by Resource Generation | Jul 2, 2014 | Giving, Movement Moments, Resources
July 2nd, 2014- today marks fifty years since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted. In honor of this history, I’d like to tip my hat towards those foundations who funded the civil rights movement that helped make this legislation possible, as part of RG’s Rich...
by Resource Generation | May 20, 2014 | Giving
On a panel at the 2010 Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy pre-Council on Foundations Conference, I presented four suggestions for social justice funders to consider. Below are each of these four. Of the many approaches to social change, I turn most towards...
by Resource Generation | May 15, 2014 | Giving, Money Stories
My name is Anna Goren, and I am involved in an RG praxis group in Seattle, WA. I have always been interested in philanthropy —growing up in a practicing Jewish household, we were always encouraged to give by the principle of tzedakah. My community is very generous,...
by Resource Generation | Apr 15, 2014 | Action, Advocacy, Class Privilege, Conferences, Cross-Class, Donor Organizing, Featured, Giving, Giving Circles, Philanthropy, Racial Justice
Three years ago, I decided to go to Making Money Make Change, the annual conference put on by Resource Generation. I know that I will inherit wealth in the future, so I decided to go to the conference to start thinking about this privilege, about my family, and my own...
by Resource Generation | Jan 28, 2014 | Giving, Personal Transformation
by Jessica Rosenberg This post was written in response to a call for RG blog submissions on the topic of “Giving and Spirituality”. The prompt was: How does your spiritual or religious practice influence how you think about giving, how you give, how you...
by Resource Generation | Jan 13, 2014 | Giving, Resources
This article is reposted from Jessie’s personal blog from 12/24/2013 Its that time of year when there is an all-time high of people in my community asking my opinion about giving and charity. I’m writing this for my personal blog, but in such a way that I...
