• The 2019 Cafritz Lecture on Philanthropy

    Funders: Join us at Studio Theatre on February 6 for a powerful talk by Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments. More details here.

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    Learn about the work of the Washington AIDS Partnership, its Health Corps team, and how you can join the fight against HIV/AIDS in our region. Visit the website.

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Latest News

"Putting Racism on the Table" in the Washington Monthly
December 5, 2018
Tamara Copeland’s article is the latest in Successes of Philanthropy, a sponsored project of the Washington Monthly magazine. 
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"Gentrification Anxiety" by Jacqueline Lassey, WRAG Journalism Fellow
December 4, 2018
Jacqueline Lassey is an African-American student at Richard Wright Public Charter School in Washington, DC. She is an aspiring writer and athlete, and the second author featured as part of the WRAG Journalism Fellows project. 
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Tamara Copeland in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Why Grant Makers Must Talk About Anti-Black Racism"
November 30, 2018
WRAG’s Racial Equity Working Group recently adopted an anti-Black racism frame to guide its work. In an op-ed, Tamara Copeland, WRAG’s president, discusses why this is necessary, as philanthropy begins to explore its role in helping to create a world free of racism.
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Upcoming Events

10
Jan 2019
Racial Equity Working Group | New Working Group Member Orientation

REWG welcomes and encourages other WRAG members to join this group. Because such deep work on this topic has occurred over the last year, we ask new members to participate in an orientation before attending your first meeting.

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16
Jan 2019
Racial Equity Working Group Meeting

The Racial Equity Working Group is a group of WRAG members dedicated to continuing to better understand how structural racism manifests in our region – and to collectively take strategic actions toward dismantling it.

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31
Jan 2019
2020 Census Working Group Meeting

Funders in this region have an opportunity to increase the likelihood that “everyone counts and everyone is counted" in the 2020 Census.

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Spotlight

Position Announcement: President, WRAG

The next president will succeed current president Tamara Lucas Copeland, who announced in July that she will retire after 12 years of leadership. WRAG has partnered with Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group to launch a national search that will end with a final selection by spring 2019. Tamara will continue serving in her role until the new president has been named.

The search committee is being led by Nicky Goren (Meyer Foundation), and includes board members Amy Owen (Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties), Craig Pascal (BB&T), and Yanique Redwood (Consumer Health Foundation), as well as Doug Duncan (Leadership Greater Washington) and Hanh Le (Weissberg Foundation).

Click below to view the position description and share with strong potential candidates.

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