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By Beth Shogren, Surdna Board Member, Minneapolis, MN Tim Thorpe, Surdna Board Member, Minnetonka, MN Don Chen, Surdna President, New York, NY The killing of Renee Good has brought darkness and terror to the Twin Cities. As swarms of ICE…
How funders can challenge white supremacy, shift power and follow the lead of youth organizers and BIPOC communities By Manuela Arciniegas, Bryan Perlmutter and Jessica Pierce Society is battling threats on multiple fronts: The pandemic, ongoing…
Surdna grantee Asian American / Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) recently released Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. This new report finds that foundation funding designated for Asian…
In the spirit of sharing knowledge at The Funders Network's "Rise Together" conference, we curated a list of four ways funders can support BIPOC communities. Each of these resources has helped shape how Surdna thinks about and funds racial justice.…
Founders First Capital Partners (Founders First) announced its initial close for a $9 million Series A financing led by The Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation to support underfunded and underrepresented entrepreneurs. This Series A…
In this podcast, Surdna President Don Chen and ImpactAlpha Editor David Bank discuss Surdna's early response to the pandemic, the foundation's increase in grantmaking for racial justice, mission investing, and where do we go from here?…
“Surdna was proud to support Building Equity and Alignment for Impact’s (BEA) report, which found that 12 national environmental funders gave just 1.3% of their annual giving to environmental justice groups. There is an abundance of BIPOC-led…
The Amplify Fund envisions a reality where Black, Indigenous, people of color and low-income people benefit from the changes caused by development, including wealth creation, land control and quality of life outcomes. Watch this short video to hear…
On this day of remembrance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I'm acutely in need of solace and inspiration. In recent days, I've found myself reaching for his 1968 book, Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community? because the question of…
The Surdna Foundation is proud to be among the early signers of the Democracy Letter from philanthropists. As representatives of nonpartisan philanthropic institutions, serving rural, urban, and suburban communities across the nation, we…