The concept of philanthropic advocacy is not new — people, organizations, and coalitions inside and outside of philanthropy have been organizing funders for many years. However, more recently, the idea of organizing philanthropy has received more attention from mainstream philanthropic institutions, media outlets, and writers. …

On Wednesday, November 10, the Restorative Economies Fund (REF) team at the Kataly Foundation hosted a webinar to discuss how to use capital as a tool for liberation and create shared prosperity instead of individual wealth. …

On Thursday, October 21, the Mindfulness and Healing Justice (MHJ) team at the Kataly Foundation hosted a discussion with our grantee partners to explore the connections between healing, collective transformation, and power-building. Our grantee partners, Kazu Haga with East Point Peace Academy, Tracy Stewart with Gathering Roots Retreat + Wellness…

On Wednesday, September 29, the Environmental Justice Resourcing Collective (EJRC) at the Kataly Foundation hosted a webinar to share what environmental justice means to frontline communities, and how they engaged in movement-led grantmaking that shifts power and supports collective self-determination. In August, the EJRC redistributed $31.75 million to 78 BIPOC-led…

By: Nwamaka Agbo and Jocelyn Wong As a new foundation that started in the midst of a global pandemic and racial justice uprisings, Kataly’s primary call to action has been moving resources to frontline Black and Indigenous communities, and all people of color across our three program areas: the Environmental…

The Environmental Justice Resourcing Collective (EJRC) at the Kataly Foundation is proud to announce it has redistributed $31.75 million to 78 organizations across the country. Grantees will receive the funds over a span of five years. The EJRC was established at the Kataly Foundation in 2020. A collective of nine…

By: Nwamaka Agbo, Kimi Mojica, Zaineb Mohammed, Joleen Ruffin, Jocelyn Wong, and Larry Yang In response to the deadly attack targeting Asian American women in Atlanta in March, as well as escalating violence and discrimination towards the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) community since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic…

In Inside Philanthropy, Mandy Van Deven interviewed Kataly’s CEO Nwamaka Agbo about the Foundation’s methodology, values, and guiding principles. Read a few excerpts from their conversation : “We are really clear about who we want to resource and how we want to resource them, which is Black-led, Indigenous-led, and community-of-color-led…

In Nonprofit Quarterly, Kataly Foundation CEO Nwamaka Agbo reflects on the events at the capital last week — focusing on disingenuous calls for harmony and the need for real accountability that confronts the harm that has been done to Black and Brown communities: “Calling for harmony without accountability for harmful…