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Working to Build a Fairer World
Senior Program Officer Christopher Harris works in the area of social justice philanthropy at the Ford Foundation. His grant making focuses on strengthening the role of philanthropy on issues of fairness, equity and justice. Harris discusses social justice philanthropy in an interview for the latest issue of Effect, the European Foundation Centre's magazine.
Published in Effect (PDF): Autumn 2009
By Ben Carlin, EFC
Image courtesy of European Foundation Centre.
During recent years, we have seen the growth of a new kind of philanthropy that aims to address the root causes of poverty, often by empowering people to stand up for their rights and demand structural changes that will lead to more fairness and greater equality. Social Justice Philanthropy has become an increasingly significant improtant branch of philanthropic activity, especially in the USA, where it accounts for more than 12% of all grantmaking for foundations (around $3 billion per year).
"Fairness and justice for all groups and individuals" is how the Ford Foundation's Christopher Harris would sumup the concept of social justice. While the term "social justice" can carry "different meanings in different contexts," Harris believes that “notions of fairness and justice remain universal."
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