How funders can challenge white supremacy, shift power and follow the lead of youth organizers and BIPOC communities By Manuela Arciniegas, Bryan Perlmutter and Jessica Pierce Society is battling threats on multiple fronts: The pandemic, ongoing police brutality and anti-Black violence, rapid climate change and the cascading effects are falling…

5 Pillars grantmakers should focus on for an equitable, multiracial democracy By Brenda Sears The good news: We treated the immediate symptom. As we approach 500,000 deaths from coronavirus, we seem to have survived 4 years of attacks on our democratic norms and voted in a new administration that promises…

What Candid’s data tells us about support for communities of color and social justice amid 2020’s pandemic response By Ryan Schlegel and Anna Koob The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of life around the globe and exacerbated perennial challenges such as entrenched poverty, hunger, lack of access to health care…

A Q&A on “Shift Happens in Community: A Toolkit to Build Power and Ignite Change” featuring Jason Baisden, senior program officer at the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust; Paula Swepson, executive director of the West Marion Community Forum, Inc.; and Mary Snow, principal consultant, Equitable Community Strategies. As a funder…

In just 48 hours, 2021 gave us all a stark reminder of the pain and promise of this nation and its people. By Ben Barge On Jan. 5, my home state of Georgia made history. Georgians chose to send Rev. Raphael Warnock to Washington, making him Georgia’s first Black U.S…

In his most recent @NonProfit Chronicles column, Marc Gunther echoes some of the more common critiques of our most recent report, Black Funding Denied: Community Foundation Support for Black Communities. To be fair, Marc includes a number of our responses in his piece, many of which can also be found…

The lesson for donors is that funding community organizing creates change now and for decades to come By Aaron Dorfman, NCRP President/CEO In a week that started with servant-leader John Lewis receiving a state viewing on Capitol Hill, it was fitting to see Rep. Pramila Jayapal hold Attorney General Bill…

By Ryan Schlegel Tuesday night Alabama voters accomplished something many political observers thought impossible. The historic outcome of this year’s special election for Alabama senator is a victory for progressive causes — the current Congress will have a harder time eviscerating the social safety net. But it is also a…

By Jack Rome What do social justice movements need from philanthropy especially in these times when equity, justice and inclusion are being challenged in our communities and our country? More than 300 foundation and nonprofit leaders grappled with this question during a series of events around NCRP’s new strategic framework…