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Racial Equity and Philanthropy: Disparities in Funding for Leaders of Color Leave Impact on the Table

Racial Equity & Philanthropy
Published: 
06/2020
Echoing Green and Bridgespan teamed up to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic ... the biggest factors holding back philanthropy’s efforts to help advance social change are rooted in race. One is ... role of race in the problems philanthropists are trying to solve. The second is the significance of race when it ...
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Report
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led ... The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the ...

Philadelphia Impact Investment Landscape Scan

Philadelphia Impact Investment Scan Exec Summary
Published: 
05/2019
... Development through a grant from The Barra Foundation to assess the impact investing ecosystem in the Philadelphia ... in the Philadelphia region who are involved (or want to be involved) in impact investing in order to better understand their priorities, needs, and challenges ...

2021 Member Pulse Survey

2021 Member Survey
Published: 
04/2021
... February 2021, we invited Philanthropy Network members to complete a brief survey about their organizational ... challenges as they have adapted their work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturn and the ongoing impact of ...

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
Published: 
02/2020
... asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the ... of data — Knight Foundation asked Global Economics Group to assess the representation of diverse asset managers among ... by investment firms based in the United States, amounting to $63.95 billion in invested assets (“Analyzed AUM”). ...

What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice

Published: 
10/2018
... evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more ... of current day philanthropic endeavors. What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice ...

Pensions & Investments: It's racial bias, not merely an issue of access

Published: 
08/2019
... problem, caused by either a lack of access or outreach to minority talent in the field, and that Black fund managers must overcome racial bias to win institutional money and are judged more harshly as top ...
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Article
Audience 
Board/TrusteesConsultants/Advisors
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... an online experiment with actual asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of ... so, how these biases manifest. We asked asset allocators to rate venture capital funds based on their evaluation of a ... people of color might paradoxically face the most barriers to advancement after they have established themselves as ...

No Time for Complacency: Preparing Foundations for a More Turbulent Future

No Time for Complacency
Published: 
04/2019
Leaders in every sector are struggling to plan for a future in which social, digital, political and ... than ever – and the philanthropic field is no exception. To survive and thrive in this turbulent environment, ... examine the ability of foundations to detect and respond to early signals of threats and opportunities. They ...
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Report
Funding Area 
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Talent Justice Toolkit

Published: 
06/2019
This toolkit presents easy-to-use resources to help nonprofits and funders take action to advance talent justice. The tools can be used by both nonprofits and funders to increase their investments in talent justice at ...

Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative

Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative
Published: 
05/2021

This new report commissioned by the Wyncote Foundation profiles eight place-based organizations that use media for cultural expression and connection with local funding support. These organizations gather and amplify stories, histories, languages, and arts that foster authentic narratives rooted

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