On philanthropy
One of the biggest challenges to growth is our pain around issues involving money. These resources can help shift your approach and mindset around traditional fundraising activities.
It’s time we fundraise in a way that doesn’t uphold white moderation and white supremacy
How to wrestle with the fact that the current development model of fundraising is a form of white-moderation designed to help white people feel good about themselves and thus maintain the status quo.
Nonprofit AF
Funders for Justice
A national network of funders increasing resources to grassroots organizations addressing the intersection of racial justice, gender justice, community safety, and criminalization.
Funders for Justice
The Water of Systems Change by John Kania, Mark Kramer, Peter Senge
Advance equity by shifting the conditions that hold a problem in place.
FSG
Community-Centric Fundraising
Learn how to ground your fundraising in racial justice, equity and social justice centering the communities you serve.
Community-Centric Fundraising
Fundraising for Social Change
Discover how to build, maintain and expand an individual donor program.
Kim Klein
Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training
Learn about training, resources, and analysis around strengthen organizations.
Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT)
Resources from GEO
From publications to toolkits, GEO’s resources lift up experiences from your peers to help you turn knowledge into action. GEO is a community of funders committed to transforming philanthropic culture and practice by connecting members to needed resources and relationships.
GEO
Publications from NCPR
Check out various publications from NCPR, which uses research to help the philanthropic community provide nonprofit organizations with essential resources and opportunities.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Tools from Change Philanthropy
These resources offered by Change Philanthropy are intended to help unify identity-focused philanthropic affinity groups into an empowered coalition.
Change Philanthropy
SWITCH PATHWAYS
We move through change each day – it is a constant in our lives. These are the building blocks of sustainability for living in this moment and throughout the long road ahead.
There can be a deep sense of urgency for change that drives us to action before we have fully aligned our purpose and outcomes. This can lead to disruptions, unnecessary conflict and ultimately failure of our plans. Here are valuable guides for aligning intention and action to save energy, resources and time.
To make change in our society, we need to understand the fundamentals of how decision making happens, in our teams, through our social identities, and in our systems of power.
Work for diversity, equity and inclusion achieves lasting impact when we orient our energy towards structural change and integrate structural change tools into our programs and operations. This pathway provides support for analyzing structures and transforming them for justice.
Breaking the status quo and opening up new possibilities for equity and freedom in our work requires innovative experiments. Teams must ensure that all members have the ability to act on the vision and goals they are co-creating.
Our minds cannot move toward racial justice, equity or transformation if our bodies are not prepared for change. This pathway offers those preparations that we have found most beneficial to adult learning.
Explore the interviews, frameworks, templates and articles created and published by Up With Community.
GROW COMMUNITY
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