Change Philanthropy

The AuthorALICIA EPSTEIN KORTEN is the CEO of ReNual LLC, a consulting firm that supports foundations, nonprofit organizations, and socially responsible businesses with strategic planning and publications. She is a contributing author to Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over from Jossey-Bass. The Project DirectorMARJORIE FINE directs The Linchpin Campaign, a project of the Center for Community Change, whose goal is to expand the resources available to community organizing efforts in the United States. In 2009 she produced a downloadable resource entitled Untapped: How Community Organizers Can Develop and Deepen Relationships with Major Donors and Raise Big Money.

• Foreword xiChristopher Harris, Deepak BhargavaAcknowledgments xvIntroduction xviiPart One Securing Success with Campaigns 11 Strengthening Unusual Alliances for Living Wages 3The Case of the Discount Foundation2 Supporting Citizen Action and Litigation for Education Reform 22The Case of the Schott FoundationPart Two Influencing Market Forces in Support of People and the Planet 433 Using an Endowment to Build the Field of Socially Responsible Investing 45The Case of the Needmor Fund4 Transforming Business Structures for Communities 65The Case of the Jacobs Family Foundation and Jacobs Center for Neighborhood InnovationPart Three Aiding an Identity-Based Movement 895 Supporting the Development of an Immigrant Rights Field 91The Case of the Ford Foundation6 Maturing an Immigrant Movement 104The Case of the Open Society InstitutePart Four Creating Infrastructure for Justice 1237 Building Community-Based Power in Los Angeles 125The Case of the Liberty Hill Foundation8 Strengthening National Community-Based Networks 141The Case of the Charles Stewart Mott FoundationPart Five Transforming Funder-Grantee Power Relationships Through Creative Foundation Structures 1659 Addressing Internationally Women’s Needs for Funding 167The Case of the Global Fund for Women10 Responding to Disaster Recovery and Beyond 186The Case of the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health, a Special Project of Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsPart Six Gleaning Lessons for Change 20911 Lessons for the Road 211Afterword: Race and Social Justice 227Maya WileyAppendixes 231A Words You Need to Know to Read This Book 233B Lobbying 239John PomeranzC Ten Questions to Consider Asking Inside Your Foundation 241D Where to Turn for Next Steps 243Notes 245Index 261Center for Community Change 277About the Project Director 279About the Author 281