Just launched in May, the Asian American Foundation has already helped bring in unprecedented philanthropic commitments for AAPI organizations. Addressing anti-Asian hate is the first thing on its agenda.
Read MoreBacked by top foundations, Pop Culture Collaborative is working to transform the narrative landscape around people of color. We talk to its leaders about its culture change mission and how it pulls in big-time funding.
Read MoreA group of funding intermediaries is central to growing philanthropic support for Indigenous-led efforts to stop the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. Here, we take a look at some of the leading players and how they back grassroots groups.
Read MoreEven before the pandemic upended many funders’ giving strategies, a number of leading philanthropies were changing course. MacArthur shares what it learned from responsibly exiting its work in Mexico, which began in 1984.
Read MoreAccountability for the murder of George Floyd is a small step, and one that cannot invite complacency. We reflect on the ways philanthropy confronted racism in the past year, and pose the question: Will funders stay in the fight?
Read MoreMosaic, a new national environmental initiative, has awarded $3 million in relatively rare movement infrastructure grants while ceding funding decisions to a diverse cross section of green nonprofit leaders.
Read MoreA coalition of 14 California foundations has been working at the nexus of racism, the criminal justice system and poverty. Several of the philanthropy leaders who are part of this collaborative know these challenges first-hand.
Read MorePhilanthropy was less visible a force in the Georgia runoff elections than a torrent of over $800 million in political spending. But such funding did help build many of the movement organizing platforms that proved so crucial to the results.
Read MoreAfter serving as co-chair of the Libra Foundation, Regan Pritzker poured nearly a half-billion of her own dollars into a separate giving vehicle. With its dedication to grassroots control of resources, the Kataly Foundation is pushing boundaries.
Read MoreLong before it was common for foundations to talk about empowering frontline activists, Mary Ann Stein steered her family foundation, the Moriah Fund, to back grassroots organizing work around the U.S.
Read MoreSusan Sandler is the daughter of two late philanthropists who were responsible for bankrolling key think tanks and advocacy outfits on the left. But that hasn’t stopped her from taking a different approach to progressive funding.
Read MoreA small cadre of foundations and nonprofits has been expanding efforts to improve understanding and funding for Native -related causes. One important focus is fueling Native youth activism, work that has been been picking up steam in recent years.
Read MoreJustFund wants to deliver a quicker, more fulfilling experience to funder and grantseeker alike. Here’s how this social justice-oriented platform got its start, and why its moving ten times as much money as a year ago.
Read MoreThe Democracy Frontlines Fund is channeling $36 million from an eclectic mix of funders to some of today’s most dynamic Black-led organizing groups. It’s backed by a surprising number of billionaire donors and other unusual suspects.
Read MoreThirty years after the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, people with disabilities face a wide range of inequities, now worsened by COVID-19. Can a philanthropic collaborative spur more disability-centered giving?
Read MoreWhen Leah Hunt-Hendrix hit the pavement with Occupy Wall Street back in 2011, few knew her family was worth billions. Since then, she’s become a key figure in the next-gen push to build out funding infrastructure for social movements.
Read MoreWith a $1.7 billion round of grants, MacKenzie Scott has suddenly emerged as the biggest progressive donor in the U.S. And what’s striking is not just how much money she’s giving for equity and other causes, but her approach.
Read MoreSince 2005, the California Donor Table has invested more than $30 million in c3 and c4 efforts to boost civic engagement and political organizing, especially in communities of color. Its patient approach has paid off with legislative gains.
Read MoreThe Movement for Black Lives has served as a national platform for the Black Lives Matter movement since 2014. We spoke with M4BL’s Charles Long about the group’s fundraising and future ambitions in this pivotal moment.
Read MoreSince 2016, progressive donors have been hard at work building up grassroots civic engagement capacity. Here’s how one collaborative wants to use 501(c)(3) funds to expand the electorate and counteract COVID-19 as November looms.
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