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A key objective of the Scaling What Works initiative has been to translate insight and learning from grantmaker intermediaries involved with the Social Innovation Fund and share them with the broader philanthropic community. The fifth guide in the Lessons Learned series presents the benefits and challenges of partnerships between local and national funders, and highlights key considerations for both kinds of funders to foster success in their collaboration.
A coalition of six major journalism funders have announced commitments totaling $36.5 million in emergency grants to public media stations at risk of closure following federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
The grantmakers include Pivotal Ventures, as well as the John S. and James L. Knight, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur, Robert Wood Johnson, Schmidt Family, and Ford foundations. The commitment includes $26.5 million in support for the Public Media Bridge Fund, a philanthropic effort managed by Public Media Company and developed with seed funding from the Schmidt Family Foundation.
In addition to supporting the fund, the MacArthur Foundation is committing $10 million in direct support to public media stations, programs, and organizations. The collaboration is accompanied by an open call to other funders to support local public media; if stations close or scale back, millions of Americans will lose access to free, reliable local news, educational content, cultural programming, and emergency alerts.
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How the government can partner with impact investors to unleash new capital, talent and energy for maximum impact.
Achieving race equity — the condition where one’s racial identity has no influence on how one fares in society — is a fundamental element of social change across every issue area in the social sector. Yet the structural racism that endures in U.S. society, deeply rooted in our nation’s history and perpetuated through racist policies, practices, attitudes, and cultural messages, prevents us from attaining it. The impact of structural racism is evident not only in societal outcomes, but in the very institutions that seek to positively impact them
In a sector focused on improving social outcomes across a wide range of issues, we need only look within our own organizations to understand why we have not yet achieved the depth of change we seek. Throughout the social sector, there remains a glaring omission of a fundamental element of social impact: race equity. While issue-specific dynamics play an important role in driving social impact (e.g., public policy around affordable housing or the elimination of food deserts to create access to nutritious foods), the thread of structural racism runs through almost every issue faced by the U.S. social sector. Race equity must be centered as a core goal of social impact across the sector in order to achieve our true potential and fulfill our organizational missions.
A new wave of efforts designed to break the cycle of poverty and revitalize distressed communities is attracting attention and support from every segment of society. Prominent among these efforts are six emerging national networks: Building Sustainable Communities, Choice Neighborhoods, Promise Neighborhoods, Purpose Built Communities, Strive, and The Integration Initiative.