Confronting Biases within Philanthropy with Kishshana Palmer

Break Concrete: Black Women At Work

It’s no secret that problems around diversity, equity, and inclusion permeate all sectors, including the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Whether it’s disparate funding for Black and women-led organizations, failure to promote women of color to leadership, or foundations using money as a weapon to dictate the direction of organizational efforts, Kishshana Palmer breaks it all down. Kishshana is an international speaker, trainer, and coach with nearly two decades of experience in fundraising, marketing, and talent management. She is also the founder of The Rooted Collaborative, a global community focused on the holistic evolution and advancement of female leaders of color in the social impact sector.

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Topics Covered:

• How Kishshana started in fundraising and development
• Adopting a more collaborative approach to fundraising
• Defining donor-centric fundraising and its shortcomings
• Disparities in funding between white-led, minority-led, and women-led organizations
• Increasing support for minority-led and women-led organizations
• Setting priorities when fundraising
• Using fundraising to build power and amplify marginalized voices
• Re-centering how we think of money when fundraising
• Challenges facing the nonprofit sector with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Why Kishshana started The Rooted Collaborative and how she hopes to redefine philanthropy

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