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D5 at the Midpoint

Not long after I took on the role of Director of the D5 Coalition almost exactly two years ago, I was chatting with my best friend about my new gig. I told her it was running a five-year effort to grow philanthropy’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Hmm…” she said after a pause, “That sounds really hard.” […]


Confronting Diversity: Can Foundations Face Their Own Equity Contradiction?

Claudia Jacobs, Associate Director, Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, explores diversity in philanthropy leadership, and how that can advance equity in this field.  Until I was seven, my family lived in a veterans’ housing project in Woodside, NY. WWII veterans and their families lived together […]


D5 Newsletter, February 4, 2013

Building the Movement: A Letter from the Director The New Year comes with signs that change is on the horizon—and a renewed focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the national dialogue. President Obama opened his second term with a call to finish the unfinished work of Seneca Falls, Selma, and Stonewall. His words underscore […]


D5 Newsletter, October 31, 2012

Building the Movement: A Letter from the Director D5 has been working closely with leaders in philanthropy, like you, to amplify the conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—and more importantly, to inspire action. Collaboration is a powerful tool to help advance DEI and we see D5 as playing an important role in connecting the […]


D5 Newsletter May 14, 2013

D5 at the Midpoint: A Letter from the Director D5 was launched just over two years ago with a set of concrete, if profoundly ambitious, goals.  It was a daunting agenda. Some people might even say it was impossible. Yet it seemed clear to me then, as it does now, that the momentum for being […]