REPG continues to engage cohorts of PSO member foundations in a series of facilitated peer exchanges to help foundations explore policies, practices, and lessons on advancing racial equity and inclusion internally and externally. This work is the result of a partnership with the United Philanthropy Forum, where four PSOs were selected from an applicant pool of 18.
The first cohort, consisting of members of the Iowa Council of Foundations completed its final session earlier this month. The cohort consisted of eight foundations representing both private, corporate and community foundations. We were fortunate to have REPG member Jessica Mindnich from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation serve as a guest speaker for our final session on data, evaluation and learning. The second cohort, consisting of members of Workforce Matters recently had its second session on the topic of integrating a commitment to racial equity into workforce development goals and grantmaking. Rob Hope, from the San Francisco Foundation (an REPG member foundation) served as a guest speaker on the topic.
Two additional cohorts, one from Philanthropy California and one from Philanthropy Northwest will begin in 2023. Additionally, REPG will explore engaging additional PSOs from the pool of applicants in 2023.
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