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Haymarket People's Fund Sustainability Statement

Aug 24, 2023
1 min read

Updated: Feb 16, 2024

Moving Toward Organizational Sustainability


As Haymarket continues our decades-long journey towards liberation, we want to share some reflections on the history that brought us to where we are and our plans to sustain funding for grassroots anti-racist organizing and movement-building work across New England.

In our grantmaking model, the power and voice of the community are at the forefront of our decisions. They have been the foundation of our work since Haymarket's inception. It has taken decades for the larger philanthropic sector to follow suit and begin taking steps to give decision-making power to those most impacted by racism. In honoring our commitment to Haymarket’s values and principles and uplifting transparency and accountability, this document is intended to give people an opportunity to understand more about Haymarket's financial history, challenges, and our current financial goals and plans as we work towards financial sustainability.





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We understand folks may have some questions! We will be hosting a presentation in October. If you would like to submit questions, click HERE.

 
 
 

22 Comments


thekidattheback
2 days ago

The Sustainability Statement makes a useful connection between community decision-making and the financial realities of sustaining grassroots anti-racist organizing across New England. Reading it brought to mind a2o lite neon dance and a broader question about what helps projects endure beyond their initial momentum. For Haymarket, I’d be interested in how the October presentation will connect the financial goals with transparency and accountability while preserving the community’s power over grantmaking decisions.

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thekidattheback
4 days ago

Haymarket’s emphasis on giving decision-making power to those most impacted by racism makes the financial sustainability discussion especially meaningful. I recently came across the title the coffin of andy and leyley, which left me thinking about how names frame expectations; here, organizational sustainability clearly means sustaining community control as well as funding. Will the October presentation explain how grassroots anti-racist organizing across New England will shape financial priorities when resources are limited?

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thekidattheback
6 days ago

Putting community decision-making alongside a frank account of financial sustainability makes the Haymarket People's Fund Sustainability Statement feel particularly useful. Funding grassroots anti-racist organizing across New England requires commitments that can survive beyond a single fundraising cycle. Even when I come across a creative project like sprunki phase 5, I find myself wondering what sustains the work behind it. Will the October presentation explain how community voices will help shape the financial goals?

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Reading through Haymarket's 2023 Sustainability Statement highlights how much thought is going into actionable ESG goals, especially around ethical supply chain management and reducing carbon footprints across digital, print, and live events. It is encouraging to see organisations commit to ISO accreditations and transparent reporting rather than just relying on generic environmental pledges. Honestly, whenever complex research assignments and simulation modeling pile up alongside my daily workload, I sometimes lean on Expert Multisim Assignment Help to keep my schedule balanced without getting overwhelmed by technical details. It is great to see clear benchmarks being set to hold operations accountable over the long run. Do you reckon more media organisations will adopt ISO 20121 standards for sustainable live event management in…

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Transparency and accountability matter most when readers can connect the budget to the grantmaking model. An informal creative session could give newcomers a gentler way to meet people and ask questions before a financial presentation. Something free and simple, such as the dressmaking game at https://dressmaker.pro/, might serve as an icebreaker. I would keep the activity brief and make the main conversation about how community voices shape decisions and long-term financial sustainability.

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