Change Philanthropy
Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results through Social Justice
Chapter One
Strengthening Unusual
Alliances for Living Wages
The Case of the Discount Foundation
The Discount Foundation's name is a reference to its small grant-making
budget (roughly $550,000 annually). By positioning itself
to influence other funders in the field, this small foundation has
played an instrumental role in strengthening labor, community,
and faith partnerships that have championed one of the most successful
economic justice campaigns in the United States.
"Attending college in Los Angeles, I'd walk out the door and
see the class differences," recalled Jeff Zinsmeyer, founder of
the Discount Foundation. "I'd grown up believing that I lived in
a country of opportunity for all. This was the image that a fifteen-year-old
raised in the suburbs had, who looked around him and
saw everything right. Then I got out into the world and saw that
this was not so."
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