January 31, 2023 Funders Get Behind a New Effort to Create Unifying Economic Messaging for Progressives January 31, 2023/ Martha Ramirez The Rural Democracy Initiative, Open Society Foundations and more are supporting the Winning Jobs Narrative Project, which aims to build strong progressive messaging about workers, jobs and the economy.Read More
May 04, 2022 This Nonprofit Is Cultivating In-State Donors to Sustain Progressive Power in Arizona May 04, 2022/ Martha Ramirez Instituto works through a 501(c)(3), a 501(c)(4) and a PAC to cultivate in-state funding. Here’s what it’s doing to support progressive power-building, and how it’s reckoning with the fact that demographics doesn’t always equal destiny.Read More
March 23, 2022 Way to Win Wants to Keep the Blue Wave Going This Year. Can It? March 23, 2022/ Martha Ramirez Staunchly progressive, Way to Win is an umbrella organization for both philanthropic and political funding. Its Sun Belt-focused strategy faces some headwinds as it seeks to galvanize voters ahead of the midterms.Read More
April 20, 2021 Philanthropy Has Long Ignored AAPI Communities. It’s Overdue for a Reckoning April 20, 2021/ Tori Miyagi, Guest Contributor Recent anti-Asian hate has drawn attention to the need for philanthropy to back AAPI communities and fight racism. Tori Miyagi, vice president and chief of staff at Way to Win, writes that it’s past time for funders to get off the sidelines.Read More
August 04, 2020 How Donor and Organizer Leah Hunt-Hendrix Uses Generational Wealth to Back Social Movements August 04, 2020/ Philip Rojc When Leah Hunt-Hendrix hit the pavement with Occupy Wall Street back in 2011, few knew her family was worth billions. Since then, she’s become a key figure in the next-gen push to build out funding infrastructure for social movements. Read More
July 06, 2020 How a Progressive Funder Collaborative Seeks to Ramp Up Voter Engagement July 06, 2020/ Philip Rojc Since 2016, progressive donors have been hard at work building up grassroots civic engagement capacity. Here’s how one collaborative wants to use 501(c)(3) funds to expand the electorate and counteract COVID-19 as November looms.Read More