Ellen Dorsey
Ellen Dorsey is executive director of the Wallace Global Fund.
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OpinionDo the Math: Foundations Can Afford to Advance the Nation’s Covid Reset
Solving big problems revealed by a year of cascading crises demands a surge in grant making. Fortunately, endowments have swelled enough in the past year to enable steady increases in giving. -
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Foundations Should Give Employees Paid Time Off on Election Day
We need to back up philanthropic efforts to support democracy and ensure a fair election by making certain our own staffs and our grantees can fully exercise their rights as citizens on November 3, say Ellen Dorsey and Darren Walker. -
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Now Is the Time for Philanthropy to Give More, Not Less (Opinion)
Increased funding must focus squarely on promoting social justice — and provide immediate support to those who have been most negatively (and disproportionately) harmed by the public-health crisis. -
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Philanthropy Must Declare a Climate Emergency (Opinion)
The new commitments from Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are insufficient. It is up to everyone in philanthropy to make climate the top priority in their investments, grants, and other actions. -
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Opinion: We’re Doubling Our Grant Budget; You Should, Too
The Wallace Global Fund will be giving an additional $10 million this year to respond to threats to the climate and democracy.
