Tides Programs, Funds & Initiatives

Tides General Brochure 12 pgs PDF
Tides Fiscal Sponsorship Brochure 12 pgs PDF
Tides Green Workspaces Brochure 6 pgs PDF
Tides Institutional Philanthropy Brochure 12 pgs PDF
Tides Tools for Social Innovation 6 pgs PDF
Tides Catalyst Fund Brochure 12 pgs PDF
Tides Catalyst Fund: Year One Evaluation 71 pgs PDF
The Collaborative Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness 4 pgs PDF
Bridging the Economic Divide 2 pgs PDF
Voter Action: Constant Campaign 2 pgs PDF
Reproductive Justice 2 pgs PDF
Iraq Peace Fund 4 pgs PDF
Planned Giving 7 pgs PDF

Donor Guides

The right to the city cover imageThe Right to the City
Reclaiming our urban centers, reframing human rights, and redefining citizenship: A conversation between donor activist Connie Cagampang Heller and Gihan Perera of the Miami Workers Center.
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Changing the social climate cover imageChanging the Social Climate
How global warming affects economic justice, the future of the progressive movement, and whether your child walks to school.
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36 pgs
Global Change cover imageGlobal Change
A guide to giving for global change; publication of Tides Foundation.
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20 pgs
What's Next cover imageWhat’s Next
Supporting the evolution of social change movements; publication of Tides Foundation.
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Arc-ing Towards Justic cover imageArcing Toward Justice
The Evolution of the Living Wage Movement. Sponsored by the Bridging the Economic Divide Initiative of Tides Foundation.
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Fiscal Sponsorship

Realize the Possibilities
An overview of fiscal sponsorship services provided by Tides, with client case studies.
More Than Money: Fiscal Sponsorship's Unrealized Potential
Conversations with foundation executives and philanthropic thought leaders informed this May 2007 brief that highlights misconceptions and potential uses of fiscal sponsorship.
Fiscal Sponsorship Field Scan: Understanding Current Needs and Practices
This whitepaper provides a summary of data gathered through a 2006 national survey of fiscal sponsors.
Strengthening Nonprofit Institutions in Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador
Published in February 2006, this paper analyzes the global applicability of fiscal sponsorship.
El Fortalecimiento de las Instituciones sin Fines de Lucro en Mexico, Costa Rica y El Salvador
Este papel analiza la aplicabilidad global de los servicios de Tides Center. Publicado en febrero de 2006.
How Fiscal Sponsorship Nurtures Nonprofits
By Third Sector New England Executive Director Jonathan Spack. Posted by permission.
Fiscal Sponsorship: The State of a Growing Service
Trust for Conservation Innovation commissioned a study of the state of fiscal sponsorship and project incubation practices. Posted here by permission, this paper summarizes the study’s findings.

Dockets & Reports

Shared Services Benchmarking Study (2009)
Executive Summary: Best Practices for Network Shared Service Models. This study looks into networked shared service models, in particular; these are shared service models run by a business or organization to serve internal business units in order to run the whole organization more effectively.
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Reproductive Justice Docket (2006)
Tides Foundation invites you to support the 14 outstanding organizations that comprise our Spring 2006 Reproductive Justice Fund Docket. Working from coast to coast, these groups are building a powerful reproductive justice movement.
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Survey: Tides Foundation Surveys Nonprofits on the Progressive Movement (2004)
Tides Foundation has always tried reach out to listen to the field in shaping its vision and work. We hope that the information from this survey will help us to do this work more strategically and effectively.
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Communication Resources

Opportunity Agenda: American Values
Opportunity is a core American Belief. A publication in partnership with the Opportunity Agenda.
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Words That Work: Messaging for Economic Justice
A join project of Tides Foundation and the SPIN Project.
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Winning Wages: A Media Kit for Successful Living Wage Strategies
A Joint Project of Tides Foundation and the SPIN Project
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Momentum 2006: Resources

Arts and Culture
Art, Truth and Politics By Harold Pinter
Ripples of the Fourth Wave: New York’s Vibepoetry By Dana Edell
Civic Participation
Rewriting Our Rotten History of Elections By Matthew Wheeland
Economic Justice
What is a Living Wage? By Jon Gertner
Global Change
Going Local on a Global Scale: Rethinking Food Trade in the Era of Climate Change, Dumping, and Rural Poverty By Kirsten Schwind
Venezuela Leads the Way: Welfare Mothers and Grassroots Women are the Workers for Social Change by Cory Fischer-Hoffman
Race and Poverty
Looking For Common Ground by David Bacon
The Future of the Ninth Ward By Daisy Hernández
Rebuilding on Poisoned Ground by Oskar Cole and Cleo Woelfle-Erskine
Washing Away the Veil: Katrina and the Racial Wealth Divide By Chaka A. K. Uzondu
Reproductive Justice
A New Vision For Advancing Our Movement By the Asian Communitues for Reproductive Justice
Sustainability
Apollo Now By William Greider
Vision & Values
From the War on Poverty to an Economy that Works for All By Beth Shulman
Wrong About the Right By Jean Hardisty & Deepak Bhargava

Momentum 2006: Funding Strategy Papers

Introduction to Funding Strategies: The Momentum Papers 4 pgs PDF
Arts and Culture 5 pgs PDF
Civic Participation 6 pgs PDF
Economic Justice 9 pgs PDF
Global Change 9 pgs PDF
Race and Poverty 5 pgs PDF
Reproductive Justice 8 pgs PDF
Sustainability 7 pgs PDF
Vision & Values 7 pgs PDF
Download the entire Momentum Booklet, including all of the articles listed above. 64 pgs PDF

Outside Publications

Visit Allison Fine's website at afine.us to learn more about her book Momentum:  Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age Link

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