As advocates from the streets to the boardrooms call for greater funding of Black-led organizations, a new brief from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) finds that only 1% of grantmaking by some of the largest local community foundations goes to Black communities, even thou
You’ve heard the saying, “Change moves at the speed of trust.” In the climate movement, we have serious trust issues.
The disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities have brought much needed attention to the racialized impacts of the extractive, capitalist economic system of the United States.
I see the hate in their eyes when I close mine. Also, the smirks. And hear the laughter.
Foundations have been described over the years as providers of necessary risk capital, society’s
Breaking down silos means starting from intersectionality and emphasizing climate justice.
As far back as I can remember, racial constructions have been a part of my reality and lived experience.
We have a lot of work to do. Most of us have known this for some time, but the events of the last few weeks highlight just how much work remains to be done.
The COVID-19 crisis and the path forward make two things abundantly clear to me: (1) clean, reliable water is central to a resilient and just future, and (2) foundations must ground their work in intersectionality, whether they focus on an issue or place, right now and forever more.
Racial bias—both personal and institutional, conscious and unconscious—creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process.
