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How a Lean Foundation Doubled Its Spending to Meet Urgent Needs

How a Lean Foundation Doubled Its Spending to Meet Urgent Needs

Update: 2025-10-28
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The Weissberg Foundation, a leanly staffed foundation in Virginia, chose to double its spending to support partners and communities in a year of massive funding cuts to nonprofit organizations.  Executive Director Ricshawn Adkins Roane shares the staff and board's decision process for spending considerably more, and their goals for supporting communities facing unprecedented hardship and threats. She also shares how the foundation accelerated funding and streamlined application and reporting.  


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Ricshawn Adkins Roane works at the intersection of philanthropy, public opinion, and policy for economic, racial, and gender justice.  Since late 2021, she has served as Executive Director of the Weissberg Foundation, a family foundation rooted in Virginia that advances organizations and efforts building the power of those most negatively impacted by racism.
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How a Lean Foundation Doubled Its Spending to Meet Urgent Needs

How a Lean Foundation Doubled Its Spending to Meet Urgent Needs

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