Article (Repost) A Long Lineage: Donors, Intermediaries, and Accountability in Action

“Those of us who work in community-rooted intermediaries are not endowers, nor are we always the final signatories on grants. We are administrators, translators, bridgers, narrative holders, and strategists with lived experience. We interpret need and move capital. For us, the question— “accountable to whom?”—has never felt murky or abstract. It has always been about community.” 

In an article published by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), our President Amoretta Morris examines the lineage out of which philanthropic intermediaries were born; what community accountability looks like, operationalized; and urges funders to support pooled funds as essential philanthropic infrastructure. 

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