Foundations
Keeping Score on Sustainable Grantmaking
How we developed a new benchmark to shift philanthropic norms
Tag: Grantmaking
Impact Investing
There Is No Such Thing as Impact Investing
There is philanthropic investing, and there is commercial investing, and there is nothing in between.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy’s Sputnik Moment
A new toolkit to reinforce and reinvent American research science in a time of crisis.
Philanthropy & Funding
Local Leaders Are Driving Systems Change. Philanthropy Must Follow.
Now is the time for funders to back local leaders who are making lasting improvements to people's lives and the systems that shape them, even amidst global disruption.
Philanthropy & Funding
A New Framework for Foundation Payout
The relationship between impact and time varies issue by issue.
Foundations
Foundations Should Invest More in Staffing
Critics of grantmaking practices and advocates of reform should support hiring more staff to improve accountability, return on investment, and equality of opportunity.
Environment
Funding the Grassroots of Environmental Justice
The Environmental Justice Resourcing Collective was created to fund work led by and for communities most impacted by environmental racism, climate change, and unjust systems. Four years later, what lessons can funders draw from our experiences supporting frontline communities?
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Reimagining Collaborative Philanthropy
Collaborative funding models must reach beyond initial funding to build long-term strategies for sustainability, growth, and impact.
Civic Engagement
Democratic Giving
Wealth Shared empowers a collective of people to determine grantmaking decisions.
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New Evaluation Approaches That Fuel Collective Action
Learning and evaluation can best serve both funders and social innovators by centering equity, trust, adaptive learning, and grantee approaches.