The Foundation Review is the first peer-reviewed journal of philanthropy, written by and for foundation staff and boards, and those who work with them implementing programs. It provides rigorous research and writing, presented in an accessible style.
Our mission: To share evaluation results, tools, and knowledge about the philanthropic sector in order to improve the practice of grantmaking, yielding greater impact and innovation.
Current Issue: Volume 16, Issue 2 (2024) Democracy, Equity, and Power
This issue is open access and free to download thanks to funders and in honor of the journal's 15th anniversary.Executive Summary
Front Matter
Editorial
Free Access
A Philanthropic Theory of Systems Transformation for Advancing Equity in the Polycrisis
Michael Quinn Patton and Ruth Richardson
Forest for the Trees: Collective Accountability and Trust as Groundwork for Systems Change
Shaady Salehi and Pia Infante
Resourcing Transformational Strategies: How Funding With the Right Timescales, Places, and Relationships Can Advance Multiracial Feminist Democracy
Lauren Jacobs, Elly Matsumura, Rachel Rosner, and Eric Wat
Seeding Impact: Shifting From Orchestration to Emergence
Marilyn Darling and Veena Pankaj
What Practices for Shifting Power Are Core to Advancing Racial Equity?
Kantahyanee W. Murray, Ji Won Shon, Ashley Barnes, Natalia Ibanez, Karuna Sridharan Chibber, Janelle Armstrong-Brown, and Elvis Fraser
Strategy for Now
Jara Dean-Coffey and Jill Casey
Raising the Bar: Improving How to Assess Evidence Quality in Evaluating Systems-Change Efforts
Marina Apgar, Thomas Aston, Mieke Snijder, and Tom Zwollo
The Weight of Power: Reframing Evaluation in Philanthropy to Amplify the Voices of Communities of Color
Martena Reed, Blanca Flor Guillen-Woods, Kantahyanee W. Murray, Dabney Brice, Ashley Barnes, and Liza Mueller
Advocacy and Bridging Strategies Are Failing on Their Own. Multifaith Nonprofits Embody Six Solutions for a Pluralistic Democracy
Allison K. Ralph
Enticing Institutions to Become More Inclusive and Responsive: Lessons From The Colorado Health Foundation’s Locally Focused Work
Douglas Easterling, Jehan Benton-Clark, Scott Downes, and Phillip Chung
