Recent books, blogs, and campaigns have posed provocative questions about philanthropy’s role, responsibilities, and accountability to the communities they support—specifically communities of color. Increasingly, foundations and philanthropic-serving institutions are assessing internal operations, adopting equity competencies, reviewing strategy, developing equitable grantmaking practices, and responding to oppressive government actions by providing grants and/or using their platform to comment. In her call to action, “America is Burning: White People in Philanthropy, What is your Move?,” Executive Director of Groundswell Fund Vanessa Daniel shares her benchmark of what progress would look like: “When the majority of foundations acknowledge the fact that white supremacy is in fact blocking progress on everything their trustees care about, and that they have little hope of advancing their missions, … if they don’t fund work that recognizes and dismantles white supremacy.”

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