Weekly Reads—May 26, 2023

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

“Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. Among the findings:

1. Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019
2. The average Ivy League school received 178 times more funding than the average HBCU
3. HBCUs received less general operating support than other higher education institutions” [more]

Adia Colar and Grace Sato, Candid

“Despite the achievements of HBCUs, philanthropy funds these higher education institutions at significantly lower rates than comparable PWIs. This leaves HBCUs with less than adequate funding to support their operations, educational programs, infrastructure, and endowments. This report serves as a clarion call to our sector to right the systemic philanthropic funding disparity facing HBCUs and to adequately invest in the future of these institutions.” [more]
Susan Taylor Batten, ABFE

“Wellness is a state of being where I can be my authentic self, in ways that are vulnerable but also joyful. Your wellness is dependent on you showing up at this moment and letting people see you. We often use rest as a reward rather than a birthright, and that’s where we need to change in thinking about our wellness.” [more]
Amanda Andere, Funders Together to End Homelessness, for Catchafire