Philanthropy's Promise Bulletin: Addressing Social Inequality

Dear Colleague,

Let’s all welcome the Abelard Foundation and United Way of New York City to Philanthropy’s Promise, now with 107 grantmakers that have signed on.

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And check out the Winter issue of Responsive Philanthropy, which looks at funding grassroots organizing for environmental change, using charity as moral enhancement, addressing social inequality in the United States and activist-advised grantmaking:

New Constituencies for the Environment: A Case Study
By Danielle Deane
Philanthropy Makes Amends? Bad Boys, Generosity and Absolution (and When to Take Their Name Off the Building)
By Jon Pratt | Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Philanthropy and Inequality: What's the Relationship?
By Kevin Laskowski | NCRP
The Funding Exchange Model of Grantmaking
By Barbara Heisler | Funding Exchange

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Join us to discuss the impacts of foundation-funded policy and civic engagement, and how advocacy and organizing can help grantmakers achieve mission more effectively with limited dollars. Register now!
March 26, 2012
2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern

NEWS ON THE SIDE
Study: Charitable Giving Affected by Racial and Age Stereotypes
By Ruth McCambridge | Nonprofit Quarterly

Foundations Didn’t Increase Focus on ‘Nonprofit Success’ in Downturn, Study Finds
By Caroline Preston | Chronicle of Philanthropy

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The General Mills Foundation's mission is to provide financial support to nonprofit organizations that create sustainable community improvement in the areas of youth nutrition and fitness, social services, education, and arts and culture. In the foundation's statement, executive director Ellen Goldberg Luger wrote: "General Mills devotes substantially all of its grants to nourishing communities through hunger and nutrition wellness and educational support, particularly in underserved communities, and expects to continue to do so. To create change that is deeply rooted and sustainable, General Mills’ work is based in the following values: integrity, leadership, innovation, diversity and impact." Keep reading

Which foundations have signed on to Philanthropy's Promise? See the list and read their statements!

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