PHILANTHROPY’S ROLE IN MOVEMENT
BUILDING
Scaling What Works, an initiative of
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
May 21, 2013
Agenda
• Introductions
• What is Movement Building? (Building
Movement Project)
• Funder’s Role in Building Movements
(DentaQuest Foundation)
• Q&A
• Final Thoughts
Who is on the line?
Sean ThomasBreitfeld
Building Movement
Project
Ralph Fuccillo
Meghan Duffy
DentaQuest Foundation
GEO
About GEO & Scaling What Works
GEO’s mission
Understanding that grantmakers are
successful only to the extent that their
grantees achieve meaningful results, GEO
promotes strategies and practices that
contribute to grantee success.
Scaling What Works
 Helps funders who want to support highperforming nonprofits
 Leverages the work of the Social Innovation Fund
 Extracts and shares learning:
• Collaborative funding and problem-solving
• Evidence-based decision making
• Flexible and capacity-building funding
Movement Building
By Valerie Everett: http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/2350197001/
Collaboration around a common
social change agenda.
Poll
Are you currently supporting
collaboration among your
grantees around a common
social change agenda?
Sean ThomasBreitfeld
Building Movement
Project
What is a Movement?
Social Movements
Individuals and groups
Common set of concerns/values
Vision for change
Come together/critical mass
Create change
Characteristics of Movement Building
1.
Vision
2.
Collective Action/Identity
3.
Mobilization/Strategy
4.
Sustained Action/Sparks
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Success
1. Vision
• Movements change the status quo
• Make possible what seems impossible
Banksy
2. Collective Action/Identity
• Movements make invisible systems visible
• Movements create a sense of common identity
Img source: libcom.org
3. Strategy/Mobilization
• Analysis and Approaches
• Plan
• Action
Img source: berfrois.com
4. Sustained Action/Sparks
© Washington Post/Getty Images
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Building Relationships
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Working Together
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Creating Networks
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Deep & Wide
Building Relationships
Img source: centerfortransformingcommunities.org
Creating Networks
Img source: Mikhail Metzel/AP
5. Success
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Movement
Sparks
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Change
Happens
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Challenges
What Funders Can Do
Masters and Osborne
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Authentic base and base building
Leadership
Vision and Ideas
Alliances
Advocacy Infrastructure
Movement Capacity Building
 Emphasis on the cross-organizational
 Identify everyone’s role in the larger vision
 Create an association of organizations
committed to social change
 Reflect on impact for individual
organizations’ participation
 Give more than money
 Anticipate and prepare for changes in
leadership
Ralph Fuccillo
DentaQuest
Foundation
“a silent epidemic” of dental and oral
diseases is affecting some population
groups—a burden of disease that
restricts activities in school, work,
and home, and often significantly
diminishes the quality of life.”
Surgeon General Report, 2000, Oral Health in America
Building a National Movement
for Oral Health 1999-2009
12 year old
Charity vs. Justice
By Dr. Coop:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/professorcooper/4665068
172/
Building a National Movement
for Oral Health 2009-2013
Where We Are Heading
Ideal State
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Integrated in health policy
Policies are protected and
adopted
Surveillance systems
Consistency across levels
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Strong, stable safety net
Sufficient and equitable access
Care based on prevention and
disease management
Prevention integrated into
primary care
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Sufficient public funding
Alignment of payment with
prevention and management
Philanthropic engagement
Integrated into education and
social services
Effective navigation of
community-based prevention and
care
Oral health literacy
How We Are Getting There
Core Values and Principles
• Diverse and effective partnerships
• Building trust
• Shared leadership
• Integrity and transparency
• Respectful relationships
• Creativity and innovation
• Comprehensive approaches
• Forward looking solutions
Results: Collective Impact
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Takeaways for Grantmakers
 Always ask, “what’s the root cause?”
 Catalyze change through network
development
 Be aware of points of resistance
 Take on the role of convener
 Support science and evidence to make your
case
 Your mission is your guiding star
Questions?
Parting Thoughts
Sean ThomasBreitfeld
Building Movement
Project
Ralph Fuccillo
DentaQuest Foundation
Additional Resources
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Social Movements and Philanthropy: How Foundations Can
Support Movement Building, Barbara Masters and Torie
Osborn (2010)
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Making Change: How Social Movements Work and How to
Support Them, Manuel Pastor and Rhonda Ortiz (2009)
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Transactions, Transformations, Translations (Manuel
Pastor, Jennifer Ito, Rachel Rosner (2011)
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Building Organizations in a Movement Moment, Beth
Zemsky and David Mann (2008)
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Alliance for Justice: www.ajf.org
Leveraging Grantmaking – Part 2: Aligning Programmatic
Approaches With Complex Systems Dynamics, David
Stroh, Bridgeway Partners and Kathleen Zurcher (2010)
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