Foundations for Social Change Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements

by Faber, Daniel; McCarthy Auriffeille, Deborah; Bothwell, Robert O.; Brulle, Robert J.; Covington, Sally; Durán, Lisa; Jenkins, J Craig; Ostrander, Susan A.; Roelofs, Joan; Silver, Ira; Urschel, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780742549883
• ISBN10: 0742549887
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This multi-disciplinary collection blends broad overviews and case studies as well as different theoretical perspectives in a critique of the relationship between United States philanthropic foundations and movements for social change. Scholars and practitioners examine how these foundations support and/or thwart popular social movements and address how philanthropic institutions can be more accountable and democratic in a sophisticated, provocative, and accessible manner.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Stephen Viederman
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I A Critical Overview of Social Change Philanthropy
Introduction: Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements	3	(148)
Daniel R. Faber and Deborah McCarthy
1 Legacy and Promise for Social justice Funding: Charitable Foundations and Progressive Social Movements, Past and Present	33	(28)
Susan A. Ostrander
2 Liberal Foundations: Impediments or Supports for Social Change?	61	(28)
Joan Roelofs
3 Moving Public Policy to the Right: The Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations	89	(26)
Sally Covington
4 Up Against Conservative Public Policy: Alternatives to Mainstream Philanthropy	115	(36)
Robert O. Bothwell
Part II Specific Challenges to Social Change Philanthropy
5 Foundations and the Environmental Movement: Priorities, Strategies, and Impact	151	(24)
Robert J. Brulle and J. Craig Jenkins
6 Breaking the Funding Barriers: Philanthropic Activism in Support of the Environmental justice Movement	175	(36)
Daniel R. Faber and Deborah McCarthy
7 The Politics of Philanthropy and Social Change: Challenges for Racial justice	211	(84)
Lisa Durán
8 Living Up to the Promise of Collaboration: Foundations and Community Organizations as Partners in the Revitalization of Poor Neighborhoods	295
Ira Silver
9 Coming Out of the Green Closet: Wealth Discourse and the Construction of Social Change Philanthropists	215	(56)
John C. Urschel
10 Mobilizing Money Strategically: Opportunities for Grantees to Be Active Agents in Social Movement Philanthropy	271	(20)
Susan A. Ostrander, Ira Silver and Deborah McCarthy
Index	291	(12)
About the Editors and Contributors	303