The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
  • We create accessible publications that guide funding in social justice areas and explore just, socially responsible philanthropic practice.
  • We design and host free educational programming, webinars, strategy sessions and other gatherings for funders, their advisors and nonprofit leaders.
  • We teach courses, fund fellowships, mentor students and host guest speakers for the Heller-Brandeis community.
  • We collaborate with numerous community-based groups, university-based philanthropy centers, social justice funders and national networks to build strategy, co-sponsor events and long-term projects and to support and learn from each other’s work.
Philanthropy Massachusetts has created a Disaster and Emergency Relief Resource List due to the COVID-19 crisis. This list will be constantly updated and is extremely useful for funders and individuals looking to provide thoughtful resources to our communities. Please stay safe and take care of one another.
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Projects
Our long-term ongoing projects provide learning opportunities for grantmakers and foster community building among funders, scholars and community leaders.
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Publications
Our publications explore contemporary issues in philanthropy, provide guidance and resources to socially concerned grantmakers and illuminate equitable, democratic philanthropic practice.
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Fellowships
Each year, we select up to three eligible Heller students and help to place them in paid philanthropy-related summer internships.

New Report: Civic Engagement and People with Disabilities
We are pleased to announce the release of “Civic Engagement and People with Disabilities: A Way Forward through Cross-Movement Building,” a report produced in collaboration with The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy and the Ford Foundation about the barriers to civic engagement that people with disabilities encounter, and ways advocates and organizations can make civic engagement more accessible.