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Building Political Power When Everything Is at Stake
Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and against right-wing authoritarianism.
Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and against right-wing authoritarianism.
Our work organizing the Laotian community in Richmond, California, is a case study in power building.
At Kindle Project, we have embraced power-sharing models for more than a decade. Although we have gained many new insights, we continue to maintain that philanthropy must share power with the communities it seeks to uplift.
We designed the (Re)Generative Leadership Framework to be accountable to movements and future generations by creating the conditions to bring our best and full selves to achieve our vision.
To achieve systemic change, philanthropy must invest in culture that builds community power.
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.