Washington Informer - After billions of dollars in pledges poured into Black communities following the 2020 murder of George Floyd, Black-led nonprofits now say they are being pushed to remove race from their mission, language, and identity or risk losing funding, according to a new report detailing a sharp reversal across philanthropy.
“We know that being Black isn’t illegal; neither is talking about our lived experience,” Susan Taylor Batten, president and CEO of Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE), said in a new report detailing the continued challenges of Black-owned or Black-led nonprofits. “We must be careful that philanthropy is not complicit in efforts to erase our history.”
The report, “Holding the Line: Black-Led Nonprofits and Race-Explicit Work Amid Backlash,” documents how organizations serving Black communities are navigating increasing pressure to change how they describe their work, even as race remains central to the disparities they address. Read more
New Report Finds Black-Led Nonprofits Told to Drop Race from Their Work or Risk Losing Support
