Equitable Grantmaking Continuum
Posted on October 27, 2022
A simple tool for funders to assess how equitable your funding practices are… Read More
Racial equity and racial justice
The Solidarity of Repair
Posted on August 15, 2022 by Leticia Nieto, Miki Akimoto, A. Sparks, June L. Wilson
To quote Leticia Nieto and Margot Boyer, “…we can’t have a more just society without talking about injustice.” And to take it one step further, without talking about how we repair, and restore what has been lost to systems of injustice and oppression. Join us for a discussion of how to support the practices of racial reckoning and reparative action, using the… Read More
Book Talk: Dear White Woman, Please Come Home
Posted on June 15, 2022 by Kimberlee Yolanda Williams, C’Ardiss “CC” Gardner Gleser
Please join Kimberlee Williams, author of Dear White Woman, Please Come Home and CC Gardner Gleser, of Black Ivy Collective and current chair of the Andrus Family Fund. Once we are able to see each other as family and to lean into the literal meaning of the word “philanthropy” we will begin to see shifts and large impacts in the… Read More
Power and Racial Equity: From Self-Assessment to Systemic Change
Posted on April 26, 2022 by Eleni Refu
NCRP’s Eleni Refu will lead a conversation around how family foundations can operationalize equity and work towards systemic change by interrogating the ways they build, share, and wield their power. Shifting power to those who have the least of it is necessary for philanthropic impact on equity and justice. Participants at this salon will learn how they can implement the… Read More
Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Racial Equity Programming for Donors
Posted on March 23, 2022 by Charisse Grant, Djaka Blais-Amare, Janeen Webb
What do organizational values of equity, justice, or even reconciliation look like in action? Join the Calgary Foundation and The Miami Foundation to discuss how equity permeates their strategic plans and work and learn about their racial equity programming for donors. Learn how these foundations have integrated living their values into better serving their donors and informed family philanthropy. This… Read More
Application Deadline: Racial Justice Learning and Action Cohort
Posted on January 11, 2022
The Racial Justice Learning and Action Cohort is an educational opportunity for family foundation trustees interested in advancing racial justice practices, both personally and professionally. Philanthropy has been slow to embrace equity and it is clear that effective and meaningful impact can only be realized with an active commitment to racial justice. The National Center for Family Philanthropy is committed… Read More
Interview Questions for Anti-Racist Consultants
Posted on January 3, 2022 by Andrus Family Fund, Surdna Foundation
A collection of questions created by the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund to help interview and screen candidates to serve as anti-racist consultants for a foundation’s management, governance, and grantmaking practices. Also included is a rubric of characteristics and experiences to look for in potential candidates… Read More
Practicing the Equitable Evaluation Framework™
Posted on December 8, 2021 by Katy Pelissier, Kimberlee Salmond, Henriët Hendriks, Marcia Coné
As philanthropy evolves and moves to centering equity, assessment, research, learning, and evaluation strategies must also evolve. What is the Equitable Evaluation Framework (EEF) and how do we engage with the EEF? Join your colleagues in a conversation about how they are seeding and growing a field of EEF practitioners to shift the paradigm. About this Series The monthly Fundamentals… Read More
Reflecting on Your Origin Story: Understanding Wealth, Legacy, and Equity
Posted on December 7, 2021 by Holley Fowler Martens, David Roswell, Katherine Lorenz
The criticism of wealth is longstanding and brings to the fore a conversation on justice that is important to reflect upon in the pursuit of effective family philanthropy. Though necessary, this type of reflection often raises a number of difficult questions that require philanthropic families to interrogate their history and reconcile the actions of their ancestors. Join us for a… Read More
Hate-Free Family Philanthropy
Posted on December 6, 2021 by Eric Jolly, Robert (Bob) Fockler, Abbas Barzegar
Many donors are having conversations about their approach to anti-hate philanthropy. Attendees at this small group dialogue will gather for a grounding discussion about hate-free philanthropy with Abbas Barzegar from Horizon Forum. Then, learn from two community foundation leaders, Robert M. Fockler, (Community Foundation of Greater Memphis) and Eric J. Jolly, Ph.D., (Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation), about their foundations’ journey,… Read More