The traditional approach in philanthropy often overlooks the importance of compensating community members for their contributions. This oversight not only undervalues their input but can also perpetuate systemic inequalities.
Chairman of the Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation, Ted Miller, speaks about its early days, and his aspirations for the foundation’s future.
Black women experience cancer at significantly higher rates than their white counterparts, and the economic disparities are glaring. Closely working with the community using a trust-based philanthropy model uncovered the relationship between physical and economic health. How can we, in philanthropy, prevent Black women from getting caught in a vicious cycle of poor financial and physical health?
Root Cause Analysis helped us go beyond surface level problem solving. By asking “why” at each layer of an issue, we can delve deeper into the true origins of a complex challenge that moves us beyond superficial symptoms and uncovers the core factors at the foundation.
Access to quality health care is a fundamental determinant of health outcomes. Similarly, economic disparities have an equal and direct impact on accessibility to quality healthcare. In this blog, we discuss the web of socioeconomic factors and their role in shaping Black women’s experience navigating cancer.
Recognizing the role of community identity, data, and intersectionality in our philanthropic pursuits at JBRF.
Our trust-based philanthropic approach helps us overcome biases we encounter in our grantmaking process.
JBRF is proud to welcome Nakeisha Neal Jones as the inaugural executive director for Black Women Thriving East of the River.
In November of 2019, we launched a new initiative rooted in the trust-based philanthropy model to authentically engage, empower, and center the voices and needs of the community. For JBRF, those happened to be the Black women residing in Wards 7 and 8 in Washington, D.C.
At the Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation (JBRF), we champion change from the ground up by working with community members to identify their most pressing needs.