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This article is a needed take on the long momentum that has impelled LA’s philanthropic shift toward supporting trust-based giving practices, community organizing, and advocacy for policy change. The props to Liberty Hill Foundation are overdue and gratifying to see. This is the profound and difficult work of narrative shift and norm change, which is so particularly slow to occur in philanthropy—and is usually not owned up to publicly by private foundations to avoid the discomfort of a critical lens on their past benevolence. I admire these foundation leaders leading by a new example.
One enormous oversight in the article is the omission of The Women's Foundation California, whose Solis Policy Institute has trained intersectional feminist and lbtqi community activists in cohorts at the local and state level for 15-20 years on how to develop and drive legislative bills and policy proposals. And there’s a Funders Policy Institute to train foundation staff across the state on the guidance for funding these vital, momentous change efforts. I expect that some of the staff at the foundations in this article have taken part in it. There are many examples of change that these bills have wrought in lives across Los Angeles and the state for racial, economic, gender, and lbtqi justice and equity (a few examples: the Dignity in Pregnancy & Childbirth Act, the Trans Wellness and Equity Fund, California Momnibus Act)—perhaps The Women’s Foundation California deserves a feature all its own.
In this in-depth look into LA’s philanthropic landscape, Los Angeles Times journalist Corie Brown explores why formerly tradition-bound charitable institutions are transforming themselves and shifting toward supporting community-led organizing to address systemic injustices—a trend The California Endowment President Dr. Robert Ross credits to Liberty Hill Foundation. “The pivot started, Ross says, when he began to collaborate with Liberty Hill Foundation, which introduced him to community activists in L.A. who were working to empower poor people of color.” Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gPxmn6UP#LibertyHill#BreakingNews#NewsAlert
One of the ways in which we actively practice trust-based philanthropy is by encouraging flexible funding through unrestricted gifts.
This approach gives nonprofits the flexibility to allocate funds in a way that aligns with the priorities of the communities they serve - helping your contributions take the most direct route to the greatest impact.
We also acknowledge that good things take time. With your trust, we make multi-year funding commitments to help nonprofit organizations for the future and focus on their mission.
Dive into this year’s edition of Vancouver Foundation Magazine to learn more about how we, alongside our donor community, are embracing trust in our actions.
We were delighted to have the dynamic leadership from the Planned Giving Round Table of Northern Nevada (PGRT) - Danny Schenker, Abigail Stephenson, and Simon Williams at the Nonprofit Academy this week. Their dedication to building a strong community of philanthropy through education, communication, and charitable gift planning is truly inspiring. Grateful for the opportunity to learn from their expertise and insights.
Thank you, Danny, Abby, and Simon, for sharing your expertise with the Nonprofit Academy!
Learn more about PGRT here: https://www.pgnv.org/
Learn more about the Nonprofit Academy here: https://lnkd.in/gNt9Hsjy#PlannedGiving#Philanthropy#CommunityBuilders#Nonprofit