Jacob Harold

If All You Have is a Hammer, You Can’t Build a Better World

Oct 24, 2023 | Guest Author

In philanthropy, frameworks can become cages. When we find a promising approach, it’s all too easy to get trapped by it. My own career is a cautionary tale. After college I worked as a grassroots organizer. The more I learned about organizing the more I saw its...

Trust, Race, and Grants Data

Nov 23, 2020 | Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Guest Author

Research suggests that U.S. foundations trust Black-led organizations enough to give them money, but not enough to give them control. A recent analysis by Bridgespan and Echoing Green looked at a set of comparable grant-funded organizations and found that the...

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If All You Have is a Hammer, You Can’t Build a Better World

Trust, Race, and Grants Data