The 2008 Financial Crisis Likely to Affect Assets and Grantmaking Through 2015

New York, NY — November 17, 2011.

According to a new report from the Foundation Center, a small but important subset of grantmakers — those who work on issues ranging from human rights to environmental justice — has been disproportionately impacted by the global financial crisis and their recovery remains in jeopardy. Diminishing Dollars: The Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Field of Social Justice Philanthropy examines historical trends in foundation assets, spending, and giving levels; describes strategies used by foundations to cope with depleted assets immediately following the crisis; and presents projections through 2015 for asset and grantmaking levels.

 The Global Fund for Community Foundations interviewed Marwa El-Daly, founder of the Waqfeyat al Maadi Community Foundation (WMCF), about the circumstances surrounding the Foundation’s establishment, and how these have been re-shaped by the events of the Arab Spring. Read the article by clicking here.

Click here to read the article from 50.50 inclusive democracy by Jackie Copeland-Carson, Pan-Africanising Women's Philanthropy: Anatomy of an Emerging Social Movement.

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Here is a gripping video about the work TrustAfrica is doing to enhance women's rights.

post by IndiaKnowledge@Wharton - read the article here or download it below.

Click here to read a post from the Chronicle on Philanthropy about "Philanthropy's Role in Stopping Gun Violence." What do you think?

TrustAfrica recently caught up with Hakima Abbas, deputy director of Fahamu. We spoke with her about African social justice philanthropy at the 1st Pan-African Grantmakers Assembly, which was convened November 3-5 in Nairobi, Kenya, by the African Grantmakers Network. Watch the video here.

In a piece featured on the Huffington Post blog and as an Opinion in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (both of which are attached), Mark Rosenman calls for charity and foundation leaders to challenge the greed for money and power that corrupts US democracy, serves economic elites while diminishing and denying the rest of society, and enables corporations to assert private interests over public ones.

More than the Poor Cousin: Community Foundations as a New Development Paradigm by Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight - from the Global Fund for Community Foundations

Attached are materials from the Council on Foundations Convention's Social Justice Track:

1. Ruesga, G.A. and Puntenney, D. (March 2010). Social Justice Philanthropy: An Initial Framework for Positioning this Work. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace.
2. Kirsty and the Evaluators: Getting a Grip on Evaluation. Working Group for Social Justice & Peace.
3. Evaluation Frameworks for Social Justice Philanthropy: A Review of Available Resources. (June 2008). Daylight Consulting Group for the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice & Peace.
4. Ruesga, G.A. (2008). The Twelve Most Common Objections to Social Justice Philanthropy.
5. Craig, G. (June 2005). Delivering Social Justice Through Philanthropy. Alliance Magazine.
6. Virtue, M. (January 2010). Advancing Racial Equity in Communities: Lessons for Philanthropy. Cornerstone Consultants.
7. Rosenman, M. (March 2010). Caring to Change: Foundations for the Common Good.
8. Change Philanthropy flyer and the Gulf Coast Fund Briefing. (March 23 2010). Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Presented at Philanthropy New York