Policy Update

Social Justice Grantmaking Rises, Shifts Toward Pragmatism

10/04/2005
Source: OMB Watcher

A significant proportion of grantmakers who fund public policy, advocacy, and other social-change activities are increasingly moving away from supporting grassroots advocacy and movement-building.

Instead, these funders are choosing more "neutral, technocratic, and results-oriented" approaches to social change, like research, policy analysis, and outreach to decision-makers. More:
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/3108/1/396