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Lori Villarosa

Lori Villarosa is the founder and executive director of the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity.

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Opinion

Racial Justice Programs Under Fire: Foundations Are Running Scared When They Should Double Down

By Lori Villarosa , Ben Francisco Maulbeck, and Gihan Perera February 6, 2024

Perceived legal threats following the Supreme Court affirmative action ruling are causing grant makers to backslide, fueling notions that racial justice work is discriminatory or illegal.
Opinion

Reports of a Massive Increase in Racial-Justice Funding Paint a Distorted and Dangerous Picture

By Lori Villarosa September 21, 2021

A new analysis shows how conservative groups have seized on inflated estimates of giving following 2020’s racial-justice protests to falsely signal that grassroots groups fighting systemic racism are getting more than their fair share.