Fellowships: The Funders Network PLACES Fellowship: The Network’s PLACES Fellowship (Professionals Learning About Community, Equity, and Sustainability) uses learning, coaching, and reflections to explore structural racism, community empowerment, and equitable grantmaking practices. Racial Equity Action Institute: The Racial Equity Action Institute (REAI) was developed by Northern California Grantmakers in 2019 to offer a useful virtual experience with interactive convenings for those who want to advance REDI (Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) within their institutions . One sector on its own cannot solve the challenges of racial inequities – this cohort learning program connects racial equity specialists from philanthropy, business, government, and nonprofits. Tools, Tactics, and Bright Spots in Racial Equity Philanthropy: Below are interesting bright spots and innovations furthering Racial Equity Philanthropic practices. Racial Equity Resources for Philanthropy: A guide for resources, articles, reports, and networks that promote Racial Equity practices in Philanthropy. Guiding a Giving Response to Anti-Black Injustice: This memo offers funders potential paths to invest in organizations and movements within the Black-led racial justice ecosystem. It provides principles for giving and highlights priority investment areas and example organizations within those areas. REPAIR: Racially Equitable Philanthropy Aimed at Initiating Reparations: A $25M commitment from the Seattle Foundation based on a study released in 2020 that offered high-level insight into the triumphs and capacity-building challenges that Black-led organizations (BLOs) and their leaders regularly experience. The critical gaps left by historical and current underinvestment in King County’s Black nonprofit community were laid bare, but through the invaluable responses of Black leaders who participated in the study, a blueprint emerged for the role philanthropy can play in helping to close those gaps. The Imperative Fund: A recently created Atlanta-based fund that seeks to build a new philanthropic institution solely focused on promoting the Wealth, Health and Connectedness of Black people. The Fund is establishing a permanently endowed fund to make strategic investments that improve wealth and health while increasing the social and economic ties of Black people globally.
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