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I try not to be cynical, but over the last 2 years “equity” has become a bumper sticker – an appendage that organizations slap on their requests for proposals, brochures and websites to communicate that they… Read More

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. “In many cases, Knight is the first funder of that particular project or initiative. Catalyzing a lot of experimentation and change … My perspective is… Read More

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

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

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

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