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“We are managing a pandemic within a pandemic. Police brutality is a scourge, it is a pandemic. The pre-existing condition before COVID, and it still exists, is racism.” -- Representative Ayanna Pressley
Read more“This is a time to re-examine practices, to take bold action to reassess our priorities and practices,” says Gary Steuer, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation President & CEO, “to look at what more we could be doing.
Read moreEl Pomar Foundation's 2020 Foundation Giving in Colorado report tracking philanthropic giving by region, demographics, and funding area. The report also identifies key giving trends across the state.
Read more"When I first joined Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation I didn’t know very much about oral health.
Read moreJoin Philanthropy Colorado and your philanthropic colleagues to explore national trends in rural philanthropy and discuss cross-cutting issues such as health, environment, economic, social justice and how funder behavior may need to respond differ
I see the hate in their eyes when I close mine. Also, the smirks. And hear the laughter.
Foundations have been described over the years as providers of necessary risk capital, society’s
Our mission at Philanthropy Colorado is “to strengthen Colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.”
Read moreFifteen innovative education projects designed to address COVID-19’s dramatic impact on Colorado’s schools and students will share $149,700 in grants from the COVID-19 Education Innovation Fund.
Read more"Back in 2014, the Colorado Health Foundation made an unusual decision. The philanthropic organization, known for helping nonprofits, put its money into a for-profit startup, myStrength, a behavioral health app.
Read moreThe Denver Foundation has announced its Black Resilience in Colorado (BRIC) Fund, which will direct resources to address systemic racism and its impact on Black communities across the seven-county Metro Denver region.
Read moreDonnell-Kay Foundation's Tony Lewis shares his thoughts on racism in the school system in a
Read moreAs far back as I can remember, racial constructions have been a part of my reality and lived experience.
Breaking down silos means starting from intersectionality and emphasizing climate justice.
We have a lot of work to do. Most of us have known this for some time, but the events of the last few weeks highlight just how much work remains to be done.
The nonprofit and philanthropic sector has contributed to many advances in our society, including civil rights, consumer protections, public health, and safety. Many of these efforts have been supported by foundations engaging in public policy.
The COVID-19 crisis and the path forward make two things abundantly clear to me: (1) clean, reliable water is central to a resilient and just future, and (2) foundations must ground their work in intersectionality, whether they focus on an issue or place, right now and forever more.
Racial bias—both personal and institutional, conscious and unconscious—creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process.