Visual Storytellers and Journalists Face Growing Risks. What Can Funders Do to Protect Them?

Visual Storytellers and Journalists Face Growing Risks. What Can Funders Do to Protect Them?

Backed by the Ford Foundation and others, a recent report from the Safer Storytellers Project outlines the steps funders can take to protect creators from increasing attacks and threats to their safety.

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What Does it Look Like to Truly Shift Power in Philanthropy? Here Are 3 Real World Examples

What Does it Look Like to Truly Shift Power in Philanthropy? Here Are 3 Real World Examples

Deb Nelson of the Just Economy Institute recounts cases in which overturning funding models made a profound impact. In all of them, collaboration between people of different races, classes and generations were key.

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Here’s How a Longtime Family Foundation Fractured, and Shifted Gears for a Meaningful Final Act

Here’s How a Longtime Family Foundation Fractured, and Shifted Gears for a Meaningful Final Act

The Compton Foundation, launched in 1946, is now spending down. Here’s how debates around perpetuity and social justice led to rifts in the founding family, and how one next-gen family member navigated those troubled waters.

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Recognizing the Power of Storytelling, a Funder Collaborative Backs Media in the Global South

Recognizing the Power of Storytelling, a Funder Collaborative Backs Media in the Global South

The Ford, Compton and Skoll foundations have partnered to launch a 10-year, $30 million donor collaborative that seeks to strengthen the impact of storytelling through video and related media in the Global South.

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“A Moment of Reckoning.” How Can Funders Support an Equitable and Inclusive Arts Sector?

“A Moment of Reckoning.” How Can Funders Support an Equitable and Inclusive Arts Sector?

Surging demands for racial justice are shining a light on inequities across society, including the arts sector, where only a small fraction of funding goes to artists of color. Grantmakers at the intersection of arts and justice offer ways forward.

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“Toward Greater Justice.” How Funders Are Supporting Artists in a Historic Moment

“Toward Greater Justice.” How Funders Are Supporting Artists in a Historic Moment

George Floyd's death and protests that followed have galvanized artists across the country in support of racial justice. We check in with major U.S. arts funders to see how they are backing art emerging in this historic moment.

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How a Podcast and the Funders Behind it Are Shaking up Climate Communication

How a Podcast and the Funders Behind it Are Shaking up Climate Communication

A new show that spotlights women on the frontlines of the climate fight has drawn growing grant support. It’s a case study of how foundations can back experiments in storytelling and elevate the voices of outsiders.

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