Collective Impact

In many Silicon Valley neighborhoods where the majority of residents are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or People of Color) or are of undocumented status, there are not enough opportunities for community…

Tanya Coke, director of the gender, racial, and ethnic justice program at the Ford Foundation, and Mindy Tarlow, managing director of portfolio strategy and management at the philanthropic collaborative Blue…

This article is the first in a series of articles about Community Led Philanthropy, co-hosted by GlobalGiving. The conversation explores the ways philanthropy can support community-led change.  Now more than…

The Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG) is a professional association of environmental, conservation, and climate and energy grantmakers. BFG was founded in 1987 to encourage funders to work together and leverage their resources. Today,…

In July, Funders Together members were joined by three housing justice leaders for a Q&A to discuss the current state of housing and homeless service federal investments in response to COVID-19. Ann…

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the moment when writing a few checks to support various causes no longer feels sufficient. Perhaps you’ve realized that…

The COVID-19 pandemic was an all-hands-on-deck moment. As communities were jolted into emergency response on many fronts—health, jobs, housing, education, childcare, food, and mental health—collaboration and coordination became essential. In Milwaukee,…

“At each of these points, there are interventions that could reduce the barriers for individuals who have been in touch with the justice system, Coke adds, ‘and that’s really the…

Mehrdad Baghai co-founded High Resolves as his Henry Crown Fellowship venture project to combat the rise of hate and polarization globally. Now, 15 years later, the program’s effectiveness proven, he has…

The health inequities exposed by COVID-19 underscored the importance of collecting race-stratified data to inform local policymakers. For the public health researchers trying to provide that, the pandemic also revealed some major pitfalls,…

Paula J. Beugen is a Minnesota-based volunteerism and community change leader. As the founder-organizer of Reinvigorating the Conversation, a network of volunteer leaders, she is a member of the Nonprofit…

The National Black Bank Fund and Foundation (NBBF) are leading in the racial justice movement through economic justice. With relationships at the center, Ashley Bell, Civil Society Fellowship (A Partnership…