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** Resourcing the Field: The Power of Policy and Philanthropy
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December 17, 2025

For our final Resourcing the Field newsletter of 2025, we look at how both policy and philanthropy—preferably working together—can help build a sturdier civil society and, in so doing, a stronger nonprofit sector.


We begin with a story on advocacy, which tends to be viewed as a combination of grassroots mobilization and lobbying. But more creative options are possible. Tom Tresser writes a bit of a primer on how nonprofits can organize candidate forums ([link removed]) to increase nonprofit visibility and help nonprofit priorities get incorporated into the agendas of local elected officials. Next, we have two stories about resourcing strategies from outside the United States. The first, from Brazil, looks at how community control over philanthropy ([link removed]) allows for better coordination between funders and organizations, helping nonprofits make significant public policy gains. The second examines how social enterprise in Australia has organized itself as a movement ([link removed]) , which has helped fuel
federal support for social enterprise in a country where the concept was largely unknown 15 years ago.


Last but not least, we close with an article on how fiscal sponsors can help movement organizations ([link removed]) not only with grant administration and resourcing but can sometimes provide a measure of political shielding for movement work.


I hope you find these articles useful in thinking about your own work. Best wishes for your own resourcing as you close out 2025.

Steve Dubb

Senior Editor

Economic Justice


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** Must-Read Articles
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How to Use Art Spaces to Build Civic and Political Power

by Tom Tresser

Many nonprofit arts groups have latent political power that they can leverage to advance their missions. It all starts with the physical spaces that organizations like museums and theaters occupy.
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The Power of Direct Community Funding

by Ana Valéria Araújo

Often, the Global South has little say in where foundation resources go. A Brazilian fund and a Brazilian nonprofit, however, show that another path is possible.
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Social Enterprise: Lessons from Down Under

by Vicki Pozzebon

In Australia, social enterprise is widely perceived as being a movement, and federal support plays a key role. There may be lessons in that for US social enterprises.
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Equitable Intermediaries: Power, Protection, Partnership

by Frank Gargione and Andrea Granda

Fiscal sponsorship enables movement nonprofits to focus on mission and not compliance. A coalition has formed to help nonprofits access the supports they need.
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Resourcing the Field is a biweekly newsletter focusing on how we resource the health, wellness, and sustainability of ourselves, our teams, and our impact. From philanthropy to mental health, financial planning to mergers, these are the hard, needed stories, tools, and insights to fuel sustainable workplaces and meaningful community impact.

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