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Building Constituencies in Diverse Communities: Lessons from a Learning Journey (short version)
Note to Presenter: Start Presentation on Slide 2
Building Constituencies in Diverse Communities: Lessons from a Learning Journey
This GCYF Learning Circle was supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
GCYF Overview
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families serves as a point of contact for grantmakers seeking collegial and collaborative relationships with other funders concerned with children, youth, and families.
GCYF offers diverse learning and networking opportunities.
Learning Circles provide long-term learning opportunities for groups of grantmakers desiring sustained interaction with colleagues.
Acknowledgments
The Aspen Institute, Karen Fulbright-Anderson The East Bay Community Foundation, Diane
Sanchez Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth, Cindy
Ballard Neighborhood Small Grants Network, Janice Foster The Denver Foundation, Patrick Horvath and
LaDawn Sullivan Making Connections- Denver, Susan Motika and
Candace RedShirt
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos,
CA DC Children and Youth Investment Trust
Corporation, Washington, D.C. Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA Ford Foundation, New York City Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Rauch Foundation, Garden City, NY Rockwell Fund, Inc., Houston The Skillman Foundation, Detroit The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, Scottsdale William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund, Hamden,
CT
Learning Circle Foundations
Session Objectives
Making the Case for Building Constituencies in Diverse Communities
Examining Three Lenses for Understanding Building Constituencies in Diverse Communities
Exploring three Arenas in which the “work” of constituency building moves forward
MAKING THE CASE
Why now?
Changing demographics
Disparities exposed by disaster
Realization of limitations of traditional grantmaking models
Lenses for Understanding Building Constituencies
Structural racism Racial equity
Inclusionary grantmaking (as opposed to traditional grantmaking
Lenses for Building Constituencies: Structural Racism
“Structural Racism” refers to the ways in which
Historical context - American legal system
Public Policies
Institutional Practices
Cultural Representations
Interact to allow the privileges associated with “whiteness” and the disadvantagesassociated with “color” to endure and adapt over time.
The Aspen Institute Roundtable Structural Racism and Community Revitalization Project
Lenses for Building Constituencies: Racial Equity
“Equity means each person or group has equal access to economic, social, and educational opportunity. For members of groups that have been excluded from resources, equity may involve providing greater resources to compensate for past exclusion and discrimination.”
California Tomorrow, 2004
Traditional Grantmaking
Funder
>> Approves request>> Monitors progress>> Evaluates project>> Closes out project
file or continues support
Grantee
>> Submits request>> Provides
progress reports>> Reports on
project >> Ends project or seeks further funding
Funder
Grantee
Funder
fundingtechnical assistance
Grantee
accessknowledge
(trust & respect)
acknowledged resources
mutually agreed uponimplementation
outcomesnext steps
Lenses for Building Constituencies: Inclusionary Grantmaking
Work Arenas for Building Constituencies
A. Internal practices
B. Community engagement
C. Capacity building
Work Arenas for Building Constituencies: Internal Practices
Board & CEO commitment
Explicit equity statement
Internal staffing and practices
Work Arenas for Building Constituencies: Community Engagement
Community assessment
Foundation as community partner Relationship building
Work Arenas for Building Constituencies: Capacity Building
Small Grants
Technical Assistance
Leadership Development
Monitoring & Evaluation
In the end, this work is:
“Descriptive” not academic Asset-based not needs-based Long-term organizational change Open-ended based on listening About being honest
Discussion Questions
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