This event is part of the #GEO2026 Encore Sessions, bringing popular sessions from the 2026 GEO National Conference back virtually.
Philanthropy stands at a critical juncture. We face constitutional crises, rising authoritarianism and direct threats to our sector. These challenges are accelerating harm at an unprecedented pace. As inequality deepens, communities bear the brunt — in health outcomes, climate resilience, economic security and basic human rights.
The unprecedented flow of investment and divestment aimed at dismantling our democracy has created damage that will take generations to repair. While philanthropy alone cannot close every government funding gap, it has a unique opportunity to use “money as medicine” — modeling and facilitating repair for past and ongoing harms.
DWP’s Reparative Philanthropy Framework offers a healing path to restore balance and build solidarity. In this session, we’ll explore the rapidly growing global movements for reparative action and reparations — both within communities and across the philanthropic landscape — and consider how they can help transform wealth into collective well-being.
Participants will discover how intentional, medicine-like investments in truth and repair can transform our work, confront historical and current injustices and begin to heal a nation teetering on the brink.
#GEO2026 Encore Sessions are open to GEO 2026 National Conference participants and GEO members.