While a handful of notable institutional moves toward unrestricted funding have cropped up lately, it is still the case that most funding continues to be program restricted. Here’s a short video where TWI’s own core grantees and funder partners provide “real talk” on what unrestricted funding allows and inspires them and their organizations to do….
Last week, Pia ended a really thoughtful and heartfelt post by asking us how we survive spiritually in our work. What buoys us? She began her reflection by noting that she was marking her first year as TWI’s co-executive director. I’ll begin my answer to her question there as well – primarily because the first…
I ended my most recent post by saying I thought the field of philanthropy would benefit by hearing more from small foundations about how they practice grantmaking. Shortly thereafter I was directed to a monograph that strongly underscored that point. Trusting What We Don’t Know by Maribel Alvarez is both an insightful reflection on philanthropy…
This article was first published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, we thought it would be a good one to share. American communities with high standards of living often have low charitable giving rates, a new Chronicle analysis finds. Text by Rebecca Koenig and visuals by Meredith Myers In a state with a moderate standard of…
Yesterday The San Francisco Foundation announced a multi-million dollar investment in Oakland that includes several 3 year commitments. We are happy to herald these kinds of big moves, particularly in a beloved city like Oakland where the wealth gap increases in alarming proportion. We look forward to learnings that will inevitably come from this initiative….