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The case for bold c4 funding

Written by: Dakota Hall

Date: August 01, 2022

[caption id="attachment_20794" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dakota Hall[/caption] It is time for philanthropy to fund the bold 501(c)(4) political activities of youth-led organizations. Youth organizers building power for their communities year-round need the sustained ability to take partisan… Read More

On engagement and building power

Written by: Carolina Mejías Rivera, Alejandro Silva Díaz

Date: August 01, 2022

Carolina:   I was raised by a single mother with limited resources and a father who was absent because of drug addiction. I grew up in a poor neighborhood and went to public school. While I had… Read More

Binary thinking, category mistakes, and building power

Written by: Tim Wallace

Date: August 01, 2022

[caption id="attachment_20810" align="alignright" width="200"] Tim Wallace[/caption] A few months ago, I was advised by a program officer at a national foundation to be careful when describing Legal Aid Justice Center because we might get pigeonholed as… Read More

Give more, save more: The new calculus 

Written by: Laleh Ispahani

Date: August 01, 2022

Like many of you, I’ve had the privilege of supporting civic engagement for more than a decade, in my case with the Open Society Foundations. Our mission is to build vibrant and inclusive societies across the… Read More

Funder lessons from four years of resourcing sex worker–led organizing and grantmaking at the Sex Worker Giving Circle

Written by: Christian Giraldo

Date: March 17, 2022

[caption id="attachment_20512" align="alignright" width="200"] Christian Giraldo[/caption] Who keeps us safe? Third Wave Fund is a national feminist and gender justice activist fund that resources the political power, well-being and self-determination of social movements led by young… Read More

Survival and Liberation: Our Struggles as a Sex Worker Organization in Los Angeles

Written by: Kim Fuentes, Tiffany H., Lucy Khan, Ashley Madness

Date: March 17, 2022

The Sex Worker Outreach Project Los Angeles (SWOP LA) is a sex worker-led and sex worker–centered organization that provides crucial harm reduction, community support and mutual aid to current and former sex workers in LA and… Read More

As the South Grows

Read the latest reports on philanthropy in the South.

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Responsive Philanthropy June 2021

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Responsive Philanthropy Archive

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Black Funding Denied

Community foundation support for Black communities

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