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Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking
In Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking, we look at why and how funders are engaging in participatory grantmaking and shifting decision-making power to the very communities impacted by funding decisions. Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models of participatory grantmaking.
2020 SPARX Conference
2021 SPARX Conference
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice
An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally reinforce racism. Equitable evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more aligned with the values and intentions of current day philanthropic endeavors.
Participatory Grantmaking Session #2
SPARX Summer Social
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action
ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities (ABFE), recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their interactions with institutional philanthropy.
Chester County Funders Meeting
Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about identifying high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector regarding this issue — the questions arising from the general lack of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among foundations.
Mission-Aligned Investors COVID-19 Response Meeting
Regional Roundtable: Community Violence - LGBTQIA+
Family Philanthropy Webinar Series: Balancing Power Dynamics
This conversation will feature a variety of practical tips for bridging the power divide with your grantees, with one another, and with other partners in your work.
Chat with an Expert #3: Daryn Dodson, Founder & Managing Director of Illumen Capital
Members of Philanthropy Network are cordially invited to attend the next episode of “Chat with an Expert,” an initiative of Walls Torres Group. In partnership with Philanthropy Network’s Equity in Philanthropy Cohort programming, this episode is now being made available to the full membership.
Family Philanthropy Webinar Series: Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family’s Commitment to Community
What does it mean to have “pride of place”? How do giving families retain their commitment to the founding region or community where their philanthropic resources were first created?
Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Response Meeting
Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management
Hear from The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL) to learn about models for engagement and the types of external consultants available in the ecosystem for advancing mission-alignment, integrating impact investing, and incorporating racial equity in endowment practices.
Family Philanthropy Webinar Series: Impact Investing: Dipping Your Toes or Going All In
Impact investing – which seeks a specific environmental, social or governance return above and beyond a strictly financial return – can be a particularly valuable tool for foundations and donor advised funds that seek to align their investments with their grantmaking mission. This webinar will discuss this investing approach, and share perspectives and examples from families who have made this choice.