Race and Ethnicity

August 28 marks the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the U.S.…

This blog outlines four key reasons why quantifying what it means to be a BIPOC-led organization is more difficult than you’d think.

When you perform qualitative interviews with the general public, you realize two things very quickly: The world is not black and white, and people for the most part are torn…

A new book sheds light on why the COVID pandemic disproportionately affected non-white Americans.

A recent study finds strong links between residential segregation and disparities in early death rates from common causes.

The third blog in our series highlights how LISC supports UN Sustainable Development Goal 13 – Climate Action. Goal 13 speaks to the need for urgent action to combat climate change…

Funders Together pushes philanthropy to both fund grassroots organizations that are working on housing justice and to make sure that their voices are being included in policy conversations. On March 30,…

The federal government has conducted the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module for more than 25 years. The data collected annually from about 50,000 U.S. households helps form estimates of…

Every day, families across the U.S. have to make difficult decisions about budgeting, spending, insurance, investments, savings, retirement and on and on. When faced with these choices, financial literacy –…

Increasingly, foundations and nonprofits are conducting racial equity audits. But not all audits are the same. Here are some guiding questions to deepen the practice.

New research by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy explores charitable giving trends by race and ethnicity—a topic that has not been extensively studied—and looks at declines in…