Disability Inclusion: Required – Episode 17 – On Work, and Cross-Movement Organizing
Nikki Brown-Booker, Yolanda Vargas, and host Justice Shorter explore what it means to work while disabled and cultivate inclusive and equitable workplaces.
Disability Equity Webinar Series: Disability in Indigenous Communities
Learn why funding the leadership of disabled Indigenous people is vital for advancing justice for Indigenous communities, people with disabilities, and everyone who exists at the intersection.
“Leadership of the Most Impacted”: Black Philanthropy Month and Disability Justice with Ryan Easterly
Ryan Easterly shares how disability justice has influenced his journey as a Black disabled leader in philanthropy.
Masen Davis: Why HIV/AIDS is a Disability Justice Issue
Learn why the HIV/AIDS movement requires both LGBTQIA+ rights and disability justice lenses.
Disability Is Intertwined With Incarceration, But This Grant Is Helping to Untangle It
With funding from the MacArthur Foundation, Access Living is working to identify and dismantle root causes of overincarceration of disabled people.
How Funders Can Increase Disabled Women’s and Birthing People’s Access to Reproductive Healthcare
Author Sarah Katz addresses concrete steps that philanthropy can take to improve access to reproductive healthcare for women and birthing people.
Mona Abhari: Why Disability Justice is Crucial for Labor Organizing
Learn about the systemic barriers facing disabled workers and why disabled leadership is necessary for labor movements.
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Member Workshop Series: Disability Justice: Lessons from Participatory Grantmaking
Develop an action plan for deepening practices of disability justice in your grantmaking.
Jamelia Morgan: How Policing Impacts People With Non-Apparent and Psychiatric Disabilities
Learn how over-policing can lead to violence against disabled communities - and what funders can do about it.
Disability Inclusion: Required – Episode 10 – The Impact of Funding Direct Action and Organizing
A conversation about funding direct action and organizing with Julie Farrar, a longtime disabled organizer and activist, along with Jen Matheson, who leads the Advancing Disability Justice program at Northwest Health Foundation.
Disability Equity Webinar Series: Disability Justice and Labor Rights
Learn why the leadership of disabled workers is crucial for labor rights organizing.
Amoretta Morris: How Funders Can Support Liberation Work
Two lessons learned by a philanthropic intermediary funding social justice and liberation work.
Katherine Pérez: What Funders Need to Know About Disabled Communities of Color
Three essential reminders for funding the work of disabled people of color.
Disability Inclusion: Required – Episode 4 – Disability Identity and Pride
A conversation on disability pride with Ryan Easterly, Executive Director of WITH Foundation, and Justice Shorter, a Disability Justice advocate and international advisor for disability inclusive humanitarian and disaster assistance.
Disability Inclusion: Required – Episode 1 – Foundation Giving for Disability
A conversation with Sandy Ho and Dr. Richard Besser on why it's essential that philanthropy applies a disability lens across all of their operations and grantmaking.
Disability & Philanthropy Webinar Series: Disability, Policing, and Mass Incarceration
We must dismantle the systemic racism and ableism that criminalizes disabled people.
Disability & Philanthropy Webinar Series: Disability and Housing
A dialogue about the economic disparities that disabled people encounter when trying to find a place to call home.
Disability & Philanthropy Webinar Series: Disability and Lived Experiences of Communities of Color
Applying disability-explicit and race-explicit lenses to philanthropic work is critical to achieving equity and justice.
Rebecca Vallas Urges Philanthropy to Address the Widespread Economic Crisis Among Disabled Americans
A reflection on economic inequities that disabled people disproportionately experience.
Mia Ives-Rublee Explains Why Poverty is a Policy Choice
A spotlight on what actions can mitigate the poverty that disabled people experience.
Keith Jones Reflects on How Philanthropy Can Support Disability Economic Justice
A reflection on opportunities philanthropy has to direct funding toward systemic issues impacting the disability community.
Fact Sheet: Disability and Economic Justice
Learn more about key statistics that highlight some of the many economic inequities disabled people experience.
Fact Sheet: Disability 101
Learn more about the disability community, frameworks to understand disability, and key disability terminology.
A Letter to the Americans with Disabilities Act on Its 32nd Birthday
Sandy Ho reflects on the ADA as a first step for disability rights and looks ahead to the future.
Lydia X.Z. Brown Powerfully Addresses Philanthropy’s Ableist Practices
A deeply honest spotlight on the multitude of ways ableism continues to show up across the philanthropic sector.
Rebecca Cokley Unpacks Philanthropy’s Ableist History
A call to use the mechanisms of philanthropy to address inequities, first by acknowledging its roots in ableism.
An Ableist Society: How It Shows Up In Our Philanthropic Practices – Unity Summit 2021 Fire Session
A conversation about philanthropy's role in dismantling ableism.
Centering Disability Rights and Justice in Philanthropic Practice – Unity Summit 2021 Fire Session
Emily Ladau and Sandy Ho share perspectives on disability rights and justice frameworks as ways for philanthropy to move equality and equity forward.
Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu Asks Philanthropy to Shift How It Chooses to Allocate Funds
A call for funders to reconsider existing grantmaking practices that perpetuate oppression.
Marq Mitchell Offers Guidance on How Funders Can Support Justice for Marginalized Communities
Insights on what funders must be aware of to truly advance justice through their grantmaking work.
Keris Jän Myrick Calls on Philanthropy to Center People with Lived Experience
Why it's vital for grantmakers to center people with lived experience in their grantmaking work.
Journey to Inclusion Series: Participatory Disability Grantmaking
Learn from disability advocates serving on participatory grantmaking committees.
Dr. Yolanda Muñoz Urges Climate Justice Funders to Include Disabled People
Dr. Yolanda Muñoz discusses why it's imperative to include the disability community in grantmaking work that addresses climate change.
Valerie Novack Discusses Environmental Racism
Valerie Novack highlights the cause and effect connections between environmental racism and disability.
Supporting Mental Health in Philanthropy
Insights on incorporating a mental health focus within both internal operations and grantmaking practices.
Disability & Philanthropy Webinar Series: Disability and Economic Justice
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. In the United States, full and equal participation in society is a...
Dr. Subini Annamma Urges Philanthropy to Center BIPOC Disabled People
Dr. Subini Annamma urges philanthropy to stop centering whiteness and shift toward centering BIPOC disabled people. Click here for a...
Lydia X. Z. Brown Calls On Philanthropy to Center Multi-Marginalized Disabled People
Lydia X. Z. Brown calls on philanthropy to center multi-marginalized disabled people within their work and equitably redistribute resources. Click...
Robin Wilson-Beattie Addresses Ableism and Racism in Reproductive Healthcare
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on gender, sexuality, and disability, Robin Wilson-Beattie addresses how ableism...
Disability & Philanthropy Webinar Series: Racial Equity and Disability
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. Disability cuts across all identities, but the impacts of systemic disability discrimination...
Connections Between Gender, Sexuality, and Disability
One in five women ages 18 and older are disabled. The United Nations, through their work toward full gender equality,...
The Time Is Now: Funding Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Youth Fellowships
This guide for funders, created by Open Society Foundations (OSF), a member of the Presidents' Council on Disability Inclusion in...
Taryn Williams Addresses the Need to Work Toward Economic Justice with a Disability-Explicit Lens
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on racial equity and disability, Taryn Williams discusses the critical...
Conchita Hernández Legorreta Addresses How Ableism and Racism Affects Disabled Immigrants
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on racial equity and disability, Conchita Hernández Legorreta speaks to...
D’Arcee Neal Addresses Intersections Between Ableism and Anti-Black Racism
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on racial equity and disability, D’Arcee Neal speaks to the...
What Funders Need to Know About Disability-Inclusive Grantmaking: Al Otro Lado
This interview is a Q&A with Nora Phillips, Legal Director, Al Otro Lado. As the alarming impact of COVID-19 on...
Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy: A Working Paper for Grantmakers and the Consultants Who Support Their Work
The National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers (NNCG) working paper is a starting place of learning for the Disability Inclusion...
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Disability Inclusion Fund Landscape Analysis
The Disability Inclusion Fund, housed at Borealis Philanthropy, hired Sandy Ho, a Research Associate at The Lurie Institute for Disability...
My Experiences as a Filipino/Black Woman with a Disability in Philanthropy
by Nikki Brown-Booker, August 2020 I am a Filipino/Black woman with a disability who works in philanthropy. When I enter...
What is Disability Justice?
In this resource, you'll learn about the origin and definition of disability justice as a movement and framework. Disability Justice...
Insights Into Inclusive Philanthropy – WITH Foundation
This interview with Ryan Easterly, Executive Director of the WITH Foundation, is part of a series about disability-inclusive grantmaking. The...
Insights Into Inclusive Philanthropy – Northwest Health Foundation
This interview with Northwest Health Foundation's Jen Matheson, Director of Programs, and Laura Nash, Communications Consultant, is part of a...
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Recommended Reading on Disability
Written works on disability have shaped the Disability Rights Movement. These selections are helpful and insightful starting points.