What iF Black people were paid the debt they are owed?

Reparations Daily (ish) Zine

This special edition of Reparations Daily (ish) focuses on Washington, D.C. and was created by BLIS Collective in partnership with iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility.

Throughout this zine, artists, scholars, and community voices imagine: What does true repair require, and what would Washington D.C. look like when reparations for Black D.C. residents are realized?

How should iF engage in its redress and repair to Black people?

Cracks in the Foundation: Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People in the DMV

Commissioned and funded by iF and developed by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), Cracks in the Foundation: Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People in the DMV harnesses both quantitative and qualitative research from publicly available information to illuminate the ways in which Black people have been exploited to build philanthropic wealth.

This initiative seeks to form collaborations, influence and, when needed, compel sector stakeholders to engage in redress and repair. The report establishes a Reparative Framework for Philanthropy, focusing on four specific sectors that have caused past harm to local Black people and their communities — the media, housing, employment, and healthcare. It includes case studies of eight foundations in the DC region with Wealth History Reports: specific harm statements of wealth generation and foundation timelines as well as data on current grantmaking to Black communities. Our goal is that this project will be replicated by other foundations. We are attempting to hold up a mirror and address the “cracks in our foundation,” both individually and as a sector.