March PSJP Newsletter
Please find a link here to our March 2013 PSJP Newsletter. Enjoy!
Month: March 2013
How Can We Grow the Work?
At a philanthropy gathering in late 2012, a session participant remarked, “raising money for social justice is like the church asking for money for love”. The analogy amused me and yet I was gravely concerned by the implication of that statement. In that statement was a reflection of our times where philanthropy is largely driven…
The Myths of Poverty
We’ve all seen the headlines that portray those on benefit as scroungers; we’ve most likely all heard ministers question the fairness for hardworking people having to foot the bill for the unemployed who “sleep off a life on benefit”; and most of us will know someone who believes that poverty is the fault of the…
As the South Goes - Research on Social Justice Philanthropy in the US South
Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP) has just released “As the South Goes: Philanthropy and Social Justice in the US South” – a research project on the landscape of social justice philanthropy in the US South. The study involved interviews with over 75 national, regional, and local funders (some who self-identify as social justice funders, some…
Making the Case for Culture
Fundraising for Arts and Culture in the Arab Region By Oussama Rifahi Why culture? I am sitting in front of a businessman, obviously already pre-occupied with his next meeting. I have about twenty minutes to answer this seemingly straightforward question. There is no room for hesitation: it took me two months of arm-twisting with his…
Shifting Currents in African Philanthropy
Reflecting on African philanthropy as a homogeneous topic is like trying to climb more than one mountain at the same time. Impossible. First, the formal philanthropy sector in Africa, though relatively small, is pretty diverse. It’s a landscape of private, corporate and family foundations, public trusts, corporate social investment units, community foundations and intermediary agencies.…