Making it Real: The Link Between Issue Organizing, Ballot Initiatives, and Building Power
When looking at our issue advocacy strategies, how can we strengthen our understanding of the link between ballot initiatives, organizing, and civic engagement in ways that result in both “winning” and building long term power?
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Properly understood, IRS rules allow foundations —both private and public— to legally support almost every type of advocacy.
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Properly understood, IRS rules allow foundations —both private and public— to legally support almost every type of advocacy.
Are metrics “strategic objects,” which foster new organizational behavior through iterative use, as Dave Karpf writes in his 2016 book Analytic Activism?
A crucial measure of democracy is the extent to which elected leaders reflect the communities they serve.
On
June 10, we kicked off our
Summer Equity + Power Sharing Series with a conversation on philanthropy intentionally tackling the realities of racism and how we connect these threads to our present day grantmaking practices with
Lori Villarosa of
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE).
FCCP May 2019 First Monday Discussion
Monday, May 6th | 3 – 4 PM ET | 2 – 3 PM CT | 1 – 2 PM MT | 12 – 1 PM PT
Join
Ethan Frey of
Ford Foundation,
Nick Chedli Carter of
2020 Vision Ventures, and
Julie Fernandes of
Rockefeller Family Fund for a discussion of relational organizing practice and power building strategy.
On April 1, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) joined 29 national, regional, state, and community-based philanthropic institutions on an
amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in
Department of Commerce v.
April 2019 First Monday Discussion
Monday, April 1st | 3 – 4 PM ET | 2 – 3 PM CT | 1 – 2 PM MT | 12 – 1 PM PT
During 2018’s midterm elections, the electorate is estimated to have experienced the highest youth turnout in 25 years.
