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The Philanthropy Project is creating space for nonprofit practitioners to speak out for reform
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We need to move beyond “up and out” to “up and in"
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Defining a movement at the intersection of food, land, and local knowledge
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Activist funds aren’t just middlemen. We're part of the movement.
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Six Global South funds are modeling a more rooted and relational way to move money
Paula Tanscheit

Why philanthropy’s “shopping list” approach to intermediaries is backfiring
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