CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Justice in Philanthropy
MARY-FRANCES WINTERS
Founder and CEO
The Winters Group, Inc.
(she/her/hers)
As token people of color working within the field of philanthropy, one of our regular watercooler conversations revolves around the analogy of a plantation. Those seeking funding are the people with the least power—the field hands, begging for scraps, given no dignity, and treated with no respect. One step up, people working in philanthropy, are the house slaves . . . some help those still in the fields. . . . But some take on the characteristics of the master and lord over the less fortunate.
—EDGAR VILLANUEVA
This chapter highlights how philanthropy has perpetuated harm and offers new ways to support BIPOC communities ...
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