by Resource Generation | Apr 27, 2021 | Blog, History of RG
Before RG launched its Giving Pledge and Guidelines in the fall of 2018, we had never made a bold, concrete ask to our members about how much to be giving to social justice movements. And, apart from our every-few-years resource survey, we didn’t have an accurate way...
by Resource Generation | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog, History of RG, News, Statements
It’s a time of transition here at Resource Generation. Sarah Abbott, Director of Resource Mobilization, is leaving after eight years on staff. Sarah leaves a powerful legacy at RG having been the first for so much of our work — our first full-time chapter...
by Resource Generation | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog, History of RG, Stories
I believe that our collective movements for racial, economic, and social justice will win. It’s with that long-term commitment to the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power as our guiding star that we recently launched our Giving Guidelines and Giving...
by Resource Generation | Nov 14, 2013 | Featured, History of RG, Philanthropy, RG News
At RG, we like experiments. Really our whole existence as an organization is an experiment in what’s possible. Can we really organize young wealthy people for justice? What will that take? Can we do it with true cross-class leadership? In accountable, powerful and...
by Resource Generation | Aug 13, 2013 | Donor Organizing, Featured, History of RG, Resources, RG News
My first involvement with RG as a constituent with class privilege was June 2004 when I participated in my first RG workshop “Social Change Financial Planning.” Since then, I not only participated in RG programming as a constituent (e.g. MMMC, Donor Organizing...
by Resource Generation | Feb 16, 2011 | Donor Organizing, Featured, History of RG, Movement History, Social Change, Wealth Redistribution in Action
This post is a response to Pam Pompey’s blog post of October 12, 2010, entitled “Donors of Color Not Needed for the Movement?” on the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training blog. From the moment I read Pam Pompey’s blog post about an...