Rockefeller Brothers Fund originally published this piece on January 15, 2025. Written by RBF's Stephen Heintz, President and CEO, and Mark Adiedo, Vice President, People and Culture/Chief Diversity Office.
Erica Hamilton, CEO & Founder of The Memo I Never Got and Michelle Kedem, Founding Partner of On-Ramps share their learnings and invite you to join them on February 6th to dive into this topic more.
Despite an increase in philanthropy’s orientation toward systems change, the know-how and direction of what it takes to achieve transformational change remains nascent
Ask any funder what they hope to accomplish, and the answer will likely be “lasting change”. But in the current ever-shifting policy environment, we must recognize that lasting change is increasingly difficult to come by.
Inefficient government contracting systems create recurring resource challenges for nonprofits, impacting funders, staff, and the communities they serve, highlighting the need for collective action between nonprofits and philanthropy to drive change.
New York City is making meaningful progress adding lifeguards and investing in facilities — but there’s more to do to make cooling waters accessible to all. By: Julie Sandorf, President of the Revson Foundation
Following the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent movement to advance racial equity commitments to fund racial equity saw an increase. Unfortunately, few of these commitments were directly aimed at reparations, a comprehensive collection of...