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At the Crossroads: The Future of the LGBT Movement

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Today marks a historic moment in the LGBT movement; the Defense of Marriage Act has been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and Prop 8 has been dismissed on standing. These two rulings are important marks of progress in the marriage equality movement, but the LGBT community continues to face a broad range of issues […]


The Freedom to Celebrate

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Roger Doughty, Executive Director of Horizons Foundation pens this beautiful letter celebrating the San Francisco Pride.


The Impact of a Funder Collaborative

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This video tells the story of San Francisco Bay Area philanthropic community’s response to 9/11. The AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund (CEF) is a funder collaborative, working with sixteen AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian) community organizations. The CEF increases capacities to build collective power within AMEMSA communities, leading to greater potential for long-term […]


The State of Giving in Philanthropy: Some data and reflections

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On May 22, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) released the latest fact sheets in their The Philanthropic Landscape series. NCRP released four factsheets: The State of Giving to Underserved Communities 2011, The State of Social Justice Philanthropy 2011, The State of General Operating Support 2011, The State of Multi-Year Funding 2011.  These fact sheets highlight important data from a study on 1,121 grantmaking organizations’ […]


Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion

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May 21st is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in partnership with UNESCO is launching the world campaign “Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion” with the idea that even a small individual action can become a global action if we all take part in it. […]