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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

In this conversation between Cyndi Suarez, NPQ ’s president and editor in chief, and Isabelle Leighton, executive director of Donors of Color Network and former founding director of Equality Fund, the two leaders discuss how to move the philanthropic sector toward racial and social justice. 3 And then, most recently, we just launched.

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Grant Opportunities for Small to Medium Sized Nonprofits

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Spanning five distinct categories — housing, health, jobs, education, and community services — this foundation has consistently been a beacon of hope for diverse nonprofits. expensive) technical guidance. AWS seeks to put all of this within reach for smaller organizations with the Imagine Grant.

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Can Impact Investors Create an Economy That’s “Regenerative by Design”?

NonProfit Quarterly

transform the economy to advance social justice? A central goal of the report authors is to provide a road map for impact investors to employ their capital in such a manner as to advance social-mission-based enterprises and economic democracy. Some business forms, the authors add, overlap categories.

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The Great Awakening, and Workers’ Fight to Stay Woke

NonProfit Quarterly

Many of us who are privileged enough to be paid to work for justice had all but given up on winning unions at multinational brands in the near term. And workers asked us to do it not just for them but for all of us and our desire to live in a healthy democracy. We were asleep. Power doesn’t go away as the economy changes.

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Fair Wages Come to Washington DC

NonProfit Quarterly

This year, organizations such as One Fair Wage , hospitality industry union UNITE HERE , and the Democratic Socialists of America worked hard to pass economic policy that will close this gap in Washington, DC. McCallum writes , “the category of ‘essential’ worker became a synecdoche for our risk-intensive economy.”

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Fight and Build: Envisioning Solidarity Economies as Transformative Politics

NonProfit Quarterly

The event was hosted by the newly formed Center for Economic Democracy (CED) and allied community groups. Solidarity Economics as Transformative Politics. These practices and their associated values—cooperation, sustainability, justice, interdependence, autonomy—make possible a transformative vision.

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Building Resilient Organizations: Toward Joy and Durable Power in a Time of Crisis

NonProfit Quarterly

Executives in professional social justice institutions, grassroots activists in local movements, and fiery young radicals on protest lines are all advancing urgent concerns about the internal workings of progressive spaces. Although we struggle for freedom and democracy, we also suffer from tendencies toward abuse and domination.