Grassroots, black & giving
Grassroots, Black & Giving: How Philanthropy Can Better Support Black-led and Black-Benefiting Nonprofits uses quantitative and qualitative data to understand the needs, experiences and attitudes of Black-led nonprofits in order to provide recommendations for philanthropic institutions to better support these organizations and center grassroots, Black-led social change in their racial justice giving. Survey participants were pooled from YBGB’s database of Black-led and Black-benefitting nonprofit organizations that have participated in its annual Give 828 crowdfunding philanthropy. A focus group of Black nonprofit leaders was conducted to inform the survey design, and three one-on-one qualitative interviews were conducted to supplement the data results. The key findings include, Black-led and Black-benefitting nonprofits are grassroots, hyper local and grounded in communities; Black-led nonprofits do a lot with a little; Black-led nonprofits address the direct needs of Black communities in areas related to poverty and economic security; Black-led nonprofits want capacity-building support; and Black-led nonprofits seek diverse, authentic and trusting funding partnerships. Recommendations offered through this report serve as an opportunity for funders to center the realities of Black-led and benefiting nonprofits and begin to provide funding investment that is sustainable and equitable. This report was funded with the generous support of the Nielsen Foundation through its Data for Good grant program.
Black & Working from Home
By mid-2020, nearly two-thirds of Americans worked from home, significantly increasing from seven percent before the pandemic. Several studies have been conducted in the last year to assess the impact of this transition on employers and employees. Much of this research has focused on the effects of remote work on businesses and not workers. When studies have looked into the impact of teleworking on workers, there was overwhelming evidence that while workers experienced more job satisfaction, they felt more stressed and lonely. As the pandemic has disproportionately affected Black people, through the spread of COVID-19 and racial trauma, the Young, Black, & Giving Back Institute conducted a study focused specifically on Black nonprofit workers.
The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of Black nonprofit workers working from home during the pandemic. The survey asks four main questions:
- How does working from home affect how Black nonprofit workers do their job?
- What has been the impact of working from home on their mental health?
- How do they manage adverse effects and implement self-care?
- Do their nonprofit organizations affirm them as Black employees?