Twitter FAcebook LinkedIn Email Insights & Perspectives • Perspective Why Democratic Grantmaking Cuts Across Party Lines Ashley Blanchard, Affiliate Consultant NCRP’s recent report Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities highlights the important legacy of family foundations supporting social justice – as well as the relatively scant family philanthropy support for social justice work today. The report rightly points out that the perception that social justice philanthropy is a “political third rail” is the greatest barrier that keeps family foundations from engaging in it. I have heard dozens of family foundation trustees say that, while they personally are interested in increasing their family foundation’s social justice support, they “can’t go there” with the family board. It’s too “political” and “divisive.” They’d “be opening a can of worms.” TCC’s Ashley Blanchard shares how the Hill-Snowden Foundation, for which she serves as a trustee, has made lasting impact in social justice philanthropy by seeing the work firsthand. Read “Why Democratic Grantmaking Cuts Across Party Lines” on NCRP’s blog > December 3, 2015
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