Equity Analysis

Equity, at its core, must take into account the various ways that communities and individuals with multiple systemically oppressed identities are marginalized. Developing an “equity lens” with this understanding is essential to all aspects of philanthropic work.

This includes:

  • Developing an intersectional equity and systems analysis with one’s work
  • Understanding social justice concepts
  • Using one’s positionality to examine and disrupt systems of oppression, including those born of philanthropy

Equity is at the core of EPIP's mission and vision for the sector. It is the reason that we created the People of Color Network as a community of practice to support leaders of color in the sector, the reason we partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy and Funders for LGBTQ Issues to produce the 2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) report, and more. You can learn more about how equity affects relationships with others through Interpersonal Leadership, how equity can be used to drive funding with Resource Mobilization, or how it impacts all seven ILF cornerstones and all of our work here.



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Equity Analysis Events

EPIP has events that focus on equity analysis throughout the year, both through our webinars and national programming and through our chapter work. Any upcoming events will be listed below, but past events include Philanthropic Leaders Embracing Racial Equity & Social Justice (EPIP Bay Area), Power and Equity in Grantmaking with Angelica Chavez (EPIP Chicago), and Coffee and Conversation: Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture (EPIP Philly).

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