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Category Archives: Social Change
Sep
3
2011
“Imagine a world where the owning class are so sure of their own goodness that they can face unflinchingly the genocide, slavery, war, and oppression that they have engineered and profited from for centuries and commit to backing those that … Continue reading
This letter to the editor was submitted to the NY Times at the end of last week. Sign on to a longer version of this letter at lettertothefuture.us. The Letter to the Future site will be updated soon with additional … Continue reading
Aug
15
2011
Me (Mike Gast, Co-Director of RG) asking myself a few of the questions I’ve been wanting to answer about my work and vision. Why wait! So why do you do the work that you do? What’s in it for you? … Continue reading
Jul
21
2011
At the heart of philanthropy is a great contradiction, one that our generation is struggling to resolve. Many philanthropists accumulated their wealth through disruptive innovations, ruthless business practice, or, as Balzac said, “great wealth with no obvious source is some … Continue reading
Jun
21
2011
The day I transferred $300,000 out of my bank account for the Wayside Center for Popular Education was the best day of my life that no one heard about. I left the office into wintery downtown DC to sign paperwork, … Continue reading
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
May
6
2011
When I started working on building a partnership between Social Justice Fund and the Seattle chapter of Resource Generation, I had no idea that we would end up raising $135,000 and transforming the way SJF makes grants. We moved forward … Continue reading
Feb
18
2011
Last summer I sat with Mike G eating burgers and talking about RG while watching the World Cup. It was hot, we were in Detroit, and folks on the streets were in full effect. I left the conversation with the … Continue reading
From the moment I read Pam Pompey’s blog post about an experience with her organization The Ujamaa Institute on the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training’s (GIFT) blog, I could not stop thinking about it. Three months later, it is still my favorite piece of writing on philanthropy. My first thought reading it was, “this should really be on the RG blog,” so it is an honor to present it to you all with some of my thoughts. Continue reading
During the opening plenary at the 2011 Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference, Agnes Gund said (and I’m paraphrasing), “It might not be proper to say, but most of my giving has been motivated by guilt.” Her comment was honest, it … Continue reading
