Current Strategies to Recommit to Racial Equity Funding

The philanthropic sector has been experiencing a landscape fraught with serious questions and challenges to racial equity commitments. Especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively struck down affirmation action, the GEO community is grappling with how to navigate the decision’s effects on race-based grantmaking and DEI efforts.

Leading the conversation will be Health Forward Foundation’s Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Communication Eusebio Díaz and PRE Senior Fellow Ben Francisco Maulbeck.

We’ll discuss highlights from The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Racial Justice Programs Under Fire: Foundations Are Running Scared When They Should Double Down co-authored by Ben, and key learnings from a new report recently released by Heath Forward that explores the economic consequences of anti-DEI laws in Kansas and Missouri, in which the results speak for themselves: legislation perceived to be discriminatory, regardless of actual intent, could cost Kansas and Missouri a combined $3.4 billion and more than 32,000 jobs.

Join us as the anniversary of SCOTUS decision nears to be in conversation on the current state of philanthropy amid efforts to undercut diversity, equity and inclusion, to discuss real-time strategies and opportunities for funders to remain steadfast to racial equity commitments and advocate for a more just, thriving society.