Author Archives: Sonja Swift

With the Occupy Wall Street protests ongoing, the movement for re-aligning investments with social change values is more relevant than ever. While corporations essentially own the US government, it is the stockholders—i.e. foundations and the “1%”— who own the corporations. … Continue reading

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What is social change philanthropy? What do these broad and ambiguous words really mean? I was once under the assumption that “social change” excluded environmental or economic change. I saw the intrinsic connections, but because I’d grown accustomed to how … Continue reading

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Hello RG members! I am writing to introduce myself and inform you all that I’ve just been hired on as Resource Generation’s new Family Philanthropy Organizer. I’m based in New York City now and will be working part time with … Continue reading

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