https://www.allduerespectproject.org/partner-spotlights daily 0.75 2025-05-20 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/partner-spotlights/southern-ca-convening-recap monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/1747664115195-BIYF4VI8U4MB8KZEGFKR/Screenshot+2025-05-19+at+10.14.58%E2%80%AFAM.png In the Field - Southern CA Convening Recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/c352655c-54e9-4554-99ca-064ef8fc8cb9/Screenshot+2025-05-19+at+12.14.14%E2%80%AFPM.png In the Field - Southern CA Convening Recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.allduerespectproject.org/partner-spotlights/blog-post-title-one-brdxd monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/66111aaa-f1f7-4d1a-952f-4873fecf4436/Screenshot+2024-12-06+at+12.00.14%E2%80%AFPM.png In the Field - For Organizers - We created a shareable graphic for organizers and those who support them as we move forward to rest and regroup. We created a shareable graphic for organizers and those who support them as we move forward to rest and regroup. Click right to download and share on your social channels. https://www.allduerespectproject.org/partner-spotlights/blog-post-title-two-jbdyz monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/partner-spotlights/blog-post-title-three-jny2e monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/home daily 1.0 2025-07-07 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/about daily 0.75 2024-12-04 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/our-team daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/e995d82a-0a10-41c9-a364-d86e9db23eb9/Kara1+copy.jpg Our Team - Kara Park, Executive Director Kara Park (she/her) is an organizer, facilitator and coalition builder with over a decade of experience in state and national social justice movements. Her work has included grassroots organizing, issue-based advocacy, civic engagement, leadership development and political education, including consulting on curriculum and training for multiple organizations. Kara has served as the Director of Programs for Asian American organizing efforts in both Minnesota and Oregon, building state-based power and leading organizational strategy and program development. In 2017, she helped to pass Oregon's landmark Reproductive Health Equity Act, which has since become a model for multiple other state policy campaigns. Kara has also worked as Civic Engagement Manager for Forward Together, a national organization that unites communities to win rights, recognition and resources for all families, and co-created an Asian and Pacific Islander reproductive justice storytelling project called We Carry Oceans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/aa4abcd7-5814-4309-abf3-7c658728bba8/Rebecca+Gorena+Headshot.jpg Our Team - Rebecca Gorena, Senior Program Director Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/1617643641288-JME3GRGX22G9AQ18BHIL/Alicia%2B-%2B2.jpg Our Team - Alicia Jay Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/1617643693759-B6QR6JFK26VE27XVH9EN/RD%25252Bheadshot.jpg Our Team - Kevin Simowitz Kevin Simowitz (he/him) has worked for nearly two decades as an organizer, campaign manager, and political strategist. As a consultant, Kevin works with leading political and advocacy organizations to develop creative and successful campaign strategies for some of the most pressing legislative issues at the state and federal levels, and works with foundation funders to sharpen the ways that philanthropy can be of service to movement organizations. As the Political Director at Caring Across Generations, Kevin led the coalition to pass the Kupuna Caregivers Act, a first-of-its-kind initiative to support family caregivers of older adults, and also co-led the 2018 Homecare for All ballot initiative campaign, demonstrating the robust grassroots support for an innovative new model of care. At Maine People's Alliance, Kevin worked as the Organizing Director and directed the Maine Small Business Coalition, coordinating the membership development and political program for more than 3,000 Coalition members. Kevin is a board member of Renew New England and a member of the Alpha Legal Foundation advisory committee. https://www.allduerespectproject.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/media daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/ba408f3b-864b-49cc-b84b-0032e237dac9/Forge+Screenshot.png Media - Make it stand out The Forge Alicia Jay, Kara Park, and Rebecca Gorena, January 23, 2026 Our Prescription for Winning: Give Organizers What They Need to Thrive At this moment, our sector is immersed in a critical debate over what it takes to win. Faced with a political climate in which our vision for the future seems further out of reach than ever, we’ve seen numerous calls to refocus on organizing, both as a tactic and a funding priority. Frequently, this includes criticism about a perceived lack of rigor in the current state of organizing. We understand the impulse: everything we’re up against demands competency, tenacity, and dependability. The stakes are high and the urgency is real. Yet primarily scrutinizing current organizers in a rush toward correction risks getting the diagnosis wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/239f93c5-a235-4324-a072-d21b5dc05977/Screenshot+2025-05-19+at+9.46.04%E2%80%AFAM.png Media - Make it stand out Philanthropy New York Alicia Jay and Rickke Mananzala, May 13, 2025 No Shortcuts to Power: Supporting Organizers to Stay, Lead, and Win In this moment, community organizations and movements are understandably focused on urgent work: protecting communities, defending hard-won rights, and grappling with federal funding cuts that threaten critical programs and services. That work is essential. But in addition to supporting defense, we have an opportunity to rethink how we fund organizing and invest in what it takes to build lasting power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/27cff19c-6a33-46db-8532-0fd9865bf368/Screen+Shot+2023-04-06+at+11.00.09+AM.png Media - Make it stand out Inside Philanthropy Dawn Wolfe, March 22, 2023 “While a number of funders are playing around the edges of these crises with wellness stipends and other interventions, we didn’t find a single foundation… that makes such bread-and-butter needs of the nonprofit workforce as good pay and benefits an explicit part of its grantmaking. But lately, we’ve been thinking that at least part of the problem may be due to funders not really understanding, much less embracing, their role in worker wellbeing… Staffing the Mission and All Due Respect’s Sustainable Jobs Toolkit was launched less than a month ago, and Fund the People’s own toolkit has hardly had time to become one of the philanthropshere’s household names. Additionally, both toolkits are seriously in-depth guides to nonprofit workforce funding, deservedly calling for the kind of reading, thought and planning that are going to take significant time to absorb and implement.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/0aab3057-f6f9-4e25-a695-93bdccf1a1c5/Inside+Philanthropy+graphic.jpeg Media - Organizers Are Burned Out. New Research Shows How Funders Can Improve Labor Standards Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/863d8f9f-7cb3-4667-9a0a-9a193e741d5e/Screenshot+2025-06-06+at+1.23.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Media - Make it stand out Fund The People Podcast Thriving Wages for Community Organizers — with Kara Park, All Due Respect, and Gaby Hernandez, Orale Why are so many talented community organizers burning out and leaving the field just when we need them most? What would it look like if nonprofits collectively committed to improving wages and working conditions for the people doing the most essential work in our movements? How can funders shift from perpetuating a cycle of underpayment to investing in the workforce that drives social change? In this episode, you’ll get promising ideas from guests who are answering these questions with practical, real-world efforts on the ground. Host Rusty Stahl sits down with Kara Park from All Due Respect, and Gaby Hernandez from Órale, to explore a groundbreaking project in Southern California where 20 organizations came together to create shared labor standards for the community organizers on their teams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/e61be39a-7409-4923-9116-590c2664d99f/Screen+Shot+2023-05-04+at+9.38.15+AM.png Media - Make it stand out The New York Times Julie Satow, April 28, 2023 “Workers, organizers, rank and file staff in nonprofits are trying to interrupt this ‘martyrdom’ syndrome, that by doing this work, your job is grueling, you work long hours and you are paid very little,” said Kevin Simowitz, the co-director of All Due Respect, which works to set new labor standards for community organizers. In addition to improving salaries and benefits, other concerns cited by organizers include transparency, standardized pay scales and racial equity… Money can be difficult to access at nonprofits, which rely on individual donations and institutional grants, many of which come with time limits and other constraints. “There is a scarcity mentality, and even a scarcity reality, to contend with,” said Alicia Jay, the co-director of All Due Respect, referring to nonprofit budgets, which can look quite different from those of large corporations. “It isn’t a bottomless well, like with private companies such as Amazon.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/369ccd87-4076-45e4-8f22-4fbc0a3c1094/Screen+Shot+2023-04-06+at+10.53.25+AM.png Media - Make it stand out Inside Philanthropy Dawn Wolfe, March 13, 2023 “…But where the toolkit really shines is in the page on open communication, which attempts to bridge the ever-present power imbalance between funders and grantees by offering ways for nonprofits to communicate their actual needs without fear. For instance, the toolkit suggests that grantmakers openly ask about the full cost of running the entire nonprofit, and simplify their application forms and processes. But the toolkit’s most powerful recommendation regarding communication is also its simplest to implement: Funders should put a clear statement on their websites, applications and grant award letters stating that they want to support good jobs with benefits.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/fca287ca-0765-4133-a3b4-5bda9b64fc23/Screen+Shot+2022-11-10+at+10.26.00+AM.png Media - Fund the People Podcast Fair Labor Standards for Community Organizers – with Kinzie Mabon and Kevin Simowitz, All Due Respect With every election cycle and issue campaign, we are reminded of the critical role that community organizers play in supporting the civic participation of all Americans. In this episode, you'll learn from new research on the working conditions of community organizers in social justice nonprofits. You’ll hear how organizers, their executive directors, and funders view the issue. You’ll get recommendations for change, and the next steps the All Due Respect Project is pursuing to ensure that all due respect is given to organizers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/339c8b5d-6b79-4f25-a11d-c69eb1fe3077/Screen+Shot+2022-11-10+at+10.37.15+AM.png Media - Make it stand out We Must Do Better: The Role of Philanthropy in Supporting Community Organizers A Conversation with Sarita Gupta, Ford Foundation and Kevin Simowitz, All Due Respect October 2021 https://www.allduerespectproject.org/publications daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/c1d48df3-7d36-439e-b74e-4c51c7e7a9e8/Screen+Shot+2022-04-14+at+11.51.10+AM.jpg Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/de148aae-043a-4efb-bb54-026134810a5d/Screen+Shot+2023-08-17+at+2.02.26+PM.jpg Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/90a55f33-110a-4986-840e-8eda279101ed/Screen+Shot+2023-12-04+at+1.52.59+PM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/8d1ec37b-9a4e-4ed2-b812-420b1d86335f/Screenshot+2024-04-25+at+2.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/7e513c99-069c-4476-8366-1cd27364c299/Screenshot+2024-05-08+at+10.00.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/92b2879c-b4af-412c-8bf3-0586915490be/Screenshot+2024-09-10+at+8.54.43%E2%80%AFAM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/fbd4be82-8bfd-4f56-9f9c-86d6a921bc82/Screenshot+2024-12-06+at+10.53.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/40029c7c-d2bf-4359-b6fe-de048aa5cca2/Screenshot+2024-12-06+at+12.54.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/7233ebf9-c425-498b-8dcc-7152b3b91adf/Screenshot+2024-12-06+at+1.00.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/9614b6cd-e45d-40a2-aeea-5e17009b38c3/A+Shared+Horizon+Cover.png Publications https://www.allduerespectproject.org/nationalreport daily 0.75 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605a5471af2cd3059c998c77/3971250a-80c2-4b75-ae08-2e6714531ae9/Screen+Shot+2022-04-14+at+11.51.10+AM.jpg National Report - All Due Respect: Building Strong Organizations by Creating Fair Labor Standards for Organizers National Research Report (April 2022) Executive Summary All Due Respect works with organizers, executive directors, and philanthropy to improve working conditions and set new movement standards. We believe that respect, security, and transparency are fundamental to organizing for social change and that all organizers deserve it. But how do we get there? In the fall of 2020, All Due Respect began an intensive, year-long research process, during which we surveyed and interviewed more than 200 organizers, executive directors, and funders to understand the state of our sector. What we found was a movement that was out of alignment—organizers burned out and contemplating leaving organizing work altogether; executive directors struggling to hire and retain organizers; and funders beginning to recognize their responsibility to ensure that the organizations they fund uphold a basic set of standards, but unsure how to communicate that responsibility. These are not just individual challenges for individual organizers, or even organization-specific problems—movement-wide, we have a labor standards problem that directly contributes to the lack of efficacy in our organizing campaigns. Ten key takeaways emerged from our research: The vast majority of organizers—nine out of ten—have experienced burnout. Organizers believe that working conditions need to be improved. Organizers believe that their working conditions have a direct impact on campaign success as well as on the effectiveness of the broader movement ecosystem. We cannot take for granted that people want to do these jobs, or that there will always be a steady stream of interested and available staff. Directors don’t have the resources they need to pay more competitive salaries and build staff capacity. It is difficult to find, hire, and retain trained organizers, especially organizers who come from or represent the communities they are working with. Directors don’t have access to centralized information about wages, benefits, and best management practices on how to create and maintain sustainable jobs. There is a set of funders who understand the need to shift how they fund and support organizing, and who understand there is a disconnect between how we value organizing and how we actually treat organizers. Funders have a critical role to play in improving labor standards for organizers—but it must happen in partnership with organizations. Funders and the broader philanthropic sector should view the current challenges organizations are experiencing with retention and burnout as a crisis that necessitates a response—and shift how they operate. The goal of All Due Respect is to work with our partners—organizers, grassroots community groups, and funders—to set new labor standards and make sure that community organizers get a fair wage and a fair shake—because supporting social justice means supporting the people on the frontlines. To that end, we propose a series of interventions that we believe will help ensure that: Employees are supported in their jobs; Organizations have the resources to build their teams for the long haul; and Funders know they’re investing in organizations that practice what they preach, and that have the staff (both in numbers and experience) they need to win campaigns. These possible interventions include, but are not limited to: a guidebook of standard working conditions; “Good Jobs” employer certification; training and resources focused on recruitment and retention of BIPOC organizers; further exploration of the role unionization plays in creating higher quality jobs for organizers; guidelines for fiscal sponsors and philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs); and pooled funds to better support organizational efforts to hire and retain organizers. (To read more about these ideas, please see the "Interventions" section of the report.) Success for us means securing a future in which organizers—especially organizers who come from or represent the communities they are working with—are valued and supported as the foundation and the future of the progressive movement. The people who are working day in and day out to build power and win big fights should be paid sustainable wages, receive good benefits, and work in a culture that holistically supports their livelihoods. Organizers shouldn’t burn out after a few years, and they shouldn’t have to make impossible choices about their futures and their families because they can’t support themselves. 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