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https://ssir.org/articles/entry/protest_movements_need_the_funding_they_deserve

Moving more money to mass protest
Sometimes, to win the game, you have to change the rules—and that is what movements can do when they are valued and supported. Philanthropists committed to wide-scale change have an opportunity to add mass mobilization to their portfolio of transformative strategies. Already, large funding institutions like Ford Foundation are recognizing that mass movements have significant ripple effects on other strategies for change.

There is a robust field of expertise that informs funders on how to invest in strategies like advocacy and service, but less so for mass protest. At the Ayni Institute, we are developing more materials for philanthropists to better understand and resource mass mobilizations. By acknowledging some of the main barriers that have led funders to underestimate mass protest in the past, we can start to create a new sense among philanthropists that culture shift is worth tackling head on.

In the next and final article of this three-part series, Carlos Saavedra will dive deeper into the ways funders can recognize groups that are driving mass protest and supply them with resources to sustain the energy of a movement.

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