Sponsors

It takes labor, love and money to put on the Making Money Make Change conference. MMMC is a program of Resource Generation and is sponsored and supported by social change foundations, grassroots organizations, and progressive investment firms. The list of our 2011 sponsors has not been finalized, but but below is information on the generous organiziations currently signed on to support MMMC in 2011! If you would like to support Making Money Make Change 2011, please contribute today.

Host Organization: Resource Generation

MMMC is a program of Resource Generation. Previously it was a collaboration between Resource Generation and three partner organizations. Resource Generation organizes young people with financial wealth to leverage resources and privilege for social change.

 

Sponsoring Organizations

 

Astrea Foundation is a dynamic global foundation providing cirtically needed financial support to lesbian-led, trans, LGBTI and progressive organizations.  Separated by language, continents and culture, Astraea grantees are seizing opportunities and laying the groundwork necessary for LGBTI people to claim their human rights.  Astraea staff, board, members and grantees all share a deep committment to feminist principles, racial and economic justice, and human rights.

 

 

Bolder Giving seeks nothing less than to shift the collective culture of giving. Our mission is to inspire and support people to give to their full lifetime potential. We challenge the norms and stereotypes that limit charitable giving through a two-pronged approach. The first is through Inspiration: We gather and share inspirational stories of bold giving from diverse people across the economic spectrum. The second is through Action: We develop tools and advice to help people translate that inspiration into actionable steps to transform their giving. 

Our aim is to encourage people of all backgrounds to:

• Give More - increase their giving as a percent of income, assets or business profits;
• Risk More - shift how they give by exploring opportunities to give collaboratively, to communities besides their own, to social change and entrepreneurial efforts; and
• Inspire More - spark discussions about giving with others and share their giving stories to provide a catalyst for new conversations.

 

 

Calvert Foundation's mission is to maximize the flow of capital to disadvantaged communities in order to create a more equitable and sustainable society. By creating innovative financial products and services, we have made it possible for everyday people, not just institutions, to participate in financial instruments that directly serve communities. It's a win-win. You can lift people out of poverty through an investment that also earns a financial return.

 

Confluence Philanthropy 

 

 

Fresh Pond Capital is an investment advisory firm that helps clients integrate their values with their investments. With access to independent equity research through our partner firm, Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, we guide investors on pathways that can create harmony - personally, financially, and philanthropically. We work together to build customized investment portfolios and look to provide resources to support life goals and social ventures. That can include helping individuals and families identify the emotional impact of money, address the issues raised by relationships and money, deal with inter-family business arrangements, reflect on the question of "How Much is Enough," and engage social change philanthropy.

 

The Funding Exchange (FEX) is a social justice foundation working toward “Change not Charity,” and serving as the national hub of a network of regionally-based foundations. Started 30 years ago by young people with wealth, FEX is charting a bright, bold future together with the Next Generation of multiracial, cross-class donor activists. FEX pioneered an activist-advised model of grantmaking, through which community members sit on grants panels and make funding recommendations in support of grassroots organizations working for social justice. FEX was founded to provide permanent institutional support for grassroots social justice work. Today, FEX focuses on developing its network of 16 (and growing!) member funds while also making grants in places not currently served by the network. FEX members are best situated to understand what local communities need; which groups are the most effective at creating social change; and how they can help build small grassroots organizations into a larger national social movement.

 

 

For 17 years, the Gill Foundation has been an advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality. Today more than ever, we are committed to securing equal opportunity for all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation and gender expression. We go about this work in a variety of ways. Over the years, we have invested $106 million in hundreds of high-impact nonprofits that share our commitment to equality. But we’re more than grantmakers. We’re sometimes leaders and always collaborators. We believe that you can never have too many allies and too few enemies. We share well with others and believe that knowledge should not be treated as a commodity. We introduce people to one another. We convene parties to learn from one another. We enlist, educate, and motivate. We’re responsible and thoughtful. Our work breaks neatly into three primary areas. We advocate for equality by partnering with LGBT nonprofits – both state and national organizations – that work every day to bring about equality. We build a better Colorado by partnering with hundreds of organizations that share our commitment to improving the quality of life for people across the state. We engage donors when we educate and energize them about the wide variety of LGBT nonprofits that further equality through their hard work every day.

 

 

Grassroots International works to create a just and sustainable world by building alliances with progressive movements. We provide grants to our Global South partners and join them in advocating for social change. Our primary focus is on land, water, and food as human rights and nourishing the political struggle necessary to achieve these rights. Grassroots International is a human rights and international development organization that supports community-led sustainable development projects. Since 1983 we have worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, concentrating our efforts in areas where U.S. foreign policy has been an obstacle to positive change and where creative grassroots movements build local solutions to global problems.

 

 

North Star Fund is New York's community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for equality, economic justice and peace.

By organizing donors, raising money for grants, and providing technical assistance, we support efforts ranging from better schools, housing and health care, to protecting civil liberties, creating living wage jobs, and advocating for peace, freedom and human rights.

Since our founding in 1979, North Star Fund has distributed over 29 million dollars to 1,600 groups working to create a more equitable and democratic city for all New Yorkers.

 

RSF Social Finance (RSF) is a pioneering non-profit financial services organization dedicated to transforming the way the world works with money. In partnership with a community of investors and donors, RSF provides capital to non-profit and for-profit social enterprises addressing key issues in the areas of Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts,and Ecological Stewardship.

 

Social Justice FundNorthwest is a foundation working at the frontlines of social change. We leverage the resources of our members to foster significant, long-term social justice solutions throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. 

For the last three decades, our members have been delivering profound social change by investing in grantees that address the root causes of injustice. Our members build community and make grants through Giving Projects, helping create a new, more engaged culture of social justice philanthropists. Our first Giving Project in 2010 was a collaboration with the Seattle Resource Generation chapter. 

As a member-funded and member-driven foundation, Social Justice Fund Northwest relies on the support of our community to achieve our mission. Our supporters are critical allies in our efforts to catalyze long-term, progressive social change.

 

Third Wave Foundation is a feminist, activist foundation that works nationally to support young women and transgender youth ages 15 to 30. Through strategic grantmaking, leadership development, andphilanthropic advocacy, we support groups and individuals working towards gender, racial, economic, and social justice.

 

Tides Foundation: Our mission is to partner with philanthropists, foundations, activists, and organizations across the country and across the globe to promote economic justice, robust democratic processes, and the opportunity to live in a healthy and sustainable environment where human rights are preserved and protected.

 

A pioneer and leader, Trillium Asset Management Corporation ("Trillium") is the oldest and largest independent investment management firm in the U.S. solely devoted to sustainable and responsible investing. Since our founding in 1982, clients have chosen Trillium because of our long history of providing competitive investment returns, personalized service, and our deep commitment to advancing environmental sustainability, social justice and human rights through innovative investment, research, and advocacy.

 

Wealth for the Common Good  is a network of business leaders, high-income households and partners working together to promote shared prosperity and fair taxation. Our membership includes entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, school teachers, engineers and elected officials of all backgrounds, political stripes and from all over the country.

Over the last 30 years, economic policies in America have slowly but surely shifted to disproportionately benefit the nation’s top earners. Wealth for the Common Good, which represents many of these individuals, was organized to help rebalance our economic system. Our goal is to contribute to the public debate on taxes and support President Obama and Congress in creating a more progressive tax code.