Edgar Villanueva

Philanthropy must reckon with its racist past to truly heal divides, argues racial-equity advocate Edgar Villanueva

Corporate social-responsibility departments lack the diversity and resources to effectively manage significantly increased charitable dollars.

Inviting people of color into structures in which we are accountable to white millionaires and billionaires is not an invitation to share power. Real power comes from appointing people of color into top roles and actively dismantling the power structures that marginalize millions, say the author of Decolonizing Wealth and the head of the Groundswell Fund.

On this day the Kellogg Foundation has pitched as a day to promote harmony, a philanthropy executive who is a member of the Lumbee Indian tribe urges philanthropies to give more power and resources to people who today still suffer the impact of imperialism and slavery.