Our Work

Movement Building

Strengthen relationships and practice solidarity across organizations, communities, and movements to build collective power for lasting change.

About Our Movement Building Work

Lasting movements are sustained through relationships and solidarity. Our Movement Building work explores how organizations and communities connect across differences, navigate challenges together, and build the trust needed for collective action. Through research, practical tools, and shared learning, we help strengthen the relationships and practices that allow solidarity to grow and collective power to endure.

Tools

Movement Building Tools

These tools are designed to inform the nonprofit sector about the nonprofit racial leadership gap and how to work across generations to build leadership for social change. The research conducted by the Building Movement team over the years is based on interviews, case studies, and data. Click on an area above to learn how to support organizations, staff, and board members in their work toward strong leadership.

Move The Money: How Philanthropy Can Support Movement Leadership

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a

Move The Money: What Do Movement Leaders Need From Philanthropy?

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements, a

Move The Money: What is the Role of Philanthropy in Supporting Social Change Movements?

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements,

Move The Money: Why Are Social Change Movements Important?

Building Movement Project (BMP) presents Move The Money: Practices and Values for Funding Social Movements,

Movement Building Resources

Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days

Co-Executive Directorship Learnings

Sounding the Alarm: Nonprofits on the Frontlines of a Polarized Political Climate

Movement Building Posts

Movement Building History and Connections

Movement Building in Nonprofits

Solidarity Lessons from a Year of Crisis and Change