Giving Compass' Take:

• Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Justice's guide Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens provides frameworks and tools for donors to apply to their grantmaking

• How could a racial justice lens improve your philanthropic efforts? Are you ready to make the shift necessary to adopt this lens? 

• Learn about supporting racial justice leaders. 

The new Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide, written by PRE Senior Fellow Rinku Sen and Executive Director Lori Villarosa with contributions from Maggie Potapchuk, Lisa McGill, and Makani Themba, provides grantmakers with reflections, frameworks and tools built from the direct experience of activists and funders for advancing racial justice in any philanthropic setting

With recognition of the complexity of these shifts and the evolution of the work, PRE has published Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens to help foundation leaders understand what it means to move from racial equity to racial justice funding strategies. It also addresses how to align operational practices to both reduce racial inequity and advance racial justice, with a chapter on selecting the right tools and consultants written by Potapchuk.

The new guide centers what racial justice activists want funders to know and features experienced funders’ stories and how-to tips on advancing foundation practices to achieve racial justice such as:

  • Responding to resistance
  • Resourcing in ways that builds power
  • Tackling anti-Black racism and white supremacy
  • Correcting the course of some problematic trends

Download the full guide about grantmaking with a racial justice lens at Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Justice.