By Jenny Brandt The actions of the Federal Government have caused harm. For grantees, this has in some cases led to them laying off staff, spending limited resources without reimbursement, and may even result in threatening an organizations’ existence. It has certainly eroded relationships built with communities over years. And life-saving measures that were going to be implemented will not. The post Defunding of the ECJ Communities Grants: The scale of what is being taken from communities ...| CCF
By Nel Taylor Someone working from [a Collective Abundance] model doesn’t wait for big grants to trickle down. They find creative, hyper-local ways to resource others in the community by sharing donors ethically, co-hosting campaigns, exchanging labor, pooling sponsorships, and even trading non-cash resources that reduce expenses. The post Maybe it’s time to acknowledge scarcity… in order to cultivate collective abundance appeared first on CCF.| CCF
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a lot of disabilities, so after being excluded so many times, I started to question: “Is it just me? Am I too hard to accommodate?” But the requests I made were simple...| CCF
Sally Rooney, the iconic Millennial bard, can no longer safely enter the United Kingdom for fear of arrest. The author behind Intermezzo and Normal People recently received English flack for her su…| Literary Hub
The conversation I want to have is about the internal cost of relying on capitalist tools built for profit, extraction, and domination. And how ChatGPT is weakening our capacity to reimagine liberated futures.| CCF
When working with data, there is no specific step where equity needs to be centered; equity should be embedded in the entire process.| CCF
This is institutionalizing the riot. Social benefit organizations can act as a ratchet. When smaller militant organizations push progress forward, larger more moderate ones hold and consolidate gains. The choice is simple: be divided and ruled, or act as part of an ecosystem and win.| CCF
By Courtland J. Powers-Gunnells What I realized was that I needed to communicate my impact differently. In my portfolio, I began telling the story of how my approach to fundraising centered on what organizations needed most. The post How to separate your personal & professional value from the funds you raise as a fundraiser of color appeared first on CCF.| CCF
By April Walker ...amidst new waves of political chaos and cruelty, I’m back again—this time with an invitation to build community in a new way, namely to make peers and colleagues of our ancestors. The post Imagine raising money for a nonprofit organization while power-obsessed white men wreak havoc on liberty and justice for sport. appeared first on CCF.| CCF
By Rachel D'Souza Community-Centric Fundraising’s Rachel D’Souza talked with Building Movement Project’s Deepa Iyer, creator of the Social Change Ecosystem about how to determine your role in the Social Change Ecosystem and what we can all do to meet the challenges our sector currently faces. The post CCF + the Social Change Ecosystem with Deepa Iyer appeared first on CCF.| CCF
By Michelle Flores Vryn And we know the pieces are shifting. Philanthropy is in flux. DEI efforts are being re-evaluated or quietly shelved. Staff turnover is rattling once-stable institutions. Long-standing funding sources are vanishing. What remains, as my friend Stephanie Green Weizer says, is the “organic matter of our missions”—the values, love, and truth that can’t be extracted or destroyed. From this nutrient-rich core we can build something new. The post What are we growing to...| CCF
Once upon a time—not in a castle, but in a fogged-up café tucked away in Seattle—nine fundraisers gathered around a wobbly table, laughter too loud for the space, mugs clinking instead of glasses.| CCF
Over 600 writers and poets [3/10/2024 Update: this number now stands at over 1300]—including Roxane Gay, Alissa Nutting, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kiese Laymon, Saeed Jones, Fady Joudah, Carmen Maria M…| Literary Hub
Hello. Lots of folks have asked me if the phrase “The Tortured Poets Department,” which is the title of Taylor Swift’s new album, is grammatically correct. Maybe! It might be grammatically correct,…| Literary Hub
