The Philanthropic Self-Reflection Tool for Equitable Parent Partnership (2022)
Creating more equitable partnerships and outcomes in communities requires relationship building, honest communication and commitment to authentic partnership. Philanthropy is embracing this need, but some are still struggling with what authentic engagement looks like with those we seek to support. […]
A Call to Connection: Rediscovering the Transformative Power of Relationships (2022)
As we navigate the realities of a global pandemic, economic crisis, and racial justice reckoning, we face a deeper challenge that’s harder to see, and yet lies at the heart of all others—a crisis of connection. Despite our desire for […]
Investment Advisory Councils: A Community-Driven Grantmaking Pilot (Feb, 2023)
In 2020, The Heinz Endowments began an evaluation partnership with Child Trends. Their goal was to strengthen the prenatal-to-three (PN-3) system in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania through improved collaboration and help it become more equitable by focusing efforts on children and families who […]
The Water of Systems Change (2018)
Foundations involved in systems change can increase their odds for success by focusing on the least explicit but most powerful conditions for change, while also turning the lens on themselves. The Water of Systems Change aims to clarify what it means […]
Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact (2009)
Philanthropy at its best serves public good, not private interest. The public has a legitimate interest in the use of philanthropic resources. Donors receive the privilege of tax deduction for charitable donations and tax exemption on investments. Foundations and other philanthropic […]
Social Change Ecosystem Map (2020)
The Social Change Ecosystem Map is a framework that can help individuals, networks, and organizations align with social change values, individual roles, and the broader ecosystem. It has two components: shared values embodied in the yellow circle in the middle; ten […]
Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements (2022)
Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a set of resources geared towards grantmaking institutions eager to expand and deepen their support of organizations, networks, and leaders involved with social change movements. Move The […]
Funding Movement Infrastructure (2023)
Over the past three years, in the midst of the pandemic and the 2020 uprisings, Building Movement Project curated a project called Move The Money, a pointed call to action for philanthropy to support social change movements and movement leaders. […]
Getting it Right: The Conversation Guide for Preparing the Next Generation of Implementation Researchers (2021)
The Foundation for Child Development is excited to announce the release of Getting it Right: The Conversation Guide for Preparing the Next Generation of Implementation Researchers. This new conversation guide serves as a companion piece to our 2020 Getting it Right: Using Implementation Research to […]
Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity Practice Guides (2021)
Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity is a three-part series of practice guides that show how to incorporate racial equity as a core value into evaluation. Evaluators help measure the effectiveness of change efforts that impact the lives of children and […]
Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation, Policy, and Solutions (2022)
The Early Educator Investment Collaborative is committed in our work to recognizing and understanding the historical context in which structural racism continues to present in the early childhood workforce and eliminating the systemic oppression that keeps many early childhood educators […]
Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education (2020)
Grave inequities have long pervaded the education system and affect the lives of millions of children from historically marginalized communities. These inequities begin before birth and follow children into the early care and education (ECE) system, one of the first […]