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Informationen zum Autor The Author ALICIA EPSTEIN KORTEN is the CEO of ReNual LLC, a consulting firm that supports foundations, nonprofit organizations, and socially responsible businesses with strategic planning and publications. She is a contributing author to Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over from Jossey-Bass. The Project Director MARJORIE FINE directs The Linchpin Campaign, a project of the Center for Community Change, whose goal is to expand the resources available to community organizing efforts in the United States. In 2009 she produced a downloadable resource entitled Untapped: How Community Organizers Can Develop and Deepen Relationships with Major Donors and Raise Big Money . Klappentext CHANGE Philanthropy With the ongoing economic downturn there has been a dramatic increase in medical uninsured rates, homelessness, and small-business bankruptcies, as well as a crisis in education and diminishing job opportunities. To better address these burgeoning challenges, foundations and nonprofits are questioning their usual strategies and seeking new and more effective approaches for tackling much-needed, widespread social change. Written for grantmakers, including foundation trustees and program officers, as well as nonprofit executive directors and others, Change Philanthropy is a guide for developing effective long-term strategies that address the causes of critical social problems. The book provides an insider's view of what works-- as well as what doesn't work --with respect to grantmaking and grant funding strategies in support of social change. The book showcases a diverse selection of philanthropic institutions and collaboratives that have undertaken a structural analysis of social inequities, including the Liberty Hill Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Needmor Fund, Jacobs Family Foundation, Discount Foundation, Global Fund for Women, Schott Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, and the Gulf Coast Fund (a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors). The book is filled with stories and illustrative interviews with successful grantmakers and foundation executives that clearly show how funds are distributed and secured for organizations that work for systemic change. In addition, Change Philanthropy includes useful tips, proven strategies, and practical ideas that can be put into place immediately to support a social justice agenda. Change Philanthropy provides a critical road map for foundations and nonprofits that strive to have all citizens participate fully in the social, spiritual, economic, and political life of their nation. Zusammenfassung A how-to guide for creating and funding social justice program grants This groundbreaking book shows how to increase funding for social justice philanthropy. Social justice philanthropy provides direct services to alleviate suffering and works to transform the systems and institutions that cause that suffering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xi Christopher Harris, Deepak Bhargava Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Part One Securing Success with Campaigns 1 1 Strengthening Unusual Alliances for Living Wages 3 The Case of the Discount Foundation 2 Supporting Citizen Action and Litigation for Education Reform 22 The Case of the Schott Foundation Part Two Influencing Market Forces in Support of People and the Planet 43 3 Using an Endowment to Build the Field of Socially Responsible Investing 45 The Case of the Needmor Fund 4 Transforming Business Structures for Communities 65 The Case of the Jacobs Family Foundation and Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Part Three Aiding an Identity-Based Movement 89 5 Supporting the Development of an Immigrant Rights Field 91 The Case of t...
