Letting Go: How Philanthropists And Impact Investors Can Do More Good By Giving Up Control: How Philanthropists And Impact Investors Can Do More Good By Giving Up Control

This book is about power -- who has it, and how it's used. It's an open secret: philanthropy today is top-heavy and insular. A glance at the world' largest foundations and impact investment funds reveals that decision-makers tend tp be disproportionately white, male, and from backgrounds of privilege. And decisions tend to be made in a closed, opque way. In Letting Go, Ben Wrobel and Meg Massey tell the story of the funders who have chosen to cede decision-making power to people with lived experience of the problem at hand. The stories range from a global foundation run by and for young feminist activists, to a neighborhood loan fund controlled by working-class residents of color. As this book reveals, it's not only possible to shift power in philanthropy and impact investing - it's imperative in a world where inequality is reaching a breaking point.

• | Author: Ben Wrobel, Meg Massey
• | Publisher: Zorajack Studio
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Business & Economics
• | ISBN-10: 0578858614
• | ISBN-13: 9780578858616