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Of and By. There is a poem by Gwen Nell Westerman…
Of and By
There is a poem by Gwen Nell Westerman that inspires me by shutting me up every time I read it. I had to close my laptop for a couple of days before writing this very short post.
Over the last seven months, with the help of my team, I gave $1,990,800,000 to 343 organizations supporting the voices and opportunities of people from underserved communities. Of special note is that many of the organizations are funds. For anyone similarly interested in supporting the leadership of people from the communities they’re assisting, funds are a great resource. They pool donations and spread them across a diverse group of smaller organizations working toward a common cause. The funds we picked look for teams with lived experience in the issues they’re addressing, as we did when selecting the other non-profits in this giving cycle, and the 1,200+ recipients before them, many of which are also funds. You can learn more about any of them in the database we’ll be releasing soon, with information supplied by their own teams, and mission statements in their own words.
I recently learned a saying used in disability communities: “Nothing about us without us.” For me, it’s another beautiful and powerful reminder. I needn’t ask those I care about what to say to them, or what to do for them. I can share what I have with them to stand behind them as they speak and act for themselves.
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
American Association of People with Disabilities
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health
Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE)
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
California Community Foundation — housing and unrestricted
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Campaign for Southern Equality
Carmen Schools of Science and Technology
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
Chinese-American Planning Council
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
College Access: Research & Action (CARA)
Community Academies of New Orleans
Comunidades Indigenas En Liderazgo
Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
Detroit Public Schools Community District
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Digital Empowerment Foundation
Escondido Union School District
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
Family Focused Treatment Association (FFTA)
Family Life Academy Charter Schools
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas (FIMI)
Foundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS)
Foundation for Ecological Security
Fresno Unified School District
Global Fund for Community Foundations
Grand Prairie Independent School District
Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation
Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB)
Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Jefferson County Public Schools
Killeen Independent School District
Latino Coalition for Community Leadership
Lindsay Unified School District
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Maine Health Access Foundation
Metro Early College High School
Mission Achievement and Success (MAS) Charter School
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
National Institute for Children’s Health Quality
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
National Organization on Disability
National Partnership for New Americans
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Urban League
Native American Community Academy
Noble Network of Charter Schools
Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (OICA)
Paramount Schools of Excellence
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA)
Paso del Norte Health Foundation
Rocky Mountain Preparatory Schools
Sallie B. Howard School of Arts & Science
Santa Gertrudis Independent School District
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
South Texas Independent School District
Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF)
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
White River School District 47–1
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
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