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Dig into our archive, curated to shed light on some of the ways the Kendeda Fund showed up in the world. Read articles about our history and the strategies that shaped it. Dive into stories about our grantee partners who taught us so much. Explore and experience some of the media and films we funded to advance our goals.

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2023 Grantee Survey

Findings & Recommendations from Center for Effective Philanthropy Grantee Perception Report

In February and March of 2023, CEP conducted a survey of 225 of The Kendeda Fund’s grantees and received 165 responses, achieving a 73 percent response rate.

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A Case for Differentiated Legal Responses to Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Unions

Lessons from India for a Global Audience

Advocates, policymakers, donors and others must resist the temptation to weave the plurality of girls’ experiences into one single, mainstream narrative centered on the forced, exploitative nature of all marriages under the legal age.

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Alliance Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition Alumni Booklet

Celebrating 20 years of connecting emerging playwrights to the world of professional theatre (2002-2024)

The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition solicits plays from the leading MFA graduate programs in the United States and then conducts a rigorous selection process to find four finalists and one winning play.

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Employee Ownership at the Crossroads

Reflections on the Kendeda Fund’s 'Big Bet' on Employee Ownership

In the years that we have been supporting employee ownership, starting with "EO-curious" grant making, leading to deeper investments, and then launching a "Big-Bet" for advancing the scope and scale of employee ownership, we have always been focused on our commitment to dignity and sustainability.

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Girls’ Rights: Reflection Journey

A 10-Year Journey

Kendeda began our girls’ rights work ten years ago. At that time, our vision was to catalyze the creation of a world in which all girls systematically have the capabilities, choices, security and power to fully realize their human potential.

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Guns & America: Lessons Learned from the Collaborative

WAMU-88.5

Guns & America was a national journalism collaborative focused on the multi-faceted roles of guns in American life. Each of ten participating public radio stations received funding to hire a reporting fellow to report gun-related stories from their local communities.

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Media Trend Analysis on Child, Early and Forced Marriage: 2013—2018

Overall, this report shows that coverage has improved greatly in quality compared to earlier studies [from 2013 and 2015].

This report finds that in 2017 and 2018, more stories featured girls as advocates and leaders, included solutions and successes, and focused on absolute numbers of child and early marriages in addition to rates in various countries.

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Non-Fiction Storytelling on Gun Violence in the U.S.

Where We've Been and Where We Can Go

A report commissioned by the Sundance Institute and conducted by an independent team of researchers on gun violence and documentary film. This in-depth piece of research highlights key learnings for filmmakers, funders, and advocacy groups working at the intersection of gun violence and storytelling.

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Pathmakers: Atlanta Equity

Reflections from the Kendeda Fund Atlanta Equity Portfolio

Compelled to act, the Kendeda team reimagined its Atlanta strategy, pivoting from civic investments to a new approach centering the urgent needs of the city’s Black and brown communities.

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Reflections on Montana Conservation

Considerations for Future Funders

By supporting those with decades of success, innovative partners and communities with a strong stewardship ethic, Kendeda has been a champion of community-based conservation in service to the vision of an ecologically, economically and culturally thriving Montana.

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