Philanthropic Leadership
- Protecting Public Media in Underserved Communities: The Role of Philanthropy Amid Funding Cuts – On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Congress rescinded $1.1 billion in previously approved federal funding for public media. One year later, this project examines how the cuts could further deepen the local news crisis. It shows how public media serves as a lifeline for reliable local information, particularly in underserved communities where few other news sources remain. Drawing on her experience in national and community journalism, Carol Rangel developed this project to encourage a more strategic philanthropic response. Alongside the white paper, Carol created an interactive tool that helps funders identify communities where limited local news access and dependence on federal support may create the greatest need for targeted investment. Access the Public Media and Local News Risk Screening Dashboard
- Supporting Grantees in Times of Crisis: What Funder Collaboratives Can Learn from the Arts Forward Fund (2005) – The Arts Forward Fund provided two rounds of grantmaking in 2020 and 2021 to serve BIPOC-led organizations in the arts and culture space in the DC Region. As a funder collaborative, the Fund provided relief to traditionally underserved nonprofits during COVID recovery. This case study is an examination of the Arts Forward Fund and their success in introducing equity-focused approaches to philanthropy in a time of crisis. It also provides recommendations on what current and future funder collaboratives can learn from this two-year grantmaking effort.
- Case Study: Rethinking City Government and Nonprofit Relationships: Office of Strategic Partnerships in Jacksonville, Florida (2024)
- Rethinking Philanthropic Partnerships (2024)
- Case Study: Headwaters Foundation – Redefining How Philanthropies Evaluate (2023)
- Case Study: Let’s GO DMV! The Power of Funder Collaboratives in Philanthropy (2023)
- Case Study: Funders Together to End Homelessness (2023)
- Beyond Window Dressing: A Call for Reform of Private Philanthropy to Address the Race-based Wealth Gap (2021)
- The Role of Foundations and Nonprofits in the 2020 Census (2019)
- Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Racial Equity (2018)
- Case Study of the Horning Family Fund (2018)
- Case Study of the Weissberg Foundation (2018)