by: Mae Hong, Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ Chicago Office Population-Focused Funds (PFFs) are a vital part of the philanthropic sector. Since the 1970s, PFFs have been a powerful and growing force for social change. They are giving vehicles established by and for members of racial, ethnic, tribal, gender, sexual-orientation, and other identity-based groups to address […]
Not long after I took on the role of Director of the D5 Coalition almost exactly two years ago, I was chatting with my best friend about my new gig. I told her it was running a five-year effort to grow philanthropy’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Hmm…” she said after a pause, “That sounds really hard.” […]
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 […]
Claudia Jacobs, Associate Director, Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, explores diversity in philanthropy leadership, and how that can advance equity in this field. Until I was seven, my family lived in a veterans’ housing project in Woodside, NY. WWII veterans and their families lived together […]
