This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jorge Fontanez shares three insights about trends within diversity and inclusion that focus on leadership, retention, and culture. • How can these trends help workplaces target areas to ameliorate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropy News Digest interviews Tanya Coke, director of Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice at the Ford Foundation, on the complexities of criminal justice reform. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Since the 2016 election, philanthropic organizations have de-prioritized funding for Black-led movements specifically, prompting a call to action to fund racial justice. • How is your…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a list of 50 WOC-led organizations based in the United States that you can support to increase donations for women of color. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vu Le argues that philanthropy is failing to address racial inequity, performing the role of the white moderate that Martin Luther King warned would prevent progress toward…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis has led to an outpouring of protest, rage, and in some cases destruction that should surprise no one. From Amadou…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We say their names: Breonna Taylor in Louisville, KY, George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, GA, Tony McDade in Tallahassee, FL. Black Lives Matter, today and every day. We…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropy News Digest interviews Lori Villarosa, Founder and Executive Director of the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity, about her work on equitable grantmaking to address the root…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alyssa Curran argues that equitable grantmaking practices are no longer optional – it is imperative – and offers steps to implement a racial equity lens in grantmaking. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alyssa Curran discusses the questions that grantmakers should first ask about their investments when adopting racially equitable grantmaking practices. • How can racially equitable grantmaking help advance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Race, ethnicity, and homelessness are thoroughly intertwined. This conclusion has been leaping out of data reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in recent years, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Futurity, Sandra Knispel describes the unintended discriminatory effects of India’s gender quotas towards already underrepresented groups. • How do India’s gender quotas reflect the pervasiveness…