Impact Philanthropy

A few weeks ago, I came back from a trip to Kenya to learn about and discuss global aid, specifically how colonization and imperialism and their legacy have created a system of global aid wrapped in patriarchy and white supremacy. It was my first time on the continent, and it was eye-opening seeing how foreign…

We’re all better off when we’re all better off.

Our institutions are slowly starting to take note. In recent years, local governments in Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Illinois have explored reparations as a form of racial healing after generations of institutionalized racism. In…

The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s team left our workshop at the Association of Black Foundation Executives’ 2022 conference this spring feeling hopeful. The room was filled with people leaning…

Amid a surge in gun violence across the United States, funders increasingly are supporting collaborative community violence intervention (CVI) efforts, which can include hospital-based intervention, street outreach, and intense mentorship…

A study found that only 10 percent of funding organizations practice trust-based philanthropy. When I walk into a meeting with a potential grantee, I am quick to share that we are here to listen.

A Baltimore-based initiative seeks to use recoverable grants to address inequity.

At the 2024 Collective Impact Action Summit, we had an incredible plenary conversation on power-building, trust, and supporting movements beyond moments of reckoning. 10 years after Ferguson, we heard from grassroots organizers and funders in St.

Candid Blog | Trust-based philanthropy (TBP) is central to Honnold Foundation’s grantmaking; learn how feedback from grassroots nonprofits informs their approach to setting up their grantees to successfully drive lasting impact.

The systemic change exemplars report highlights a combination of eight practices used by Indian nonprofits to create impact at scale.

As the Edward W. Hazen Foundation prepares to close its doors, it leaves advice on how to build better funder and grantee relationships.

Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the broader ecosystem of stakeholders necessary to sustain lasting change.