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As grantmakers show increased interest in funding Southern partners, it’s important to ask: What’s different about relationship-building and racial justice work in the American South? How can national funders be responsive and impactful in operationalizing their… Read More

Do you know of grantmakers that in the past year boldly … Led by example Took risks with their giving Stood with those who are vulnerable and marginalized … in response to our current political, social… Read More

“How do we respond to our new political and social reality?” Many in philanthropy are grappling with this question at this very moment. Some foundations have taken bold steps in providing much-needed funding to groups working… Read More

In a beautiful display of Southern hospitality, all of the nearly 150 attendees of the Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP) gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, in April were asked to introduce themselves and name the place… Read More

It was just a week before the Women’s March, and we faced a problem at the Action Network. The map on our distributed events tool, the organizing home for the marches worldwide, was in danger of… Read More

Will history look favorably at philanthropy’s efforts to protect and promote equity during the Trump Administration? Attendees of the Northern California Grantmakers Association’s annual conference were treated to a rousing debate over this very question. The… Read More