Through the Philanthropic Lens

Did you know that 0.1-0.35% of global foundation funding goes to Black women, girls and trans people? Analyzing philanthropic data, this chapter, written by Cynthia Eyakuze, exposes the barriers to funding and biases in philanthropy for Black feminist movements.

This chapter was originally written in English.

  • These barriers are (...) rooted in white supremacy that come from the ‘civilizing’ and ‘charity’ roots of development and philantrhopy.

  • 13.76% of human rights funding goes to serve Black communities globally.

  • Of the human rights funding for Black communities, 32.7% goes to Black women and girls and 3.46% goes to Black LGBTIQ people.

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