Enhancing Women’s Dignity – Trust Africa video
Hi everyone. Here is a gripping video about the work TrustAfrica is doing to enhance women’s rights.
Resource Category: Social Justice Philanthropy General
Global Philanthropy: Why Western Models May Not Work Everywhere
post by IndiaKnowledge@Wharton – read the article here or download it below. Global Philanthropy – Why Western Models May Not Work Everywhere.pdf
Philanthropy’s Role in Stopping Gun Violence
Click here to read a post from the Chronicle on Philanthropy about “Philanthropy’s Role in Stopping Gun Violence.” What do you think?
Hakima Abbas on African Social Justice Philanthropy
TrustAfrica recently caught up with Hakima Abbas, deputy director of Fahamu. We spoke with her about African social justice philanthropy at the 1st Pan-African Grantmakers Assembly, which was convened November 3-5 in Nairobi, Kenya, by the African Grantmakers Network. Watch the video here.
As Greed Undermines American Society, Where’s Nonprofit Leaders’ Outrage?
In a piece featured on the Huffington Post blog and as an Opinion in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (both of which are attached), Mark Rosenman calls for charity and foundation leaders to challenge the greed for money and power that corrupts US democracy, serves economic elites while diminishing and denying the rest of society, and…
More Than The Poor Cousin
More than the Poor Cousin: Community Foundations as a New Development Paradigm by Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight – from the Global Fund for Community Foundations MORE_THAN_THE_POOR_COUSIN_.pdf
Social Justice Track at 2010 COF Conference
Attached are materials from the Council on Foundations Convention’s Social Justice Track: Ruesga, G.A. and Puntenney, D. (March 2010). Social Justice Philanthropy: An Initial Framework for Positioning this Work. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace. Kirsty and the Evaluators: Getting a Grip on Evaluation. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace. Evaluation Frameworks for…
Report on Advancing Racial Equity
The Ford Foundation worked with a consultant on a project about engaging about the issue of structural racism with Community Action Agencies, community foundations, civic groups and others around the country. The resulting report (attached) is for the philanthropic sector on how various organizations have introduced and carried out work of breaking down racial barriers.…
Funding in a Networked World
Interesting article about shifting foundation practices to use network approach: click here.
Root Cause Philanthropy
A very interesting blog post by Albert Ruesga, from the Second Line Blog (of the Greater New Orleans Foundation). Click here to read it.