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.
Tag: Grantmaking
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.
Philanthropy & Funding
Ownership and Equity
SSIR’s new issue delves into ownership in both the straightforward and metaphorical senses and how the idea grounds a community and provides a source of systemic change.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy Needs More Disconfirmation Bias
Without mechanisms for incorporating disconfirming evidence, grantmakers miss the opportunity for greater impact.
Philanthropy & Funding
A Trust-Based Model for Indigenous Grantmaking
Showing up for reconciliation by building community and broadening our mandate as funders
Philanthropy & Funding
Deepening Impact Through Relational Philanthropy
Philanthropy must learn to center relationships without backing away from the inherent messiness of diverse points of view.
Philanthropy & Funding
Funders Fundraising: A New Philanthropic Trend
More and more funders are adding a feature to their strategy: explicitly soliciting funding from their peers to amplify their own work.