Bringing a Racial Equity Lens to Capacity Building

When: 
Thursday, January 18, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am EST
Where: 
Philanthropy New York, 1500 Broadway, 7th Floor, NYC 10036
Members of PNY & Partner Orgs: 
$0.00
Non-Members: 
$150.00
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Grantmakers who provide capacity building support help nonprofits become more resilient so they can deliver on their missions over the long term. However, our institutions and systems were built to advantage some but not all, especially when we take race into account. To help nonprofits grow stronger and make progress in their communities, we must work to address the ways in which structural racism and our implicit biases influence our ways of assessing nonprofit capability, readiness and effectiveness. A racial equity lens can help us see capacities that were previously hidden and lead us to more strategically invest our capacity building funds.

Join us to discuss recent research that speaks to the systemic, institutional and individual biases at play in philanthropy. We will also hear from a nonprofit executive and a funder about efforts to bring a racial equity lens to capacity building along with the impact of those efforts.

This is the first of a two-part series. In early spring, we will convene a follow-up session for funders to workshop concrete steps they can take to bring greater racial equity awareness to capacity building work with grantees.

Explore

  • How implicit biases and structural racism influence our ways of assessing nonprofit capability, readiness and effectiveness.
  • What it looks like in practice to bring a racial equity lens to capacity building work, from the perspective of a funder and nonprofit executive.
  • Systemic, institutional and individual biases at play in philanthropy that advantage some nonprofits and disadvantage others.

Presenters

  • Yvonne Goldsberry, President, Endowment for Health
  • Karen "kg" Marshall, Executive Director, Rethink
  • Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Co-Director, Building Movement Project
  • Heather Peeler, Vice President of Member and Partner Engagement, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Moderator)

Designed for

All interested funders.

Registration

8:45 - 9:00 AM  Check-in
9:00 - 11:00 AM  Program

Registration is required by January 16.

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