Philanthropy is a critical source of innovation and support to communities and organizations in their effort to address society's most pressing needs by offering vital risk capital that neither the public nor private sector can provide. Our work seeks to increase resources for philanthropic giving that focuses on creating opportunity, fairness and inclusion and that strengthens the voice and impact of social justice philanthropies. We work to build new knowledge and learning tools to promote philanthropy for social change and to ensure an enabling legal and regulatory environment for foundations. To accomplish this, we develop, strengthen and partner with regionally focused institutions and networks of funders and with community- and faith-based philanthropic institutions, including giving circles created within marginalized communities. We also partner with individual philanthropists who, in the contexts of their own countries, will lead the way on social change.
Suzanne Siskel, Director