One of the most enduring blind spots in U.S. educational outcomes is the implementation of policies and approaches that support excellence for Black boys both within and outside of schools.…
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The woman was desperate by the time she arrived in Lucy Schulson’s exam room. Patches of itchy blisters had spread across her skin. Other doctors had assured her it was nothing, a…
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As ubiquitous as “The Internet” is, more than 40 million Americans can’t access it from home. And rural Indigenous communities (at least 628,000 households) are some of the most disconnected. They’ve been forced…
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In 2020, amid the worldwide protests that followed the murder of George Floyd, the philanthropy sector saw dozens of pledges and commitments toward advancing racial justice. At the turn of…
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Our communities deserve more than good intentions. And yet, across the philanthropy sector, aspirations are slow to turn into action. At the McKnight Foundation, we recognize PEAK’s leadership in advancing…
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Burnout is a chronic condition in nonprofits. Right now, it’s at an acute level after the years of trauma we’ve been experiencing. And burnout has a compounding impact on people…
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More than a year after the police killing of George Floyd and the avalanche of donations toward racial equity initiatives that followed, the actual gift amounts and their destinations remain…
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Roughly $11.9 billion in philanthropic capital was pledged for racial equity in 2020 according to Candid – however, new research from the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) has found that only…
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The National Farmers Union (NFU) recently announced its new Climate Change Policy Advisory Panel (CCPAP) to help address climate change through educational programming, outreach, and climate-related legislative work. Industrial agriculture…
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Grants management professionals are strategically positioned to influence a funder’s racial equity and racial justice funding. But in three decades of working in and with foundations, I have consistently seen…
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Click here for more.What if philanthropy took on structural racism with the dedication it reserves for issues like education or health? It would require seeing structural racism as the problem and the racial disparities and…
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While potential is universal, opportunity is not. In the American South, where the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation (MRBF) works, slavery, segregation, and a host of laws, policies, and practices have entrenched white supremacy, delivering…