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Short Changed: Foundation Giving and Communities of Color

This 2004 report by Will Pittz and Rinku Sen at the Applied Research Center provides an assessment into the ways foundations have supported organizations that promote justice and equity for communities of color. The first section of the report analyzes the available data on giving to communities of color and to civil rights and social […]


LGBTQ Funding and Racial Equity Funding: Can We Talk?

This 2008 article written by Karen Zelermyer, for the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity makes the case for diversity-related data collection on grantmaking as a means toward redressing inequities in philanthropy.  


Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations

This 2010 report written by Funders for LGBTQ Issues, highlights a modest increase in support for the LGBTQ community, but also some of the continued funding challenges..  


Large Foundations’ Grantmaking to Native America

This 2005 report written by Sarah Hicks and Miriam Jorgensen with the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University, and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development finds that relative to their representation in the U.S. population, Native people are underserved by foundations. This report highlights the need for foundations […]


Foundation Funding for Native American Issues and People

This 2011 report by the Foundation Center, in cooperation with Native Americans in Philanthropy, supports and expands on the research conducted in 2004, Large Foundations’ Grantmaking to Native America, by Sarah Hicks and Miriam Jorgensen. report highlights a lack of resources and investments into the Native American community and emphasizes the importance of improving relationships.