by Resource Generation | May 20, 2011 | Featured, Money Stories
Two RG’ers discuss grassroots fundraising and RG. Re-posted from Theo’s new column at GIFT Exchange, the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training’s blog. Greetings! This is my first official post to the GIFT blog and I am grateful and excited to...
by Resource Generation | May 13, 2011 | Money Stories
For a while now I’ve been wanting to share my story with the Resource Generation (RG) community. So much of my experience in RG has been about telling our stories and using it as the foundation for our organizing. So here goes. This is my first attempt to share my...
by Resource Generation | May 6, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, Social Change, Wealth Redistribution in Action
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 with this partnership, called...
by Resource Generation | May 2, 2011 | Money Stories
I am 22 years old. I grew up owning-class, have a trust fund, and I also stand to inherit wealth, some in the form of a family foundation. All of my grandparents were first-generation Americans and grew up in poor or working-class families, with the exception of my...