Movement Strategy Center’s Fundraising Task Force Blazes a New Path for Fiscal Sponsorship Fundraising It’s not a secret: Raising money is hard. Nonprofits around the world dedicate countless hours and funds to writing grant proposals and chasing individual donors in hopes they see the slightest increase…
Art.coop’s New Fellowship Supports Six Arts and Culture Groups Remember the Future At a time when the future seems more uncertain than ever, many of us will be looking toward artists and the arts to help us imagine a world of liberation, interdependence, and resilience. We…
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored…
Love Wins NYC Combats Food Insecurity With Compassion For All Welcome to New York “Everyone gets a hug.” Daniel Puerto, founder of Love Wins NYC , a queer-centric, volunteer-led organization helping combat food insecurity throughout the city, greets volunteers and community members alike with open arms,…
Movement Strategy Center Visits a Beacon of Community Revitalization April weather is anything but predictable in Saginaw, Mich. It was sunshine one moment and rain showers the next; cool in the morning with temperatures and humidity sneaking up over the course of the day. That unpredictability…
How Movement Strategy Center’s Wellness Program is Transforming Nonprofit Work Culture Like the activists and communities we support, those of us working at nonprofits are prone to burnout — funding is tight, to-do lists are long, the issues at hand are complex, and most of us…
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored…
Tiana Moon of Brown Boi Project on Liberatory Masculinity, their Retreat and the Future At the heart of social transformation, where the push for equity meets the personal journey of identity, Brown Boi Project (BBP) carves out a space for radical reimagination. Since its inception in…
Movement Strategy Center’s Movement Infrastructure and Innovation Team Strategized, Bonded, and Built Culture During Their Recent Retreat Movement Strategy Center’s (MSC) Movement Infrastructure and Innovation Team (MIIC) held a successful retreat at MSC’s offices in downtown Oakland. Spanning three days, the busy schedule fostered reflection, creative…
A Movement Strategy Center Project Advisor Shares her Retreat Experience Meet Alejandra García Lezama, a member of MSC’s Movement Infrastructure Innovation Center (MIIC) and project advisor to Alliance for Felix Cove (A4FC). She recently attended A4FC’s annual retreat. A4FC, a fiscally sponsored project, is working to…
Movement Strategy Center’s Advancement Team Further Developed Team Relationships and Organization-Aligned Strategic Goals During Their Recent Retreat Movement Strategy Center’s (MSC) Advancement team arrived on a beautiful spring day in Manhattan eager to build upon their connections with each other and their work; and for one…
Our Storytelling Series Features the Folks Most Associated With MSC’s History: Meet Julie Quiroz In this installment we get to know strategist and storyteller Julie Quiroz — formerly of Movement Strategy Center (MSC) and founder of New Moon Collaborations, a Movement Strategy Network (MSN) partner. “Are…
MSC Celebrates Anasa Trouman’s Vision for Memphis as a Beacon of Hope As Women’s History Month draws to a close and we approach the anniversary of the pivotal end of the sanitation workers’ strike on April 16, we seek to honor new chapters written in the…
Movement Strategy Center Highlights Milestones, Stories, and Achievements from the Ecosystem Community Chronicles is a seasonal shout-out to our ecosystem partners and their incredible achievements. Read on for some of the ways our ever-growing list of over 150 community-led and centered partners — including Fiscally Sponsored…
New Program Gives Donors a Chance to be a Part of Their Own Impact Investing Story In late 2023, MSC launched the Movement Strategy Center Donor Advised Fund (DAF) program, allowing individuals, families, companies, private foundations, trusts, and other entities to invest their assets toward building…
2024 Time Woman of the Year, Earth Award Recipient, and MSC Board Member We’re thrilled to celebrate Movement Strategy Center (MSC) Board Member Jacqui Patterson being chosen as one of 12 2024 Time Women of the Year! Patterson’s Woman of the Year profile lifts up her…
A Collaborative Refresh Informed by Community Feedback — Explore the Guide At Movement Strategy Center, our dedication to language as a transformative tool recently inspired a significant update to our Glossary and Terms to Avoid webpage — an in depth resource for definitions and terms to…
MSC on Essential Mindset Shifts for Stronger Movements What do you think of when you hear the word conflict? Maybe it’s that tense moment in a scary movie — spooky music and squeaking doors. Maybe it’s on the news — clashing heads of state and political…
