Alan Rabinowitz provides the first comprehensive analysis of the
nontraditional or social change philanthropists who help finance
national campaigns and grassroots organizations that focus on
improving American society and the environment, particularly for
minority and low-income people. Written both for funders and
grantees already in the field and those just beginning to fund
nontraditional activities, "Social Change Philanthropy in America"
examines the experience, operational practices, and future
prospects of philanthropists who have been involved in such
activities over the past thirty years. Rabinowitz offers new
insights into who the funders are and how they think, how funders
actually make decisions, what types of grants are made, and the
tax, political, and historical aspects of social change funding and
its role in America's philanthropic system.
Beginning with an introduction to the network of progressive
social change funders and grantees and the philanthropic universe
within which they operate, Rabinowitz goes on to analyze the flow
of dollars through the nonprofit system. The next two sections
present detailed portraits of social change funders and grantees.
In part four, the author discusses whether grants for progressive
social change are effective and worthwhile, whether grantees are
sufficiently accountable, and whether funders and grantees are
meeting each other's needs. He then explores progressive funding as
an arena of controversy, conflicting ideologies, and, ultimately,
electoral politics. The final chapter looks at challenges and
prospects for the progressive social change community as strategies
for organizing, campaigning, and fundraising are developed for the
future. The appendix illustrates in more detail the range and
substance of the field for readers with little previous knowledge
of progressive social change philanthropy.
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