Our new report, Unlocking Progressive Power-Building, provides 10 new strategies for funders to resource a bolder, more effective civic engagement ecosystem.
Based on 30 interviews with philanthropy insiders, this report sets a new baseline for funding social justice organizations. Inside:
Building a collective understanding of power, politics, and how our funders and organizations can legally leverage both.
How current funding practices contribute to chilling effects on base-building and organizing work on the ground.
Ways funders can advance social justice causes with bold new strategies.
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Suneela Jain always knew she was committed to working for social change, but when she was younger, she did not have a clear line of sight regarding where or how that may be. As an undergrad at UCLA, she spent her college days focused on international issues and politics.
Community work is in Guillermo Quinteros’s DNA.
“I already grew up in a family that was politicized in the 60s in South America. My dad is from Peru, and my mom is from Puerto Rico. I grew up in Peru, and we had to leave because of political reasons—there was a military coup, so we had to leave,” he recounts.
Shruti Garg’s passions and purpose were tied to philanthropy before she even knew it: “My first internship was at a local foundation supporting immigrant communities here in LA. I didn’t know what philanthropy was, and I didn’t understand that the work that I enjoyed doing was through philanthropy.”
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