Keeping a close eye on philanthropy
It was a significant moment when the Ford Foundation, which grants out more than $500 million annually, recently shifted its grantmaking priorities to focus entirely on inequality. Then came Ford’s Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) initiative,… Read More
A few years ago, after I’d carefully planned and marketed a webinar, one of our board members notified me that the date conflicted with Rosh Hashanah. A colleague working with me on the project advised me… Read More
“By partnering with the organizations we fund, we have a unique opportunity to support transformative, community-based action to produce just and fair systems and processes. The urgency to fund this type of racial justice work is… Read More
Southern cities are growing – many at a much more rapid pace than the national average. According to the U.S. Census, eight out of the 15 cities with the largest population gains are in the South.… Read More
In a recent critique of commercial gift funds (sponsors of donor-advised funds affiliated with financial industry giants like Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard), Drummond Pike suggests that “Anyone who thinks any of these institutions decided to start… Read More
Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit case example. “All too often, equity is diluted or dumbed down as merely giving data greater attention. Head counts and tests scores are no substitute for the full sense… Read More
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