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The follow is an excerpt from Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy's Becoming The Vision podcast where hosts Dr. Chera Reid, Efraín Gutiérrez, and Dr. Trinel Torian talk with those who "embrace the tradition of freedom dreaming in service to racial…
In September 2024, Surdna President Don Chen joined a panel of philanthropic leaders—Flozell Daniels, Jr. (CEO of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation), Mayra Peters-Quintero (executive director of Abundant Futures Fund), and Vanessa Mason…
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) announces the election of a new Board Chair — Tony Richardson, president of the George Gund Foundation — as well as the election of three new members to join the Board of Directors: Don Chen,…
On March 20, 2024, Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation, delivered the closing keynote at the Philanthropy and AI Forum hosted by Partnership on AI. He spoke about the societal impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the importance of…
For the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP)'s Family Giving Blog, Surdna's President Don Chen speaks with NCFP's Emerald Adeyemi about how Surdna approaches a culture of learning and reflection with staff, board, and our partners. Below…
Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation, discusses his experience in the nonprofit world, his work at Surdna, and his thoughts on strategic trust-based philanthropy with Kirk Brown and Eric Brown, hosts of Let's Hear It, a podcast about social…
Dear Friends, Today, I want to share news about a recent reorganization at Surdna and celebrate some of our people who have been promoted. Looking Inward As one of the few relatively large foundations devoted to advancing racial justice in the…
A year ago, a man with a handgun drove to three spas in Atlanta and murdered eight people, including six Asian women. The heinous crime sparked national outrage and heightened awareness about anti-AAPI hate, which had spiked after President Trump…
Originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly This article is the first in a new article series—Community Development: National Leaders’ Visions—that NPQ, in partnership with the CEO Circle, an informal network of BIPOC community economic…
At long last, Juneteenth is recognized as a national holiday. It marks the day Black enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned that they were legally free on June 19, 1865--a full two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation…