Kolibri 2025 Reimagining Resistance Fund As Kolibri prepares to spend down its resources by 2027, the Foundation remained steadfast in being responsive to the current moment by supporting organizations to drive sustained systems change work for justice. The Reimagining Resistance Fund is Kolibri’s final multi-year grantmaking cycle before sunsetting in Fall 2027. In its last… Read more →
Originally published on Listen to Community. A new podcast from our partner Fund for Shared Insight features a powerful conversation about shifting power in family philanthropy. Eileen Farbman, co-founder and board co-chair of the Kolibri Foundation, sits down with consultant Molly Schultz Hafid for an open and detailed walk-through of Kolibri’s journey from a traditional family foundation… Read more →
We continue to support organizations and leaders that work to defend their communities, BUILD POWER, experiment with new strategies and advance BOLD VISIONS for systems change. The Reimagining Power Fund marks our second granting cycle since the Kolibri Foundation’s public launch in 2022.
Originally published on Non Profit Quarterly. How can family foundations and donors stop perpetuating inequities within the communities and causes they serve? By centering community leadership, wisdom, and voices in grantmaking. This approach to giving is known as participatory philanthropy. As two practitioners of participatory philanthropy who have worked with a wide range of foundations, we… Read more →
Washington, DC (February 28, 2023) – The Kolibri Foundation has announced that over $3 million has been awarded to twenty-six organizations as part of their 2022 inaugural grant cycle titled the “Reimagining Safety Fund.” As part of Kolibri’s Ending Gender and Sexual Based Violence initiative, this grant cycle sought to exclusively fund organizations working to transform… Read more →
Originally published on Giving Compass. Eileen Farbman’s 30-year philanthropic journey began with a focus on issues facing women, from domestic violence to human trafficking. As she became closer to the problems and saw families navigate the prison system, she began to realize how the systems were stacked against communities of color. She also began to… Read more →
