I am interested in what happens when we stop asking institutions to recognize us and instead deepen our commitment to one another. What kinds of memory become possible when legitimacy is no longer the goal? What futures can take root when we trust living knowledge?
Multimedia Archive
Chrissplains Nonbinary Advocacy to Cisgender People, Topic: Do something for trans kids with as much conviction as you came for Ed Sheeran for doing nothing.
If you live in a state with anti-trans ballot measures, it’s your time to decide if you are Robert Kraft, Ed Sheeran, and Pink or Macklemore, Boega, Aaron Rowe, and Lukas Graham. Are you aligning yourself with Focus on the Family, Scott Yenor, and Project 2025? Or are you going to recognize that trans liberation is inextricably tied to all other fights for liberation you support?
Patchwork: A digital illustration depicting what it’s like to work in a nonprofit
Being in a nonprofit, there is always a feeling of pride in your work; you walk around with your head held high because of what you do. But at the same time, you are embattled by what it takes to do your work. You rarely get your flowers.
Mexican Dahlia: Ancestry in bloom
Mexican Dahlia: Ancestry in Bloom honors the parts of myself shaped by migration, silence, grief, ceremony, rupture, and return. The dahlia is not simply an emblem. It is a living bloom of memory, rooted and reaching at once.
“I would have done more, but…”
In 1969, a law required private foundations to distribute 5% of their hoard. This means that a foundation hoarding $1 million only has to pay out a max of $50k. Most foundations do this – the absolute minimum – regardless of the condition of the world and how much funding is actually needed.
Becoming the desert’s memory
Becoming the Desert’s Memory reflects the endurance, wisdom, and adaptive beauty of disabled, Black, Native, and of color bodies – how we grow, re-member, and make meaning within conditions not meant for our thriving.
A Conversation About Giving in Different Contexts and Countries
By Carol Ng’ang’a and Martha Lidia Oxi Chuy
In this conversation about giving in different contexts and cultures, Carol Ng’ang’a (Kenya) and Martha Lidia Oxi Chuy (Guatemala) discuss what giving looks like in their different cultures.
CCF + the Social Change Ecosystem with Deepa Iyer
Community-Centric Fundraising’s Rachel D’Souza talked with Building Movement Project’s Deepa Iyer, creator of the Social Change Ecosystem about how to determine your role in the Social Change Ecosystem and what we can all do to meet the challenges our sector currently faces.
Once upon a whisper in the wind: A CCF origin story
By Dāna James and Naseem Kapdi
Once upon a time—not in a castle, but in a fogged-up café tucked away in Seattle—nine fundraisers gathered around a wobbly table, laughter too loud for the space, mugs clinking instead of glasses.
A love letter to the changemakers
I am the living, breathing embodiment of the highest dreams of all my ancestors and you are too, because I am a changemaker. And so are you.
Beyond Philanthropy: Community-driven solutions
By Monique Curry-Mims and Valerie Johnson
In this episode, Valerie sits down with Andrea Arenas and Michelle Shireen Muri, current consults and members of the Founding Council of Community-Centric Fundraising, to talk about reimagining philanthropy through community-driven solutions.
Chrissplains Nonbinary Advocacy to Cisgender People, Topic: We’re here. We’re natural. We’re nonbinary. And we’re not going anywhere.
Trying to remove us from the public eye isn’t going to change the fact that we exist. And it’ll be nearly impossible to scrub us from history this time around… But it will make it so that not all of us survive until this onslaught of attacks end.