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October 27, 2022

REPG Updates

REPG and Power-Sharing

REPG members have continued to focus on power-sharing. This topic grew out of discussions at REPG meetings about some of the fundamentally limiting aspects of philanthropy that need to be addressed if foundations are to become authentically racially equitable in internal and external policies and practices. In addition to creating an outline for a Power-Sharing framework to provide concrete examples of how foundations can engage in power-sharing both internally and externally, the REPG Power-Sharing Task Force (made up of members from Ford Foundation, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and San Francisco Foundation) developed a draft Power-Sharing Statement to reflect a commitment on the part of REPG members to advancing power-sharing. However, after additional discussions, REPG members decided to adapt the Power-Sharing Statement into an Op-Ed that will be circulated for publication in philanthropic media outlets. This will serve as a precursor to the release of the Power-Sharing Framework as a publication in 2023. REPG will also explore the idea of a webinar to highlight examples of how members are approaching various aspects of power-sharing. 


By sharing its learning around power-sharing with the broader field and PSO partners, REPG aims to push the field further around concrete and consistent practices of power-sharing that can eventually lead to a radical transformation of philanthropy.

REPG-United Philanthropy Forum Partnership

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.

REPG Core Member Spotlight

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Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) recently established the H.E.A.L. Narrative Lab, a $1.08 million capacity-building investment aimed toward helping six nonprofit organizations shift the public conversation about how everyday Arkansans can thrive in the state. The H.E.A.L. acronym stands for Humanize, Elevate, Advocate, and Learn. The H.E.A.L. Narrative Lab will allow participating organizations to build capacity in crafting effective messages and narratives related to their respective missions. 

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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The Kauffman Foundation recently convened experts for a South by Southwest (SXSW) panel entitled, "The State of Black Entrepreneurship" to discuss how with greater access to opportunity, support, funding, and knowledge, more Black entrepreneurs will be able to prosper. Panelists also emphasized opportunities for systemic changes that would allow more people of color to be full participants in the economy.

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REPG Affiliate Spotlight

REPG Affiliates are Foundations that have previously participated in a series of peer-learning exchanges through a REPG partnership with a PSO.

Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta

Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta established the TogetherATL initiative which provides a blueprint for how the Community Foundation will champion equity and lead boldly in collaboration with its community partners to work TOGETHER to secure prosperity for all throughout the region.

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Resources

Business Insider India

In the opinion piece "Can Trust-Based Philanthropy Become the Mainstream?", the authors discuss trust-based philanthropy and its implications and outline how this grantmaking strategy aligns with the current and future state of corporate philanthropy.

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MP Associates, Inc.

Developed by Maggie Potapchuk, MP Associates with additions from Raquel Gutierrez, Blue Agave Partners, the "Racial Equity Decision-Making Tool" (vol. 2) is designed to support a group to work intentionally to ensure decisions are aligned with an organization’s racial equity and racial justice values.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

"Roadmap to Trust-Based Transformation" provides a snapshot of some of the key milestones on the trust-based philanthropy journey and how they connect to organizational culture, structures, leadership, and practices. As organizations embark on the journey—and regardless of how far along they may be—they find that much of this work is iterative, requiring continual learning and refinement. This resource serves as a high-level map.

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Crain's Chicago Business

The article "Chicago’s new Black philanthropic leaders aim to take on social justice and the racial wealth gap" highlights how Black executives now lead some of the most prominent philanthropic organizations in Chicago, putting them in position to deploy resources toward racial justice causes, such as closing the racial wealth gap, funding grassroots organizations and ensuring that other Black-led nonprofits are robustly funded.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

"Philanthropy’s Response to Flint Offers Lessons for Dealing With Water Crises - and Government Failures" highlights lessons from the city’s lead and water crisis which are especially important now as other cities like Jackson and Baltimore struggle with drinking-water issues resulting from failing infrastructure and decades of disinvestment.

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

In the fifth episode of Season 3 of the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Giving Done Right podcast, hosts Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette are joined by activist Heather McGhee, author of the bestselling The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. They unpack the concept of ‘drained pool’ politics, a metaphor for racism’s impact on public disinvestment, and talk about how racial inequality cuts across the issues that donors care about. 

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Job Opportunities

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Director, Evidence-Based Practice


Senior Associate, Atlanta Civic Site


Communications Associate

The James Irvine Foundation

Senior Impact Assessment & Learning Officer


Senior Associate, Operations


Grants Manager

Seattle Foundation

Director of Gift Planning

The California Wellness Foundation

Grants Administrator

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