Building LGBT Nonprofit Leadership Talent
Movement Advancement Project (November 2009)
The report offers both practical rationale and practical guidance for LGBT organizations and their major funders to support, nurture and grow LGBT leadership.
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Queer Asian Compass
(July 2009)
A descriptive directory of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations
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Justice in the Making: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice 2008 Annual Report
(April 2009)
The 2008 annual report from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
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Funding the Movement for Marriage Equality
(May 2008)
Descripton of the Civil Marriage Collaborative's efforts to achieve full marriage equality for same-sex couples in the U.S.
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Justice in the Making: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice 2007 Annual Report
(March 2008)
The 2007 annual report from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
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Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates: Current Outlook, 2007 Edition
Foundation Center (April 2007)
Giving by the nation's 71,000 grantmaking foundations rose to $40.7 billion in 2006, according to Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates: Current Outlook (2007 Edition). This estimated 11.7 percent gain followed a 14.3 percent increase in 2005. U.S. foundations last reported consecutive years of double-digit growth in giving during the period 1996 to 2001.
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Grant Making with a Racial Equity Lens
GrantCraft/Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity) (January 2007)
A focus on racial equity can increase your effectiveness at every stage of the grant making process. Blending experience and candid advice from grant makers, this guide explores how a racial equity lens can help you scan your field or community, cultivate new leaders, encourage creative approaches, get people talking, and nourish change inside your own foundation.
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In Search of Impact: Practices and Perceptions in Foundations' Provision of Program and Operating Grants to Nonprofits
Center for Effective Philanthropy (December 2006)
The report explores what motivates foundation CEOs in their decision-making, examining the tension between CEOs' sense of what is best for their foundations and what they believe will make the most positive impact on grantee organizations.
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Listen, Learn, Lead: Grantmaker Practices that Support Nonprofit Results
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (December 2006)
Reports on Phase 1 of GEO's Change Agent Project. This report delves deeper into what is necessary to instill change in grantmaking practices to ensure nonprofit success.
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Sexuality and Social Change Making the Connection: Strategies for Action and Investment
Ford Foundation (December 2005)
After widespread neglect over many years, the value of studying human sexuality has recently been recognized for its bearing on many important debates and problems in contemporary society.
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Changing the Rules of the Game: Youth Development and Structural Racism
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (December 2004)
An 18-month study into the ways select community organizations engage youth in confronting structural racism.
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