Philanthropy & Organizing
Philanthropy & Organizing
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Philanthropy and Organizing: My Journey
This edition of The Forge examines the relationship between philanthropy and organizing — sometimes distant, sometimes fractious, sometimes constructive, but always deserving of scrutiny.
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Getty Images Organizing the Foundation Board
Cecilia Muñoz and Cecile Richards talk about their experiences sitting on foundation boards, how philanthropy’s relationship to organizing is shifting, and the most promising innovations they’re seeing in the field right now.
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Getty Images Navigating Philanthropy
Gara LaMarche talks with Jee Kim, Urvashi Vaid, and Bill Vandenberg — activists and organizers who went on to work in key positions in philanthropy — about their experiences navigating the philanthropic sector, what needs to change to shift the balance of power toward organizers, and the relationship between philanthropy and organizing today.
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Getty Images Knowing What to Do Will Never Be Enough
“Funder organizing” has become a common phrase, but it lacks a shared definition. What could transformative funder organizing really look like?
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Getty Images Donor Collaboration Is Necessary to Fund Movements at Scale
The economic crisis of the past year has expanded the table of funders who want to support workers, economic recovery, and power building — and helped model new relationships for future efforts.
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Photo by Josh Appel What (Economic) Liberation Requires
We need to change how the progressive movement finances grassroots power building.
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Philanthropy Can & Must Help Dismantle Racial Capitalism
If philanthropy does not take action to dismantle racial capitalism, it will remain complicit in maintaining the status quo and be unable to meet the growing needs of the most impacted communities.
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Getty Images Organizing Philanthropy
Three leading organizers on their experiences with philanthropy, what true partnership might look like, and why it’s so critical for philanthropy to invest in self-sustaining funding for movement organizations.