Weekly Reads—July 21, 2023

Enjoy PEAK’s weekly roundup of timely insights from the grantmaking community and beyond.

“The philanthropy community must take measurable steps toward actionable change, [Laguna Community Foundation Executive Director Joannie] Romero urged. ‘Create opportunities where Indigenous peoples are not fighting over funding, pitting one community up against another community or forcing us to bend over backwards to do a million things for short-term funding… I feel like we made a lot of headway, but it all comes back to relationship building and potential funders being willing to listen.’” [more]
Native Americans in Philanthropy

“Philanthropic efforts to address injustice must account for the multiple and fluid marginalized identities so many of us hold. We can have the most impact here because the need is the greatest, and the creativity in surviving and thriving is the highest.” [more]
Catherine Hyde Townsend, Ford Foundation, and Diana Samarasan, Consultant, for Nonprofit Quarterly

“If you see that the model you have developed for a program needs tweaking, don’t be afraid to adapt as you go. … It means you are a reflective practitioner.” [more]
Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Mayberg Foundation

“We need to move beyond the charity model of disability and truly move towards embracing a disability justice framework. I’m hoping that my peers in philanthropy will move towards supporting the good work that is happening by and for disabled people, especially BIPOC disabled people, and find ways to fund the work that is already happening.” [more]
Ryan Easterly, WITH Foundation, on the Disability & Philanthropy Forum’s Disability Inclusion: Required podcast