Fort Mason Process - Report and Next Steps
March 24, 2008 - FNTG
In January 2008 over fifty funders and donors were joined by two dozen movement leaders from in and outside the U.S. at Fort Mason in San Francisco to explore how better to support social justice movement-building. This report provides a summary of convening activities, feedback from assessment surveys and other documentation produced through this initiative. Most importantly, it provides an overview of the results of what was billed as an organizing meeting, outlining next steps that funders can engage in to build what we are calling the Fort Mason process – an ongoing effort among funders, with movement leaders, to encourage and increase support to social justice movement-building within philanthropy. Read publication...
How Grant Makers Can Curb Global Warming
March 14, 2008 - Stephen Viederman, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Two recent reports on foundations and climate change demonstrate the chasm between financial and philanthropic investing... Sadly, but not surprisingly, neither report gives even a hint that financial investment of foundations' endowments could have value... Foundations should vote their proxies on climate change. Go...
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