In Pittsburgh, as in many cities, the nonprofit sector faces a pending generational change in leadership. This provides nonprofits an opportunity to hire more people of color into leadership roles, but will they rise to the occasion?
Focus groups stressed that funding flowed to white-led organizations even when the intent was to address issues facing people of color in the community.
According to Dr. Perry, communities, not funders, are the experts. “Nonprofits that take money from wealthy donors who aren’t serious about taking on the values of the communities they fund are a major reason why the rich continue to hold on to more power than they deserve….”
People were so outraged at the lack of diversity in Oscar nominations that the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was created on social media. Now, it seems the time is right for a new hashtag: #PhilanthropySoWhite.
A Philadelphia-based mega-foundation has made a grant that totals a whole year of its grant budget even as it has lost the latest in a long string of executives.
Maybe the $2.4 billion William Penn Foundation should install a revolving door in its executive office. Lisa Ranghelli, who studied the foundation for NCRP’s Philamplify, comments on its latest leadership change and what it suggests about the board.
When it comes to solving the bane of racism in America, there may be limits to what philanthropy can accomplish.
A new initiative geared toward supporting women and journalists of color spotlights the lack of minority reporters in the workforce and serves as a model for the rest of the sector.
Phillip Jackson’s indignant rendering of MacArthur’s relationship to nearly two-thirds of Chicago’s population is pained, but his harsh words attempt to break the reign of institutional philanthropy’s aloofness.
It’s no surprise that the executive leadership of philanthropy lacks just as much diversity as other segments of the sector.
