of Black Foundation Executives
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Atlantic Philanthropies
The California Endowment
CENTRIS
Center for Community Change
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
DreamActivist
First Nations Development Institute
Ford Foundation
The Foundation Center
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Gill Foundation
Global Green Grants Fund
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Greenpeace International
Interfaith Youth Core
Liberty Hill
MamaCash
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
One Chicago One Nation
Opportunity Agenda
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
Resource Generation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Ruckus Society
StateVoices
TrustAfrica
Twenty-First Century Foundation
US Social Forum
WK Kellogg Foundation

As well,

Philanthropy411, in partnership with the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers, covered the Council on Foundations conference with the help of a blog team. A number of them were specifically about the social justice track which we thought you might find interesting. Here’s a sampling:

Philanthropy411, in partnership with the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers, covered the Council on Foundations conference with the help of a blog team. A number of them were specifically about the social justice track which we thought you might find interesting. Here’s a sampling:

On Fire. This is a guest post by Rebecca Arno, Vice President of Communications at the Denver Foundation.

Is Instititional Philanthropy Structured to Support Successful Social Change? This is a guest post by Lee Draper, Chair of the National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers and CEO of the Draper Consulting Group.

Social Justice Philanthropy. This is a guest post by Mike Shaw, Program Assistant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Charity AND Change; Social Innovation AND Social Justice. This is a guest post by Paul Connolly, Senior Vice President and Director of TCC Group.

Thoughts on a Session – Social Justice: From Here to 2030. This is a guest post by Teri Behrens, Editor of The Foundation Review.

The “Yes-And-And” Strategy: Equity as the 21st Century Growth Model. This is a guest post by Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO of PolicyLink.

Racial Justice Is Everybody’s Issue. This is a guest post by Rosetta Thurman, President of Thurman Consulting.

Social Justice: Bringing It Home. This is a guest post by Henry A. J. Ramos, Principal at Mauer Kunst Consulting and Lead Consultant for the Diversity in Philanthropy Project.

Sitting At The Intersection: Affinity. This is a guest post by Colin Lacon, President and CEO, Northern California Grantmakers.