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10-Year Strategy
Solidaire Network’s 10-Year Strategy is a roadmap to liberate wealth for movements to build lasting left power in the United States. Our new strategy was inspired by our 5-Year Retrospective 2018-2022 and Solidaire Action’s Movement Elder-in-Residence Linda Burnham’s Project2050. We embark on this strategic direction with internal rigor and the capacity to learn, innovate, grow, and transform.
Through donor organizing and social movements, we can transform our society so that every community has the resources to flourish. To redistribute stolen wealth and build systems where we care for one another, we must work together strategically and sustainably.
We know that we have a strategic lane to occupy as a donor network, and that through this work, we can not only fundamentally transform philanthropic practices, but impact the flow of resources for a generation.
In a ten-year time frame, it is possible to build new left power and influence in the United States that can have an outsized impact on national and international scales. Communities with access to wealth must join the fight as resource organizers within their networks to liberate wealth for movements. We must match the commitment, calculation, and strategic clarity of our movements.
Having a strategic, long-term view of the future, we do so much more than react to the here and now. Instead, we are invited into a long arc of possibilities that our actions in the present day make possible. As you read this strategy, you will see that we are not alone on this path of fighting for liberation but are bolstered by a network connected by courage, trust, and commitment.
Read our 10-Year Strategy here.
Donor Organizers of the Year: Solidaire Network
Donor Organizers of the Year: Solidaire Network
Inside Philanthropy has named Solidaire Network the Donor Organizers of the Year in their 2022 Philanthropy Awards.
Donor Organizers of the Year: Solidaire Network
A decade into its work, this envelope-pushing progressive donor network has only gotten better at mobilizing money — even as it challenges the legitimacy of philanthropic wealth — and it’s on track to blow away its goal of moving $1 billion by 2029.
Inside Philanthropy is a digital publication covering grant making and charitable giving. Established in 2014 and are one of the top news outlets covering philanthropy. They reach 1.5 million readers per year including 55,000 subscribers to their newsletter. Their mission is to “To pull back the curtain on one of the most powerful and dynamic forces shaping society. Our team of editors, reporters and researchers dig into how foundations and major donors are giving away their money, and why.”
Read about all of the Inside Philanthropy 2022 Philanthropy Award winners here.
Solidaire 5-Year Retrospective 2018 – 2022
Solidaire Network 5-Year Retrospective 2018 – 2022
The Solidaire Network 5-Year Retrospective highlights how our network has grown and innovated between 2018 and 2022. We believe deeply in storytelling, and it is an honor to mirror these reflections of our collective back to you. This report celebrates how our network has grown, the infrastructure we have built, and the wealth redistributed
This interactive report shows our evolution in four sections our members, our movement partners, our culture, and our finance and investments. As we built genuine relationships, sharpened our analysis, and aligned our strategic purpose, our network expanded intentionally to liberate more wealth to movement formations at the frontlines of social justice.
Through data visualization and case studies, the 5-Year Retrospective tells the story of our growth in an easily digestible way. Engage with this report to understand key lessons in our donor organizing, grantmaking, and organizational culture.
The story of Solidaire is deeply rooted in the movements for social justice. We share the wins and struggles of our movement partners who are rallying movements to support underfunded frontline regions, facing emerging digital and physical security threats, and experimenting with restorative economics through land purchases.
We understand that our work is just getting started and will have critical impacts for years to come. Solidaire is working with an urgency that matches that of our movement partners to lay the foundation for a new vision of a future rooted in inclusion, equity, and justice.
Read Solidaire’s 5-Year Retrospective here.