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Discourse and Resources on Eradicating Institutionalized and Everyday Racism

Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 2, 2020
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Giving Compass’ Take:

• As protests for George Floyd continue, SSIR editors compiled a list of articles, resources, and websites to help take action to address institutional racism in America. 

• Philanthropy can play a role in responding to the systemic roots of racism that are present in our culture. How can donors use charitable giving to pursue justice and dismantle racist systems? 

• Learn more about racial justice and how to support Black lives.


Racism in the United States has been a longstanding crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has cast into an even harsher light. One of the latest violent examples of this intractable American scourge is the death of George Floyd after a white police officer in Minneapolis pinned his knee against Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Before Floyd were many others: Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia; Breonna Taylor in Kentucky; Eric Garner in New York; Michael Brown in Missouri; Tony McDade in Florida; and black person after black person after black person.

After Floyd’s murder, something broke in Americans’ willingness to shrug off yet another instance of police killing black people. Peaceful and violent protests have spread across the country, raising condemnation and sympathy as tensions continue to escalate. Will racist ideologies continue to poison the United States? Can American society reform itself? To help answer these questions, SSIR’s editors have assembled a list of articles, websites, and other resources to help leaders of social change and activists trying to put an end to this systemic problem.

Understanding Racism

  • For a More Equitable America, Understand Race and Racism as Actions We Do and Can Undo
  • The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards (part of SSIR’s series on DEI)
  • Anti-Racism Resources (Google Doc from Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein)

Philanthropy’s and Impact Investing’s Role in the Struggle Against Racism

  • Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding 
  • Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson
  • Capital for Justice: Spurring On Impact Investing for Racial Equity
  • Equitable Big Bets for Marginalized Communities 

Read the full article about addressing institutional racism at Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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    Giving Compass' Take: • William Foster, Gail Perreault, and Elise Tosun examine the "how" of making big bets in philanthropy (rather than the "what") so that funders and foundations can better understand their mechanisms. • Many big bets can lead to success (the example given here is of Julius Rosenwald educating African Americans in the South). How can we mobilize resources to make more of them? • Read about philanthropy bets big on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. The world is rich in problems but poor in clear methods to address them. This article offers ten underutilized ways to place a big bet on social change. Big bets on social change are relatively rare — despite the great desire of most major donors to advance such causes. That rarity is heart-wrenching, given that big bets can have extraordinary impact. They can radically change the organizations or social movements they support, creating leaps in their recipients’ abilities or long-term ambitions. Mind you, it’s not a quick process. The biggest bets generally come out of years of work and build on multiple smaller grants. Our research has shown that a median of four smaller grants precede a big bet (with the big bet being 10 times the size of the previous grant), as the donors and recipients build relationships and trust, and gain knowledge of what’s required to get results. And those big bets nest within a broader arc of social change — one that’s more appropriately measured in decades than in years. But ultimately, it takes a lot to do a lot. Indeed, historically, big bets have been a critical input to many of the nonprofit sector’s greatest success stories ... In this article, based on our research of 14 years of big bets by US donors, we describe the various “hows” donors are using — 10 distinct ways to place a big bet on social change. They include building a field, waging an advocacy campaign, founding an organization, and seven more. Read the full article on how to make big bets on social change by William Foster, Gail Perreault, and Elise Tosun at Stanford Social Innovation Review.


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