Structural Racism and Inequity Show Impact on Philanthropy
posted on: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
by Yna Moore
Sherece West, new NCRP board member and president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, recently shared her thoughts on structural racism and inequity, and what this means for philanthropy in Diversity in Philanthropy's Executive Commentary. "An aspect of effective philanthropy is about undoing structural racism," said Ms. West.
Steve Mayer, director of Effective Communities LLC, also tackled this issue in a commentary in March.
The issue of diversity in foundations' leadership, grantmaking and business dealings has received tremendous attention during the bast few months, thanks to AB 624, a bill in the California legislation sponsored by Rep. Joe Coto. The bill, if passed, would require the state's largest foundations to disclose diversity information regarding their staff, board, grantees and vendors.
Do you think AB 624 is an effective way to channel more foundation funding to nonprofits serving communities of color and other marginalized groups? Tell us what you think!
Kristina ("Yna") Moore is communications director at NCRP.
Labels: diversity
Sherece West, new NCRP board member and president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, recently shared her thoughts on structural racism and inequity, and what this means for philanthropy in Diversity in Philanthropy's Executive Commentary. "An aspect of effective philanthropy is about undoing structural racism," said Ms. West.
Steve Mayer, director of Effective Communities LLC, also tackled this issue in a commentary in March.
The issue of diversity in foundations' leadership, grantmaking and business dealings has received tremendous attention during the bast few months, thanks to AB 624, a bill in the California legislation sponsored by Rep. Joe Coto. The bill, if passed, would require the state's largest foundations to disclose diversity information regarding their staff, board, grantees and vendors.
Do you think AB 624 is an effective way to channel more foundation funding to nonprofits serving communities of color and other marginalized groups? Tell us what you think!
Kristina ("Yna") Moore is communications director at NCRP.
Labels: diversity
posted by NCRP at
12:20 PM
2 Comments:
I don't necessarily think that AB624 is an "effective" way to move more money to communities of color. However, I think that such legislation is necessary in starting the dialogue about foundation transparency and spending patterns.
Before this drama even began, John Gamboa explained how he and his colleagues at The Greenlining Institute approached foundations asking them to disprove claims that foundation money was not going to minority-led organizations. This was done in several instances and only a few foundations came forward to assist in the data collection. It should have been at THIS TIME, that foundations began to reveal their grantmaking. However, many preferred to brush the issue under the rug and continue business as usual. Now there's all this contention because legislators are involved. This leads me to believe that there is something that foundations are trying to hide. And in a world where nonprofits are constantly required to reveal their organizational make-up, I think its only fair that foundations step up too...
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Tamar, at 8:53 AM
Thanks, Tamar, for your comments!
If you haven't seen in already, check out Pablo Eisenberg's recent article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Foundations Should be Required to Disclose Data on Diversity.
There is definitely a need for better diversity data on current foundation practices and their grantmaking if we're ever going to measure progress not just on this issue, but also transparency in the sector as a whole.
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Yna, at 12:32 PM
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