June Wilson chimes in on diversity in the environmental movement, racial equity in philanthropy, and spending everything.
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1 min readJul 11, 2016
Our favorite quote: “In many ways, as a funder we’re not the ones taking a risk. We can say, ‘Oh, this isn’t working,’ and walk away from an investment at any time. It’s really our grantees that bear the risk, and once we have that awareness, we can think about how we can help insure against and support the risks they are taking. Our greatest asset has been their commitment and willingness to take risks, and we’ve been lucky to have a part in that.”
Read more from Quixote Foundation Executive Director June Wilson in this issue of Philanthropy News Digest.
