A Grant Maker Opens Up Her Private Life Public to Show That a Disability Is More Than a Diagnosis
Ford Foundation’s Rebecca Cokley argues that grant makers must change how they view disabilities.
By Drew Lindsay
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An Investment Wizard Builds a Nonprofit to Offer Data Solutions for Equity
Where are disparities the greatest? Katie Kalvoda built the nonprofit Advance OC to map out the answers.
By Drew Lindsay
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Telling Stories About Equity Often Forces Groups to Turn Inward, Says Communications Expert
Once a brand manager at Procter & Gamble, Eric Rigaud now helps organizations document their work to become more equitable. See the rest of our profiles spotlighting people who are <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/package/toward-a-more-just-nonprofit-world">driving conversations about equity</a>.
By Drew Lindsay
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A Century-Old Group Created by Private-School Alumnae Becomes a Force on Race and Disability
Kristy Trautmann leads a little-known Pittsburgh foundation that’s retooling to lead a growing new field.
By Drew Lindsay
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An Activist Turned Mainstream Environmental Leader Argues That Racism Is Killing the Planet
The Sierra Club’s Hop Hopkins makes the case that the environmental movement will never achieve its goals until it joins the fight for racial justice.
By Drew Lindsay
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Interfaith Youth Core founder Eboo Patel argues that social-justice efforts can learn from Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela.
By Drew Lindsay
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When Covid-19 Hit Neb. Immigrants, a Nonprofit’s New Hire Found New Ways to Connect Them With Help
Eric Garcia-Mendez hit the pavement to help Heartland United Way get pandemic relief and vaccine information to Latino and East African immigrants.
By Drew Lindsay
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Mold Young Leaders, Share Power, and Acknowledge Injustice: Advice From Foundation Leaders of Color
Three grant makers share their views about what their white peers can do to advance equity.
By Keecha Harris
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4 Ways to Reshape Nonprofit Recruitment and Hiring
The head of a new nonprofit would like to transform the way nonprofits approach recruiting and hiring. Here’s how.
By Linda Nguyen
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Putting People With Disabilities Front of Mind, a Small Organization Revamps Operations
Maryland Philanthropy Network altered its physical space and its communications, events, and programs to be more welcoming to people with disabilities.
By Drew Lindsay
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Foundations Need to Back Up the White House’s Equity Agenda With More Equitable Research
The funding criteria, proposal processes, and research methods used by many philanthropic organizations make it harder for grantees to produce data that reflect the challenges — and opportunities — in communities harmed by structural racism.
Book on Racism Vying for a National Book Award Draws From Nonprofit Leader’s Work
Heather McGhee, who led the progressive think tank Demos and now chairs Color of Change, writes that racism in health care, voting rights, the environment, and financial regulation hurts white people as well as people of color.
Reports of a Massive Increase in Racial-Justice Funding Paint a Distorted and Dangerous Picture
A new analysis shows how conservative groups have seized on inflated estimates of giving following 2020’s racial-justice protests to falsely signal that grassroots groups fighting systemic racism are getting more than their fair share.
By Lori Villarosa
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A Student’s Call to Education Grant Makers: Listen to Us
Youths are the true experts on today’s college experience, says a student intern at the Stupski Foundation. Philanthropic organizations need to embrace strategies that bring their voices into the decision-making process.
By Jodi Go
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Grassroots advocacy and justice organizations hold the playbook for restoring reproductive rights. But we cannot do it alone, and we cannot do it while chronically underfunded.
Philanthropic Support for Communities of Color Is More Robust Than the Data Suggest
Recent research purports to show that philanthropy has fallen well short of what’s needed to support communities of color. But the research itself falls short by focusing on grants to groups that combat systemic racism rather than those that address day-to-day hardships.
By Howard Husock
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