Weekly Reads—November 18, 2022

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

“[I]n addition to impacting the recipient organizations, the [MacKenzie Scott] grants were transformational for leaders. It affected them personally and professionally—profoundly shifting their mindsets. This matters because it shows that a different approach to giving can shift leaders’ thinking, emboldening them to dream of what’s possible for their organizations—and for those they serve—in new ways and act on making those dreams a reality.” [more]
Phil Buchanan and Ellie Buteau, Center for Effective Philanthropy, for Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s ninth annual research report, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2022: Data to Drive Decisions, developed in partnership with Candid, dives into how philanthropy and other funders supported natural hazards and severe weather events and complex humanitarian emergencies alongside the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. [more]

“Reparations is the path to real belonging for Black people in America. We must face the atrocities of our past and let them shine a light on the path toward repair. At LV, we are building a culture of repair. Our mission is to fuel the Black-led movement for racial repair in the US. And that means building public will for a comprehensive federal reparations program.” [more]
Aria Florant and Trevor Smith, Liberation Ventures, for Nonprofit Quarterly