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This article explores various approaches that foundations can use to advance racial equity and prosperity. The report focuses on Northwest Area Foundation’s work in communities of color and in Indian country. It first gauges the depth of the challenge that our communities face in racial disparities, then surveys the evolution of the role of philanthropic organizations in addressing poverty and traces the long history of racialization of institutions and systems.

The article explores:

• Why we need to respond to racial disparities
• The relationship between race and poverty
• A history of foundations’ role in addressing poverty and racial disparity
• Four case studies based on NWAF’s work