Making a Case for Foundations Spending More to Meet the Moment

During a year of massive funding cuts to the nation's social service providers, the Weissberg Foundation is challenging traditional assumptions in philanthropy about foundation spending. As Executive Director Ricshawn Adkins Roane puts it, "Five percent is a floor, not a ceiling." Find out why staff and board members decided to spend twice the amount originally budgeted, to support their nonprofit partners and the vulnerable communities they serve. Hear the case Ricshawn and her board make to other foundations. 

 

Ricshawn Adkins Roane works at the intersection of philanthropy, public opinion, and policy for economic, racial, and gender justice.  Since late 2021, she has served as Executive Director of the Weissberg Foundation, a family foundation rooted in Virginia that advances organizations and efforts building the power of those most negatively impacted by racism.