This paper is the culmination of five years’ work evaluating Ford Foundation’s portfolio of grants, “Community Philanthropy and Racial Equity in the American South.” It is based on reflective, focused, and appreciative conversations with nearly 100 philanthropic organizations operating in both African American and White American settings. […]
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This Declaration is put forward as a discussion paper to distill the core values that connect those within the neighborhood movement, and to clarify the importance of partnership with foundations and other grantmakers to […]
Written while a Resident Scholar at the Clinton School of Public Service (Center for Community Philanthropy) at University of Arkansas, this piece seeks to show opportunities for philanthropy to intervene in the often-dismal life trajectory […]
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