During this episode of Why Change? co-hosts Ashraf and Jeff reflect on disrupting the field of community foundations through Ashraf’s interview with Celeste Smith, Senior Program Manager for Arts and Culture at The Pittsburgh Foundation, and Jonathan Cunningham, Senior Program Officer at Seattle Foundation. In this episode, you’ll hear conversations about systemic change in the way community foundations fund projects and smaller, BIPOC-led organizations, as well as how some foundations are funding beyond trauma and instead focusing on joy.

In this episode you’ll learn about:

1. How to bring our whole selves to our work;

2. About powerful racial justice programs in philanthropy; and

3. Navigating donor and grantee power, interests, and relationships.

Check out some of the things mentioned during this podcast, including: 

• Pittsburgh Foundation

• Seattle Foundation

• Grace Lee Boggs

• 1Hood Media

• The Residency Seattle

• REPAIR: Racially Equitable Philanthropy Aimed at Initiating Respirations

• Pittsburgh Foundation Exposure Artist Fellowship

• ABFE: Association of Black Foundation Executives

Please download the transcript here.