"We're not asking for everything to shift immediately. We're asking for people to make small shifts so that everyone here in Boston feels like they belong and that they're protected. I think that's what philanthropy wants to do, but I think we have some work to do to get there." - Natanja Craig Oquendo
"...When you support the people who need it the most, you end up taking care of everybody. And so that's our answer, is that we're really just trying to take care of the most vulnerable people in our city, who are doing the most amazing work on the ground... And they deserve a lot more than 2 cents on every hundred dollars that's moving through philanthropy." - Natanja Craig Oquendo
A new report shows the region's philanthropic sector can raise up to $1 billion for women's and girls’ causes in a year, but only about 2% of that goes to efforts supporting women and girls of color.
"Greater Boston’s philanthropic sector can raise up to $1 billion for women's and girls’ causes in a year, but only about 2% of that goes to efforts specifically supporting women and girls of color, according to a new report.
The chief executive at Boston Women’s Fund, which commissioned the report, believes nonprofit groups supporting women don’t necessarily need to raise more money to address the disparity, they just need to rethink things."
“Are we over-extending in some areas and underfunded in others? Most likely – that’s what this report is telling us,” said Natanja Craig Oquendo, Boston Women’s Fund CEO. “It’s about redesigning how we are pooling our resources together, how we are partnering as a philanthropic sector.”
