To understand why it’s important to support healing-focused approaches to structural racism, philanthropy should take time to learn the horrible history of government-sanctioned boarding schools designed to obliterate Indigenous cultures.
By Erik Stegman
Contributor
Fund for Black-Led Grassroots Groups Is Upending Traditional Grant Making
The $14 million Southern Power Fund has given nearly $10 million to primarily Black-led, grassroots organizations in the South since last fall.
By Olivera Perkins
Contributor
The ‘Show the Salary’ Campaign Is the Wrong Battle for Achieving Nonprofit Workplace Diversity
Publishing salaries upfront both hurts the ability of organizations to assemble a diverse candidate pool and fails to result in higher salaries for those who receive job offers.
By Vincent Robinson
Contributor
Former Mellon Foundation Leader Discusses Reparations and the George Floyd Murder
Earl Lewis has developed a program for nine universities to work with their communities to develop research-based reparation solutions that could be expanded across the country.
5 Years After the Pulse Massacre: Lessons for Philanthropy
A fund that gave decision making to those touched by the tragedy led to long-term gains in advocacy — and healing efforts that made a real difference.
Biden Signals Equity Focus With Appointment of Michael Smith to Lead AmeriCorps
Smith currently is executive director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. His appointment as CEO of AmeriCorps will require Senate confirmation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Embracing Feminism Can Change Philanthropy and Create a More Equitable World
Well-known women philanthropists like MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates are showing what’s possible if we move beyond traditional giving approaches. Now we need to expand their approaches on a large scale.
By Rena Greifinger
Contributor
Grant makers should invest long-term in dismantling the root causes of anti-Asian violence — specifically, white-supremacy culture — rather than sporadically and in short-term bursts pouring funds into the minority group du jour.
By Sayu Bhojwani
Contributor
The Biden administration’s decision to waive intellectual property rights for the Covid-19 vaccine is a remarkable first step toward remaking a monopolistic, profit-driven system that is literally killing people. American philanthropy needs to join the growing global movement to create a new approach.
By Priti Krishtel
Contributor
Companies Should Make Their Philanthropy More Racially Equitable. Here’s How.
Companies can improve outreach to underrepresented youths, offer paid internships, broaden the definition of impact, and publicly compare their diversity data with their goals.
By Brandolon Barnett
Contributor
As Pandemic Eases, College Fundraisers Are Optimistic About Meeting Goals
But when it comes to fundraisers’ plans to return to the office, leaders and lower-level fundraisers are not on the same page.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb Hate Crimes, and Promote Change
Sonal Shah, president of the new organization, says that for too long Asian Americans have been made to feel like outsiders in their own country. With $1 billion in cash or pledges and counting, the group hopes to change that.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Fundraisers will no longer be judged by the gifts they bring in. The organization hopes the changes will lead to more authentic relationships with donors and less burnout for development staff.
By Eden Stiffman
Contributor
UCSF Lands $60 Million From Pritzkers for Mental-Health Programs
Plus, Dana-Farber received $50 million to support pancreatic-cancer research efforts focused on early detection of the disease.
By Maria Di Mento
Contributor
Fighting Falsehoods Must Be at the Center of All That Nonprofits and Foundations Do
As lies and disinformation increasingly threaten the work of nonprofits, they should incorporate tools that will help dismantle falsehoods and replace them with accurate and more emotionally compelling narratives.
Blinded by my class and race privilege, it never occurred to me to probe the organization’s salary structure more closely and provide the support its leaders needed to continue their important work.
By Lisa Ranghelli
Contributor