IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for U.S. Democracy

IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for U.S. Democracy

In IP’s weekly briefings, we provide an overview of what’s happening in a particular area of philanthropy, loaded with links to our past coverage and State of American Philanthropy research. This week: U.S. democracy.

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To Protect Democracy, Funders Must Look to the States

To Protect Democracy, Funders Must Look to the States

State legislators across the country are introducing a flurry of bills that threaten democratic norms and institutions. Melissa Spatz, director of the Piper Fund, says philanthropy needs to respond now, and offers four recommendations.

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High-Touch: How a Progressive Intermediary is Evolving With the Times

High-Touch: How a Progressive Intermediary is Evolving With the Times

Back in the 1990s, the Proteus Fund helped pioneer a collaborative funding model that’s become vital to progressive movement building. Now, as its grantmaking hits record highs, Proteus is thinking about its next moves in a volatile era.

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