Effective Communities LLC is pleased to announce the 2009 winners of The Effies™ Awards for Effective Philanthropic Practice. This year’s open competition provides recognition for effective uses of philanthropy to advance social justice and racial equity. “I applaud funders who are committed to social justice philanthropy,” said Sherece Y. West, Ph.D., President and CEO of Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We need social justice philanthropy to support those who work for the sustainable structural change our country needs to ensure equity and inclusion of those who are politically, socially and economically disadvantaged." To read more about the specific awards and their winners, click here.
