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Blog Archives: February 2019

• A Dialogue About Democracy and Capitalism: Q&A with Stephen Heintz

February 28, 2019
Stephen Heintz, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
On January 29, Confluence Philanthropy hosted an online discussion between Rockefeller Brothers Fund president Stephen Heintz and author-activist Naomi Klein, two dynamic thinkers at the intersection of democracy and capitalism, moderated by Dana Lanza, the Confluence CEO. While the lively conversation provoked new thinking about our approaches to global challenges like climate change, it did not leave time for live Q&A. In a follow-up below, Stephen Heintz tackles some of the questions submitted by members of our audience during the eve ...

• A Dialogue about Democracy & Capitalism with Naomi Klein and Stephen Heintz, Facilitated by Dana Lanza

February 22, 2019
  Confluence had the honor of hosting a webinar with the inimitable Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything, and Stephen Heintz, the visionary president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. We expected the conversation to diverge from philanthropy’s mainstream: our theme was a dialogue about democracy and capitalism and the speakers are two of the foremost thinkers around philanthropy and social change. But what we received was a soul-shaking wake-up call about the state of the world, as well as some surprising moments of hope. Our ...

• Investing in Indian Country

February 18, 2019
On Monday, January 28, Confluence was honored to co-sponsor a webinar with the Investors and Indigenous Peoples Working Group (IIPWG). The subject: How do we bring investment to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities? The lack of investment in Indian country is dire. “Resources just aren’t coming to Native America,” said Confluence’s CEO Dana Lanza. “In grantmaking, less than 1% of dollars come to tribal communities. It’s hard to understand how that could be possible, but it’s the truth.” Without vigilance, she ...

• Advancing Racial Equity in Investments

February 01, 2019
Of the world’s $70+ trillion in investments, little more than 1% is controlled by firms owned by women and people of color. Likewise, women and people of color comprise less than 13% of investment managers or executive committee-level staff. How to facilitate real change – undergirding discussions of “DEI” (diversity, equity and inclusion) with a substantial transfer of capital – was the focus of Confluence’s day-and-a-half retreat in mid-January at the California Endowment. As part of our Kellogg-funded racial equity initiative, and ...