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 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 | Apr 14, 2011 | Family Philanthropy, Featured, Money Stories, Navigating Family
Reposted from the Vassar Alumni Newsletter When Zoe Lloyd Foxley graduated from Vassar in 2001, she set out on a course of service to community, first as an elementary school teacher, and then, after earning a Masters from the University of Southern California’s...
by Resource Generation | Apr 13, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, Wealth Redistribution in Action
Reposted from the Social Justice Fund Northwest’s justice journal. In the few weeks leading up to the first meeting of this year’s Next Generation Giving Project, it became clear to me that I have felt something missing since last year’s project ended. I...
by Resource Generation | Apr 7, 2011 | Conferences, Family Philanthropy, Featured, RG News
One of the great blessings of being a part of humanity is the diversity we encounter every day. We can to meet and interact with so many different types of people with so many interests, that we get to learn, experience and grow constantly. Most of the time, this...
by Resource Generation | Apr 4, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured
Update: On April 1 DC Mayor Vince Gray proposed a new tax bracket of 8.9% for household income over $200,000 a year, a modest increase and a small victory for Save Our Safety Net and coalition partners who have pushed for progressive taxes to fund safety net...