ARTICLES & PERSPECTIVES

Ideas shaping Black philanthropy

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Explore perspectives, commentary and conversations on Black philanthropy, fundraising, equity and social change.

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November 29, 2025
The Producers Gleaux and Tell Series: Betting on Ourselves - Building Empires, Co-creating the Future, and Transforming Criticism Into Fuel. Dorian Spears.
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November 29, 2025
The Producers Gleaux and Tell Series: Empathy as Strategy - How Centering Empathy Unlocks Innovation, Equity, and Sustainable Impact. Michael Tennant
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November 28, 2025
The Producers Gleaux and Tell Series: Jason Teeters - Rest as Resistance: Redesigning Leadership, Reclaiming Balance, and Reimagining the Systems that Shape Us.
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By Mide Akerewusi • November 18, 2025
It's the time of year when I find myself listening moe intently to my body and my mind. Both of which are telling me it is time to take a break. It has been a long and arduous six months that I have devoted to producing Series Two of The Giving Black Podcast, planning and delivering The Giving Conference, organizing
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By Mide Akerewusi • November 18, 2025
This conversation is with Christal M.Cherry Founder of Board Pro a consulting firm that supports non-profit governance boards to adopt new skills and tools for non-profit leadership. Christal is a nationally recognized nonprofit consultant, speaker, fellow co-author of Collecting Courage, and board leadership expert
By Mide Akerewusi • September 23, 2025
THE GIVING BLACK CONFERENCE 2025 Sankofa: Remember, Reclaim, Rise.
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By Mide Akerewusi • September 3, 2025
Here is our final series of conversations to honour Black Philanthropy Month 2025 and celebrate our theme: Sankofa: Remember, Reclaim, Rise! I sit down with my dear friend, Brother Christopher Beck, Associate Director of Individual and Planned Giving at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia—one of a few Black m
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By Mide Akerewusi • September 3, 2025
In this episode of The Giving Black Podcast, we traveled—at least in spirit—to the home of the global philanthropic tradition of Sankofa: Ghana, West Africa. We knew we had to include a Ghanaian perspective in this series, and I was introduced to exactly the right person. As fortune would have it, a close brother of
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By Mide Akerewusi • September 3, 2025
When I learned about the work of Dr. Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome—Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, New York, and Co-Founder of Black Philanthropy Month—I knew we had to speak! Dr. Okome, a fellow Nigerian, is both an academic and a powerful advocate for pan-Africanism. In this episode of The Giving Blac
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By Mide Akerewusi • September 2, 2025
Nasra Ayub is a young activist, philanthropist, and human and civil rights campaigner. She works at the Phoenix Way, which is a philanthropic initiative within the UK's Global Fund for Children. The Phoenix Way seeks to make funding available for youth-led grassroots community building.

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