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Long-term operating support: Sandler Foundation

Written by: Lisa Ranghelli

Date: April 30, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. “If we had one wish, it would be for philanthropic funders to set aside more resources to invest in the long-term institutional capacity of organizations… Read More

Fund for the long term while also being responsive to emerging or urgent opportunities: The California Endowment

Written by: Lisa Ranghelli

Date: March 28, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. “I think what’s undervalued and underappreciated is the issue of power and that the root of most social problems that plague our nation – health… Read More

Funding cross-cutting approaches: Groundswell Fund

Written by: Lisa Ranghelli

Date: March 19, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. "We invest in grassroots organizing that advances policy and systems change; that cuts across race, class, gender and sexuality; and that uses brave and innovative… Read More

Funding under-resourced communities to build power and be their own agents of change: Novo Foundation

Written by: Lisa Ranghelli

Date: February 28, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. “Racial disparities in philanthropic giving are fundamentally about whom we trust to lead us to change, whom we think of as strategic, and how we… Read More

Commitment to racial equity: Consumer Health Foundation

Written by: Lisa Ranghelli

Date: February 12, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. “Issues of race and racism dominated the media and political landscape over the past 2 years. During that time, I was heartened that racism was… Read More

2 Years and counting: The Field Foundation’s equity journey

Written by: Lisa Ranghelli

Date: January 10, 2019

“At the heart of our work have been these central questions: Is racial equity in philanthropy even possible? Can the fallacy of philanthropic expertise fall away to create room for the nonprofit visionary to lead? In… Read More

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