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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.
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
In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, Funders for LGBTQ Issues asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form.
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.
Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments
Results of an online experiment suggest that underrepresentation of people of color in the realm of investing is not only a pipeline problem, and that funds led by people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as strong performers.
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.
Fellowship Industry Report
Taking a Racial Equity Approach to Endowment Management
Hear from The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL) to learn about models for engagement and the types of external consultants available in the ecosystem for advancing mission-alignment, integrating impact investing, and incorporating racial equity in endowment practices.
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.
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.
The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?
Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA
Philanthropy’s Imperative: How to Discuss White Supremacy with Staff, Boards, and Nonprofit Partners
Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald
Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity
Dwayne Wharton joins second-ever cohort of Culture of Health Leaders, assembled from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Your board isn’t diverse enough
A new study from BoardSource found board diversity hasn't improved in the past two decades, but two local foundations - Seybert and Leeway - are taking steps to make their boards more representative of those they serve.
Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Join us to hear an update on the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a special pooled fund supporting a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to COVID-19.
Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset
Race, Class, AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding
As part of its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable philanthropic sector, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is partnering with the Women’s Funding Collaborative to host a discussion on gender transformative philanthropy.