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Research, Reports & Resources to Shift the Center of Gravity in Philanthropy

Donors of Color Network was born out of a multi-year research initiative to explore the giving patterns and priorities of wealthy people of color. We continue to develop and share resources that play a role in shifting the center of gravity in philanthropy.

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Philanthropy Report

Philanthropy Always Sounds Like Someone Else: A Portrait of High Net Worth Donors of Color

See a qualitative analysis of interviews with 113 high-net-wealth Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) donors, conducted over three years in ten cities across the U.S.

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Politics and Democracy

DOCN Sponsors: Love, Power and Liberation with Angela Davis and Lama Rod Owens

Our partners at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) hosted an intergenerational conversation among three of our most important contemporary visionary thinkers. Angela Davis, Lama Rod and Prentis Hemphill reflected on our current political moment and why a response grounded in a radical vision for the future and a commitment to collective liberation is more critical than ever.

Climate

Climate Funders Justice Pledge One-Pager

See the impact of the Climate Funders Justice Pledge campaign. Plus, find out which of the top 40 climate funders have committed to support climate justice in communities of color.

Climate

Climate Funders Justice Pledge FAQ

What is the Climate Funders Justice Pledge and why does it matter? Get answers to your questions about CFJP.

Climate

Climate Funders Justice Pledge Video

Rosario Dawson narrates this important video about how the climate crisis disproportionately affects communities of color and issues a call to top climate funders to be accountable to solving this crisis.

Race/Class Analysis

Nikole Hannah Jones Luncheon Interview with Ashindi

Ashindi Maxton sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Nikole Hannah Jones to discuss her work on The 1619 Project.

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Philanthropy Always Sounds Like Someone Else

This research represents a qualitative analysis of interviews with 113 high-net-worth Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) donors, conducted over three years in ten cities across the US. It serves as a call to action that pushes philanthropy to address our most pressing issues equitably.

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Philanthropy Always Sounds Like Someone Else Executive Summary

This is an executive summary of the Portrait Report, providing a brief summary of the report's findings and call to action.

Finance and Philanthropy

The Apparitional Donor

This original landscape analysis looks at the giving patterns and priorities of high-net-wealth (HNW) people of color. It summarizes information from interviews, shares insights gathered from a meta-analysis of research, and outlines a set of recommendations.

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POC Donor Collaborative

There are nearly 2 million individuals of color with assets over $1 million and tens of thousands of people of color with assets greater than $30 million. This report spearheads a project that aims to change the dynamics, face, and focus of philanthropic giving in the US by organizing, networking, and supporting the voices, leadership, and giving of individual wealthy people of color.

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