Foundations of Racial Equity (FRE) provides training for philanthropic practitioners to understand how anti-Black racism and white supremacy influence the field of philanthropy and provides opportunities for action in your organizations.
FRE is a five-part virtual cohort program that blends faculty-led content modules with a peer-learning model. The FRE Series was created by Northern California Grantmakers (NCG) in 2020 to fill a much-needed gap in the sector. In its fifth year, its impact and continued need have evolved it into this year’s national offering, presented in partnership with GEO, NCG and Southern California Grantmakers evolve.
Curriculum and Format
Each module contains two sessions for a total of five modules. As a participant in the series, we’d like you to engage with both structured faculty-facilitated content sessions and peer-centered “integration hours” for each module. Learn more about the session types and the modules below.
- Faculty-led sessions: These three-hour faculty-led sessions provide a deep dive into the module curriculum.
- Integration Hours: These hour-long, lightly facilitated sessions are between each faculty-led FRE module. The purpose is to help participants reflect on and apply key themes from sessions and create a peer-driven environment for discussing how FRE topics relate to current internal and sector-wide cultural shifts, especially in the face of rapid organizational changes. Facilitated by Marisol Jiménez of Spiral Path Consulting, who leads the Healing Justice module, as well as the FRE program design team, these spaces encourage real-time dialogue and shared learning, helping attendees connect insights to their own contexts and return to their organizations with practical tools and understanding. Integration hours will not be recorded to support candor and connection.
Modules
- Module One – Tuesday, September 29 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET : The Cultural, Historical & Political Foundations of Racism
Integration Hour: Friday, October 2 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
- Module Two – Thursday, October 15 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET: Racism and the Economy: Understanding Racial Capitalism
Integration Hour: Friday, October 16 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
- Module Three – Thursday, November 5 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET: Healing Justice: An Integral Approach to Advancing Racial Equity
Integration Hour: Friday, November 6 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
- Module Four – Thursday, November 19 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET: Advancing Equity Through Organizational Culture and Operations
Integration Hour: Friday, November 20 | 1:00 -2:00 pm ET
- Module Five – Wednesday, December 9 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm ET: Centering Equity in Grantmaking
Integration Hour: Friday, December 11 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Group discounts are available. Please connect with us by email at programs@geofunders.org for more information.