Verna Williams

Jun 4, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson |Verna Williams |Jasmine Banks |Alison Stine

Taken as a whole, the US nonprofit sector, comprising some 12 million Americans, is fairly diverse, slightly exceeding the diversity of the overall American workforce. But that diversity starts to diminish as one examines larger, wealthier nonprofits—and falls off noticeably when it comes to nonprofit leadership.

May 30, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Alison Stine |Verna Williams |Corrina Gould |Rebekah Barber

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May 17, 2024 | law360.com | Verna Williams

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May 16, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Rebekah Barber |Verna Williams |Jasmine Banks |Alison Stine

Early in his career, James Wahls was interested in learning about how capital flowed into communities—especially communities of color. This interest sprung out of his own experience navigating being a Black social entrepreneur in Detroit. To combat the bias he saw within the philanthropic industry, Wahls intentionally sought to use his work experiences to better understand how to uplift communities of color.

Oct 3, 2023 | insidephilanthropy.com | Verna Williams

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in SFFA  v.  Harvard and SFFA v. UNC limiting the use of affirmative action in college and university admissions has set off a chain reaction — and it requires an equally powerful counteraction from philanthropy.  At a time when our country should be looking to expand solutions to ensure that diversity remains a priority, alarmingly, we seem to be trending in the opposite direction.