Investing in Non-Profit Leaders of Color
Investing in Non-Profit Leaders of Color
32 THE POWER FUND
THE POWER FUND 33
BARIKA WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE ASSOCIATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD & HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ANHD)
OUR FUNDING PARTNERS
Barika Williams, who served as Deputy Director of The Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD) until 2018, returned as Executive Director in January 2020. Between 2018 and 2020 she served as Assistant Secretary for Housing for the State of New York under Governor Cuomo, where she managed the Governor’s major housing priorities and annual budget. Ms. Williams holds a master’s degree from MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.
The Power Fund was seeded with an initial investment of $10 million by Robin Hood, with additional investments from partners, including BlackRock , Capital One , Macquarie Group , NBCUniversal , Salesforce , the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) , Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies , Warburg Pincus , and Wells Fargo , in addition to employee match program support from Bridgewater Associates , Goldman Sachs Gives , and Tudor Investment Corporation .
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