Mobilizing Philanthropic Resources For Social Justice
Overview
The goal of this work is to increase the amount and improve the quality of social justice funding worldwide.
The Challenge
Philanthropy is a critical source of innovation and support to communities and organizations in their effort to address society's most pressing needs by offering vital risk capital that neither the public nor private sector can provide. Our work seeks to increase resources for philanthropic giving that focuses on creating opportunity, fairness and inclusion, and that strengthens the voice and impact of social justice philanthropies.
What We're Doing
We work to build new knowledge and learning tools to promote philanthropy for social change and to ensure an enabling legal and regulatory environment for foundations. To accomplish this, we develop, strengthen and partner with regionally focused institutions and networks of funders and with community- and faith-based philanthropic institutions, including giving circles created within marginalized communities. We also partner with individual philanthropists who, in the contexts of their own countries, will lead the way on social change.
Learn more about how our strategies and approaches shape our grant making.
From the Newsroom
- 'Change Philanthropy' Highlights 10 Funders Engaged in Social Justice Philanthropy New book details grant-maker strategies for developing and supporting social change
- Remarks by Luis Ubiñas to the European Foundation Centre Ford Foundation president speaks about "Pathways to Lasting Social Change" for the philanthropy sector
- Ford Foundation's Luis Ubiñas on Measurement and Social Change Nonprofit blogger highlights president's remarks at Brandeis University's Heller School 50th Anniversary Speaker Series
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What We're Following
- More Than the Poor Cousin New Global Fund for Community Foundation paper reveals community philanthropy's growing relevance 458 KB
- Advancing Racial Equity in Communities Case studies in addressing structural racism, what philanthropy can do 276 KB
- Necessary Conditions for Good Social Justice Philanthropy Draft report from the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace outlines four requisites to being effective 184 KB
- Social Justice Philanthropy Draft report from the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace explores funders' understanding of this work 1 MB
- Change Philanthropy Center for Community Change sponsors book on increasing social justice philanthropy funding
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