Raquel Donoso, Executive Director of the Latino Community Foundation, writes about the changing face of philanthropy – it’s no longer just the 1%. Today, Raquel will be speaking at the Council on Foundations Community Foundations Conference about the new generation of donors who are more diverse and hungry to change the world for the better. […]
While folks here in California are no strangers to the earth moving beneath their feet, they are currently witnessing a seismic shift of another kind. Earlier this year, for the first time, the population of Latinos in California equaled the number of whites. And by early 2014, California will likely become the second state in […]
In this article, Sharon Bush, Co-chair of Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy, talks about the importance of African-American leadership in philanthropy. There is a lot of discussion about the importance of diversity and countless efforts to increase it in workplaces and boardrooms. The same is true for philanthropy. Some efforts have worked. Foundations have done a […]
The question that we’re always asking is how philanthropy compares to other sectors in diversity, equity and inclusion work. When we think about what philanthropy means, we would like to think that we are doing as much as we can to promote the common good, and that we are the forerunners in diversity, equity and […]
This video tells the story of San Francisco Bay Area philanthropic community’s response to 9/11. The AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund (CEF) is a funder collaborative, working with sixteen AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian) community organizations. The CEF increases capacities to build collective power within AMEMSA communities, leading to greater potential for long-term […]
