Thanks to Ivan March at Guerrilla Foundation for writing about the Block and Build Funder Coalition: open.substack.com/pub/guerrill... With @womendonors.bsky.social

What does the fight for #reparations look like? It starts with telling the truth about our history. @solidairenetwork’s member Allison Thomas has collaborated with Maria Giddens, a fellow descendant of Gwynn Island, to reveal a history of dispossession.

#handsOffOhio to fight for voting rights

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 2mo ago

the ruling regime knows they are losing in ohio, so this is how they are lashing out. you can learn more about what happened and why it matters at handsoffohio.org

With over a million members, @unitedwedream.org works to meet the immediate needs of the immigrant community it serves. Listen to Executive Director Greisa Martinez Rosas detail their fight, from resisting authoritarianism to a new legal defense fund. greatbattlefield.com/episode/advo...

Advocating for the Rights and Dignity of Immigrants with Greisa Martinez Rosas - The Great Battlefield Podcast

Greisa Martinez Rosas joins The Great Battlefield podcast to share her struggles with our immigration system and working her way up to Executive Director at United We Dream, a youth led immigration gr...

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At #NN26, WDA hosted a panel about the coordinated right-wing attacks on progressive philanthropy — and what these attacks mean for our movements. Big thanks to @webuildprogress.bsky.social, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, @solidaire.bsky.social, @ramirez.house.gov, and @netrootsnation.bsky.social.

Solidaire Board co-chair Bia Vieira of Women’s Foundation California & Michelle Wilson of Women Engaged: “By funding the groups doing this grassroots work…philanthropy would actively help hold the line on democracy and protect the rights of all marginalized U.S. residents.” ncg.org/news/changin...

The right is weaponizing the DOJ, courts & Congress to attack progressive philanthropy. Join us at #NN26 to learn how our movement is fighting back. 💪 📅 Fri, June 5 | 3pm ET 📍 Philadelphia @webuildprogress.bsky.social @lisa-pubcitizen.bsky.social @solidaire.bsky.social @ramirez.house.gov

Pamela Shifman from The Democracy Alliance and Rajasvini Bhansali at our sister organization Solidaire Action co-authored an opinion piece, Charitable Platforms Have Empowered Trump’s Attack on Dissent, that was published in Newsweek: www.newsweek.com/charitable-p...

The Block & Build Funder Coalition (BBFC) is made up of more than 500 individuals representing 225 philanthropic organizations with one shared mission—resist authoritarianism, defend movements for justice, and safeguard civil liberties.

Block and Build: Philanthropy’s Fight Club

How a coalition of American grantmakers decided to stop funding the status quo and start funding the barricades and why Europe is still stuck writing polite grant applications while Rome burns.

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We won’t back down.

Women Donors Action@womendonors.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Block and Build Funder Coalition WDN co-leads w/@solidaire.bsky.social released this statement in support of @splcenter.org. We will continue to boldly fund the people & orgs on the frontlines of protecting our communities, despite ongoing threats from this administration.

Solidaire Board member Alan Preston has a powerful new piece in the National Center for Family Philanthropy: “Overcoming Barriers to Giving: My Personal Story of Wealth Redistribution.” This thoughtful article is a powerful tool in moving donors from intention to action. 🔗 bit.ly/solid-alan

Join us to celebrate the launch of Solidaire Network’s Transformative Donor Organizing: The Developing Theory and Practice: bit.ly/solid-tdo Thurs., April 16, 1 - 2 pm PT / 4 - 5 pm ET Hear from Isaac Lev Szmonko and Vini Bhansali in conversation about our approach and methodology.

What Is the Solidarity Economy? : shelterforce.org/2026/02/26/w... The solidarity economy reminds us that capitalism is an economic system that has not existed forever but has a historical start point and, therefore, likely an end point…”

What Is the Solidarity Economy?  — Shelterforce

A growing movement is reshaping how people work and live together. Our new column highlights these practices—and explains why they matter.

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Our members are watching Grasping at the Roots: A Love Letter to the Black Environmental Justice Movement by our movement partner Climate Justice Alliance. As temperatures rise around us, this short film highlights people creating positive change in Black Climate Justice. @cjaourpower.bsky.social

For Rachel Sherman, being a “class traitor” means rejecting wealth hoarding and disrupting the power dynamic in philanthropy. Class traitors give in unconventional ways, organize their base of donors, invest for redistribution and use all levers of power toward justice. bit.ly/npqseries5

By offering her family history, Katrina Schaffer shows how centering disability justice can extend justice to all. She shares what she’s learned about organizing family members to move money and take risks alongside movements. bit.ly/npqseries4

Margi Dashevsky shows that donor organizing grounded in Indigenous leadership, climate justice, and redistribution can redefine wealth, build power and strengthen the movement work that facilitates collective healing in Alaska. bit.ly/npqseries3

Deborah Sagner names how philanthropy has actively excluded funding Palestinian liberation from progressive funding spaces and shows how educating funders is essential to building accountability and resourcing movements for Palestinian human rights. bit.ly/npqseries2

In a new series, co-produced by Nonprofit Quarterly and Solidaire Network, Farhad Ebrahimi makes the case for organizing donors and funders as a core strategy for transforming people with wealth, building power and winning justice: bit.ly/npqseries1

Targeting philanthropy isn’t going to prevent people from supporting Palestinians. Inside Philanthropy reports on how funders are being attacked to silence people standing up for peace and Palestinian human rights. We stand with Palestinian people and our movement partners: bit.ly/SN-IP

Must read about the ingenious organizing on the ground in MN, the few funders who are stepping up and a reminder to us all to do more.

Dawn Wolfe@drwolfe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Whether you're looking to give or just spread the word about what #philanthropy and #nonprofits are doing in MN, here's a roundup. @insidephilanthropy.com @headwatersfdn.bsky.social @palfrey.org @solidaire.bsky.social

The climate crisis is reshaping every issue we care about. However, for much of philanthropy, climate remains at the margins. Join the CLIMA Fund for a four-part learning series, Not If, But How, that unpacks the climate crisis and how to reach grassroots solutions: Register now: bit.ly/NIBH-26

Solidaire's Building the Fire Fund (BFF), Turtle Island’s only national fund dedicated to Indigenous Reproductive Justice, has released an RFP for an Indigenous Reproductive Justice Landscape Assessment. Learn more here: solidairenetwork.org/announcement...

What does it take to build true financial resilience for gender justice movements? A new learning report from Gender Funders CoLab and Valiente Capital Design. Read the report: bit.ly/4p9wqYt

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The first two episodes of the Reimagining Philanthropy film series, Philanthropy & Racial Justice Funding, are live! It is an ongoing series of short films about some of the most important issues in philanthropy, featuring Solidaire members and partners: www.philanthropyfilms.org

Philanthropy Films

Watch here beginning December 3, 2025

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Solidaire members are proud to support @DemocracyFund.bsky.social #AllByApril campaign to ask philanthropy to move all 501(c)(3) funds to support community governing power out the door by April 30, 2026. Democracy can’t wait, and neither can those defending it. Learn more at www.allbyapril.org

Divesting from harm and investing in justice is part of choosing to be on the side of people over profit, people over empire, communities over isolation. Funding Freedom’s latest toolkit helps turn your values to action: www.divestgenocide.org

It’s a great day to learn more about @vetsaboutface.bsky.social.

Become ungovernable@lakermaker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“You are not alone!” I told military members questioning the morality of their orders to deploy to Chicago. @vetsaboutface.bsky.social can connect you with veterans like me who chose to resist. Read more from the press conference and other About Face members. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

This holiday season, we’re saying NO to exploitation – and YES to empowerment. No to @Target, @HomeDepot, @Amazon 🚫🚫🚫 and corporations that back regressive policies, cave to anti-DEI pressure, and let ICE terrorize our communities while people go hungry. #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫🚫🚫

For @insidephilanthropy.com, here's a report about right-wing online and government threats against #foundations and #nonprofits -- and what to do to protect yourself. #philanthropy #doxxing #cybersecurity. @solidaire.bsky.social @borealisphil.bsky.social

Trolls Are Coming for Nonprofits and Funders. Here’s What to Know and What to Do About It

Egged on by the government, threats against progressive funders and nonprofits have become more numerous and more virulent since the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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