Kataly Foundation

📣 More hiring updates from Kataly! We are hiring for a Managing Director of Programs to support and amplify efforts across programmatic areas and within the organization broadly. The Managing Director will serve as a critical connector and advocate for opportunities to collaborate across program teams in alignment with organization-wide strategic goals. Read more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gRvww-dy

Our team is expanding 👇🏼 . Read more about our new Capacity Building Program Officer role below.

🗣 APPLY: Kataly is continuing to grow our team! We are currently hiring for a Grants Officer. The person in this position will co-lead the grants management process and collaborate closely with Kataly staff and partners to ensure the highest quality experience for the Foundation’s grantees, amongst other duties. Koya Partners is supporting our search. Please find more information about this position, including key responsibilities, salary, benefits, and how to apply, here: https://lnkd.in/g3HMnHYj

From July 22-26, the Kataly Foundation is engaging in a Reflection Week to allow time for deep work and exploration of new ideas. Our team is eager to dive deep into thinking about funder organizing, integrating new team members, strategizing about upcoming grantmaking, refining narratives about our work, crafting our upcoming newsletter, and more. We look forward to sharing insights from Reflection Week soon!

Reflections from Kataly's Mindfulness and Healing Justice Program Officer Iris Garcia on the event we co-hosted celebrating the release of What it Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill. Read more 👇🏼 .

"While I understand the temptation to jump to action, my ask instead is for deeper reflection. The first step is understanding: how are your portfolios currently invested? What is your assessment of risk? How are we considering diversity and justice in our investments? Are you prepared to make investment decisions that are values aligned, even if it means less return? What is YOUR enough?" Early this year, we kicked off a series for ImpactAlpha about the process of how we designed our investment strategy at Kataly. Our Chief Investment Officer, Lynne Hoey, examined this central question: can a foundation fully divest from Wall Street and invest in community? We have reached the end of the series, which is Lynne's reflection on what it was like to share this journey, the connections to current invest/divest campaigns happening in the world, and the dangers of jumping to action before engaging in deep reflection first. Please read and share your feedback with us: https://lnkd.in/gV84EJqk

"Philanthropy cannot pretend that we are not aware of the deep systemic injustices baked into the American democratic project. Once we acknowledge those injustices, claiming false equivalencies or taking a “both sides” point of view demonstrates an unwillingness to stand firmly on the side of justice for fear of disrupting the status quo."— Nwamaka Agbo, MPA What is the responsibility of philanthropy to protect democracy? In this piece for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nwamaka critiques the idea that polarization and divisiveness are the biggest threats to our democracy, and demonstrates how organizing and resistance have propelled our greatest democratic advancements. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gEJKZwv8

"The inherent challenge of being a Black woman leader with intersecting identities is that we must constantly remain vigilant and assess if the critiques we receive are legitimate based on our actions or unfounded due to anti-Blackness, sexism, or any of the other systems of oppression that shape our lives. I contend with the expectation that I must have the capacity to rise above and lead with grace and compassion in the face of, or when engaging with, the very people who are committing microaggressions against me. As Black women, we are expected to extend care and support that are often not afforded us in return." – Nwamaka Agbo, MPA Kataly's CEO, Nwamaka Agbo, MPA, wrote a piece for the latest issue of Nonprofit Quarterly about her experience as a Black woman leader in philanthropy. Read more about her reflections on isolation and invisibilization, and how we can navigate our desire to destroy power: https://lnkd.in/gibaEcBu

We are excited to celebrate the Detroit Food Commons and the grand opening of the new Detroit People's Food Co-Op, a Black-led community-owned grocery store in Waawiyatanong (Detroit)’s historic north end. "While the system of racial capitalism affords a small percentage of us to maybe find ways to do well financially, we know a) that financial well-being is temporary, not secure and ultimately relies on a system of exploitation and b) the majority of Black people are not able to thrive and be well overall in this economy. So cooperative work and building economies that center the care and needs of the whole (including the planet) are crucial to our survival. "—Dara Cooper https://lnkd.in/gw36z4w3