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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide
Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.
2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report
Fellowship Industry Report
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action
ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities (ABFE), recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their interactions with institutional philanthropy.
Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about identifying high quality, diversely-owned asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the performance of the charitable sector regarding this issue — the questions arising from the general lack of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among foundations.
What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice
An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally reinforce racism. Equitable evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more aligned with the values and intentions of current day philanthropic endeavors.
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million
Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management
The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce first-round of the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients
Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers
Chat with an Expert #3: Daryn Dodson, Founder & Managing Director of Illumen Capital
Members of Philanthropy Network are cordially invited to attend the next episode of “Chat with an Expert,” an initiative of Walls Torres Group. In partnership with Philanthropy Network’s Equity in Philanthropy Cohort programming, this episode is now being made available to the full membership.
Montgomery County Funders’ Community of Practice
Join the next meeting of the Montgomery County Funders’ Community of Practice to learn about The Nelson Foundation’s new strategic direction that centers racial equity and social justice.