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"We may have never imagined that fascism would be looming in our lifetimes, and yet, this is where we find ourselves."
That's the takeaway from a New York Times op-ed by actress and activist Patricia Arquette, who says that over the past 40 years, "individual donors, corporations, donor-advised funds (DAFs), and super PACs have lavishly funded the right."
The " results of decades of strategic, unrestricted funding streams are reflected in an effectively organized movement that has gradually shifted toward extremism," she writes.
"This political moment calls for a comprehensive philanthropic strategy that protects marginalized communities from physical and political attacks while building the economic, cultural, and political power we need to create a future where we all can thrive."
To that end, Arquette has created the Courageous Giving Framework, a blueprint for giving to progressive causes.
"It calls for funders to be as ruthlessly strategic as our opposition and shift from a defensive posture to an offensive one," she writes.
"As a former resident of North Carolina, I've watched as strategic funding to conservative groups subverted the will of the people by shifting a purple state into a gerrymandered red state," she writes.
"North Carolina has become a testing ground for conservative
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Babangida Zama is a 23-year-old college student in Kano, Nigeria. He's also the leader of the group that won the Rising Awareness Action pitch competition on Saturday, receiving a $100,000 grant...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation, one of the five largest philanthropists in the US, has come under fire in the past for its support of far-left groups. Now, however, it's back in the news for another reason:...more
"Politics is like a quilt formed of hundreds of patches that come together, creating security and strength," Michael Mantha writes in the Sault Star. "I know from experience that great things can...more
Naomi Evans Stotts was born in Nebraska to a family of six and grew up in Loveland, Colo., where she attended school and worked at a library for 25 years. She died peacefully in her sleep last...more
Foundation: Nathan Cummings Foundation
A billionaire's foundation is investing all of its assets in companies that have a " measurable and beneficial social or environmental impact," the New York Times reports. Nathan Cummings, a...more
One in four women experience domestic violence in her lifetime, and the Mary Kay Ash Foundation is doing its part to help. The cosmetics company has donated more than $57 million to domestic...more
Foundation: Philadelphia Foundation
The Foundation for Delaware County in Delaware County, Pa., has given more than $1.2 million to 57 nonprofits over the last three years. The grants will be used to "address some of Delaware...more
The first openly gay governor of a US state is officially running for office. California state controller Betty Yee announced her bid for the Democratic nomination at the CalMatters Ideas...more
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