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Anti-DEI Lawsuits Threaten Nonprofits, Philanthropies

NonProfit Quarterly

Childress, who co-chairs the firm’s DEI Protection Task Force, says confronting such litigation could force nonprofits and philanthropies to face profoundly difficult decisions. The current landscape of challenges to DEI and other race-conscious practices remains highly uncertain for nonprofits and philanthropies. asks Childress. “Is

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Black Women Leaders Are Powering Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

“Simply put, Black women are the backbone of modern day philanthropy.” So asserts a new book, Portraits of Us: A Book of Essays Centering Black Women Leading Philanthropy , edited by Toya Nash Randall, former board chair of Black Foundation Executives and “curator and catalyst” of Voice. And that’s really what the book is about.”

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The Case for Reparations in Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

Initiatives such as these have emerged largely in recent years and beg the questions: What is the role of philanthropy in the reparations space? Amara Enyia: Your work in the space of reparative philanthropy is groundbreaking. Amara Enyia: Your work in the space of reparative philanthropy is groundbreaking.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Problem With Problem-Solving Solving problems to improve people’s lives has been philanthropy’s raison d’être. However, some criticisms have arisen regarding the approach philanthropies take in problem-solving. Can this vision be applied to philanthropy? Three examples demonstrate the Zero-Problem Philanthropy approach.

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Helping Movements Meet the Moment: What Philanthropy Can and Must Do

NonProfit Quarterly

With so much fuel for change and so much money to spend, what’s coming up short in philanthropy, and what needs to be done? Can’t Buy Your Way to Liberation Of course, leaders in social justice philanthropy would be ill-advised to act as if writing checks is enough. Where does social justice philanthropy fit in?

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Redefine Philanthropy as a Cultural Revolution

NonProfit PRO

As donations decline and donors look elsewhere to support good causes, nonprofits should consider a cultural revolution around philanthropy.

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My Organization Nixed Trust-Based Philanthropy. Here's What We Discovered.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Without accountability, the author found, trust-based philanthropy is little more than a feel-good exercise. By Dan Goldenberg Without accountability, the author found, trust-based philanthropy is little more than a feel-good exercise.