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Defining Change Capital

Leaders dedicated to supporting families are regularly showcasing their incredible creativity and agility in finding solutions to our most pressing challen ...

BY Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Blog Post

04.08.2025
Philanthropy

Unlocking Potential: Regional Place-Based Investments

Aspen CSG Co-Executive Director Chris Estes shares why place-based investments are critical at the White House Summit on Capital Support for Place-Based Economic Development.

BY Chris Estes

Blog Post

08.15.2024
Philanthropy

Funding Rural Futures: Call to Action

What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

05.31.2024
Philanthropy

Shifting Funding to Meet Community Needs

Insights and learnings from rural practitioners and funders on how funders can work to transform their thinking and action to better support their communities.

BY Community Strategies Group

Blog Post

04.29.2024
Philanthropy

2023 Course Book: Seminar on Strategy for AEF Leaders

Review the Course Book of the sixth edition of the groundbreaking professional development program for artist-endowed foundation leaders, presented by AEFI and hosted by 500 Capp Street Foundation | David Ireland House; the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation; the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation; the Gordon Parks Foundation; and the Woodman Family Foundation.

BY Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative/AEFI

Publication

04.26.2024
Philanthropy

Building Funder Capacity to Work with Communities: A Rural Environmental Justice Case Study

This short case study has insights and tips on how funders are shifting gears to learn communities’ processes and practices, enabling more equitable partnerships and impactful projects that meet community needs.

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

03.05.2024
Philanthropy

Maximizing Donor Impact Using the Field Strategist Lens

Aspen Institute Vice President and PSI Executive Director Jane Wales in conversation with Chloe Cockburn, president of Just Impact Advisors.

BY Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

Blog Post

01.18.2023
Philanthropy

How Field Strategists Could Deepen Philanthropy’s Impact

Aspen Institute Vice President and PSI Executive Director, Jane Wales in conversation with Chloe Cockburn, president of Just Impact Advisors.

BY Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

Blog Post

01.17.2023
Philanthropy

Rural Capacity-Building Tips

Community and economic development practitioners and community members gathered at a Thrive Rural Open Field session to share tips, techniques, and resources to help build rural and Native nations’ capacity. During the event, participants shared tips useful for local, regional, and national funders.

BY Community Strategies Group

Blog Post

05.19.2022
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