racial justice.  systems change.  sustaining movements.

​For over a decade, Movement Matters has been a significant strategic partner to the Greater Washington Community Foundation. They have helped us understand and navigate the community organizing landscape around issues ranging from public education to economic justice, and create and implement initiatives that have deepened community engagement around these issues.

​I strongly recommend Movement Matters to other philanthropic institutions that are developing their strategy for supporting racial and economic justice work.
Dawnn Leary,
​Senior Community Investment Officer, Greater Washington Community Foundation.

​Funder Training and Technical Assistance

Movement Matters provides training and technical assistance to foundations and philanthropists who want to align their giving with progressive systems change and racial justice values.

​We provide direct training  to foundation staff and boards on community organizing, advocacy, and other systems change approaches⏤to better understand the context and application of these approaches and how to support them. We also provide guidance and technical assistance on giving strategies⏤identifying racially just and democratic policies and practices for the distribution of resources that support a healthy movement building infrastructure.

​We continue to put our combined 40+ years of direct work with organizers, institutions, researchers, and campaigns to support the development of work that dismantles supremacy and racial inequity, centers systems change, and sustains movements.​

Shifting Philanthropy for Movement Building©

Over the last several years, many within the philanthropic sector have identified community organizing as a critical strategy in achieving systemic change and racial justice. This realization has become more pronounced in the current moment of pandemic and political upheaval. Despite this recognition, it can be difficult from a funder perspective to understand what organizing really is, much less how to support it. ​

Movement Matters has decades of experience helping grassroots groups build their organizing capacity, and also helping funders navigate and strategize how to best support movement work. We have taken this experience and condensed it into a half-day organizing training for funders.
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This 5-hour training helps funders ground themselves in such knowledge as:
  • What is organizing and how is it different from other change strategies?
  • Why is organizing a critical change strategy, especially in the current environment?
  • How is organizing a central approach to achieving racial equity?
  • What are the central components of organizing work and how can funders engage with grassroots partners to better understand and support their work?
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Shifting Philanthropy for Movement Building©

To build in necessary time for reflection, this training is divided into 2 consecutive sessions.
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This training is led by Movement Matters team members, David Haiman and David Hunt. Both bring extensive experience working at the grassroots and philanthropic levels.​
Course Logistics: 
​6 content hours + handouts and resources.​
​Attendance at both sessions is required.

​2023 DATES TBD: 10AM - 12:30PM EST
Session 1: TBD (3 hrs)
Session 2: TBD (3 hrs)
Registration Form: Shifting Philanthropy for Movement Building
​Cost: TBD
​Limit: 18 participants.
​The registration process is currently closed. Stay tuned for final 2023 dates.
​Connect with us if you have any questions.
For more information on Movement Matters' Funder Training and Technical Assistance, connect with us.

Movement Matters is based in Washington, DC.
We work regionally with various communities and with national partners.
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