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Trans and Sex Worker Justice Needs Steady Allyship

Written by: Maddalynn Sesepasara

Date: March 17, 2022

[caption id="attachment_20525" align="alignright" width="225"] Maddalynn Sesepasara[/caption] The Kua'ana Project is a trans and sex worker-led program serving the trans and sex worker community of Honolulu, Hawai’i. I am a Samoan trans woman and a former sex… Read More

Be Fund(ed) or Die: The Precarity of Sex Worker Organizing

Written by: Red Schulte

Date: March 17, 2022

[caption id="attachment_20530" align="aligncenter" width="960"] This beautiful piece was created by Amira Lin and commissioned as a gift to our collective by M. Sabal. It is a brightly colored digital illustration of our core collective members set… Read More

From the Frontlines: Understanding Sex Worker-led Movements

Written by: Brandi Collins-Calhoun

Date: March 17, 2022

Dear Reader, It is no secret that philanthropy was designed with little consideration of whether there would be space where I could find safety, community and agency. A seat at a table where my philanthropic counterparts… Read More

Three Lessons 2020 Taught us About the State of Philanthropic Data

Written by: Stephanie Peng

Date: December 14, 2021

[caption id="attachment_12519" align="alignright" width="300"] Stephanie Peng[/caption] Hardly a day goes by that I don’t read the words “impact,” “evaluation metrics” or “return on investment” in one of the many reports and white papers that inundate the sector – and with good… Read More

Learning – and Change – Begins at Home

Written by: Elbert Garcia

Date: December 14, 2021

Former NCRP Director of Evaluation Lisa Ranghelli on what philanthropy can learn from NCRP’s largest self-evaluation project to date.     In the fall of 2016, we at NCRP began implementing a 10-year strategic framework that re-focused the organization’s efforts in helping philanthropy actively co-create… Read More

In Their Words: Celebrating
Philanthropy’s Best Models Today

Written by: Jeanné Lewis

Date: December 14, 2021

This year’s NCRP Impact Awards, held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the 2021 Unity Summit, was a joyous celebration of the best that philanthropy has to offer.   (more…) Read More

As the South Grows

Read the latest reports on philanthropy in the South.

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Responsive Philanthropy June 2021

Check out our latest issue of Responsive Philanthropy!

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Responsive Philanthropy Archive

Read past issues of Responsive Philanthropy.

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Black Funding Denied

Community foundation support for Black communities

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