Lauren Brathwaite

Candid insights Content Editor, Candid

United States

Lauren serves as content editor for Candid insights. In this role, she authors and edits content leveraging Candid’s internal thought leadership and data. She also collaborates with external experts to provide valuable insights and actionable information on social sector-specific trends and issues.

Before joining Candid insights, Lauren was the content editor for Candid’s Philanthropy News Digest. With PND, she wrote about various topics relevant to the social sector through diverse editorial formats, including discussions on Black philanthropy and feminist philanthropy. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English and a minor in Education from Lincoln University (HBCU) and a Master of Science degree in Publishing from Pace University.

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Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
December 29, 2023
News: 2023 Roundup: HBCU funding increased; cautious optimism to stay course

2023 Roundup: HBCU funding increased; cautious optimism to stay course. Despite increased grants to HBCUs in 2020, cautiously optimistic staff called attention to the ongoing need for funding to address underinvestment in infrastructure, personnel, and scholarships, emphasizing the importance of unrestricted funding....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
October 31, 2023
News: Reproductive health equity: Evolving funding needs post-Dobbs

Reproductive health equity: Evolving funding needs post-Dobbs. Given the disproportionate impact on marginalized communities of the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the need for philanthropic funding to ensure equity in reproductive health care has surged....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
May 24, 2023
News: BIPOC environmental justice leaders call for more resources, agency

BIPOC environmental justice leaders call for more resources, agency. Since the burden of environmental disasters and climate change disproportionately affects low-income communities of color, nonprofit officials grapple with how philanthropy should work to dismantle structural racism in environmental causes....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
December 28, 2022
News: 2022 review: Funding for Black wealth generation targets investments

2022 review: Funding for Black wealth generation targets investments. During 2022, the nonprofit and private sectors increasingly worked to dismantle longstanding racially based obstacles to mitigate the economic impact of systemic racism through the continuation of the Black Lives Matter movement and increases in corporate giving to bolster racial equity efforts....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
October 13, 2022
News: Black philanthropy: Overcoming the wealth gap to build on a legacy of giving

Black philanthropy: Overcoming the wealth gap to build on a legacy of giving. Nonprofits are grappling with new questions about how to harness the scale of support for the Black community by those dedicated to race-conscious giving to create changes in Black philanthropy's visibility and proliferation....

Interviews

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
December 12, 2023
Interviews: Tiffany Benjamin, CEO, Humana Foundation: Centering equity and strong partnerships

Tiffany Benjamin, CEO, Humana Foundation: Centering equity in forming strong partnerships. PND asked Benjamin about the impact of environmental threats to communities of color, the Humana Foundation's approach to and broader outlook for disaster relief funding, and the ways in which it's contributing to advancing health equity....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
September 8, 2023
Interviews: Marc Philpart, Executive Director, California Black Freedom Fund

Marc Philpart, Executive Director, California Black Freedom Fund: Support for Black power building. PND spoke with Philpart about the needs of Black-led organizations, how sustained multiyear funding plays a part, and what philanthropy needs to consider when working with the Black community....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
June 30, 2023
Interviews: Margaret Hempel, Executive Director, Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity

Margaret Hempel, Executive Director, Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity: Collaboration is the path to our future. PND asked Hempel about the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, CGRE's funding strategy, what philanthropy should do to assist women in the fight for the freedom of bodily autonomy, and the value of listening to frontline direct service nonprofits....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
May 23, 2023
Interviews: Susan Taylor Batten, President and CEO, ABFE

Susan Taylor Batten, President and CEO, ABFE: Reaching the goal of proportional funding for HBCUs. PND spoke with Batten about Candid and ABFE's report, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities, HBCUs' impact on generational wealth, how to combat HBCU underfunding, the benefits of partnering with ABFE, and how governmental changes could affect DEI programs at HBCUs....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
February 28, 2023
Interviews: Ben Jealous, Executive Director, Sierra Club

Ben Jealous, Executive Director, Sierra Club: Drawing on our unique strengths to create champions for wild places. PND spoke with Jealous about lessons he's learned fighting against injustice and inequality; the importance of activism, especially at the ballot box; his preparation for his role as executive director of the Sierra Club; the intersection of poverty and environmental justice; and the role philanthropy plays in climate change mitigation....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
October 28, 2022
Interviews: Monique Couvson, President and CEO, Grantmakers for Girls of Color

Monique Couvson, President and CEO, Grantmakers for Girls of Color. PND spoke with Couvson about the goals of the Future Economy Lab initiative; the obstacles that constrain giving for Black girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color; the strategies that would increase giving; how Black philanthropy plays a part; and how Black girls and women can become more centered in conversations that discuss their unmet needs and barriers to success....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
August 16, 2022
Interviews: Garnesha Ezediaro, Greenwood Initiative Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Garnesha Ezediaro, Greenwood Initiative Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies: Addressing racism and systemic underinvestment to build a new economic reality. PND asked Ezediaro about the long-lasting effects racism and violence have had on the Black community's ability to achieve generational wealth and its impact on Black philanthropy, how Bloomberg Philanthropies' Greenwood Initiative seeks to address racial wealth inequities, the initiative's mission of reducing wealth disparities in Black...

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
June 28, 2022
Interviews: Jeannie Infante Sager and Jacqueline Ackerman, Director and Associate Director, WPI

Jeannie Infante Sager and Jacqueline Ackerman, Director and Associate Director, Women's Philanthropy Institute: Increasing visibility to boost giving. Infante Sager and Ackerman discussed their work to increase the visibility of women's philanthropy, especially that of Black women; research findings about women's motivations for giving and their implications; trends in giving led by high-profile women philanthropists; and prospects for "rage giving" and "feminist philanthropy....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
April 27, 2022
Interviews: Peggy Shepard, Co-founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Peggy Shepard, Co-founder and Executive Director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice: Confronting the impact of environmental racism. PND asked Shepard about the importance of organizing to build healthy communities, sustainable policies that would bring about change, the root causes of environmental racism, the benefits of science and community partnership, the legislative response to environmental justice, and the need for climate migrants from South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to...

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
March 17, 2022
Interviews: Isabelle Leighton, Interim Executive Director, Donors of Color Network

Isabelle Leighton, Interim Executive Director, Donors of Color Network: Shifting the center of gravity toward racial and economic justice. PND asked Leighton about barriers to donors of color achieving equitable attention and consideration, the role race and racism play in the problems that philanthropists are working to solve, how the philanthropic sector could be more inclusive, philanthropy's response to climate justice, and how best to demystify and educate the sector on the issues that...

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
January 28, 2022
Interviews: Katy Knight, Executive Director and President, Siegel Family Endowment

Katy Knight, Executive Director and President, Siegel Family Endowment: Putting equity at the heart of what we are doing. PND asked Knight about philanthropy's influence on infrastructure, the sector's approach to equity, Big Tech's impact and philanthropy's technological future outlook, the politicization of science, and how philanthropy could fill gaps and drive change in education and workforce development....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
November 23, 2021
Interviews: Margaret Goldberg, President and CEO, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

Margaret Goldberg, President and CEO, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation: Spinal cord injury research at a hopeful and critical juncture. PND asked Goldberg about her plans to launch a modern approach to the foundation's scientific endeavors, the development and delivery of treatments that move the field closer to cures for spinal cord injury, new partnerships, the current status of stem cell research and other therapies, and leading the National Paralysis Resource Center....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
October 14, 2021
Interviews: Eric Pannese, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Design, Classy

Eric Pannese, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Design, Classy. PND asked Pannese about the benefits of nonprofits prioritizing digital practices and user experience, the shift toward mobile giving, the impact of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency giving, and the future of AI use in the nonprofit sector....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
September 1, 2021
Interviews: Priti Krishtel, Co-Founder, I-MAK

Priti Krishtel, Co-Founder, I-MAK. PND asked Krishtel about inequity across the globe as it relates to COVID-19 vaccines, challenges in the United States of ensuring an equitable medicines system, the drug pricing crisis, and what funders can do to bring about change....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
July 29, 2021
Interviews: Rashid Shabazz, Executive Director, Critical Minded

Rashid Shabazz, Executive Director, Critical Minded. PND asked Shabazz about how philanthropy could more systematically address social inequities in arts funding practices, the steps museums and galleries should take to advance equity, and how Critical Minded is working to narrow gaps in the representation of cultural critics of color in art spaces....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
July 20, 2021
Interviews: Linda Goler Blount, President and CEO, Black Women's Health Imperative

Linda Goler Blount, President and CEO, Black Women's Health Imperative. PND asked Goler Blount about the ways in which Black women have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the Covid-19 Vaccine Awareness & Equity Task Force, and how to address the racial disparity in maternal mortality rates....

Book Reviews

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
December 14, 2023
Book Reviews: Strong Girls, Strong World: A Practical Guide to Helping Them Soar...

Strong Girls, Strong World: A Practical Guide to Helping Them Soar and Creating a Better Future for Us All. The author sets out not only to share the stories of women facing systemic inequalities and lack of resources but also to make it easy for readers to take action to make a meaningful difference for women and girls worldwide....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
September 22, 2023
Book Reviews: Building A Pro-Black World: Moving Beyond DE&I Work...

Building A Pro-Black World: Moving Beyond DE&I Work and Creating Spaces for Black People to Thrive. The book is not just a primer on transforming the nonprofit workplace into places of safety and refuge for Black people but a guidebook on challenging anti-Blackness in many areas of everyday life, writes Brathwaite, content editor at PND....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
March 22, 2023
Book Reviews: The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact...

The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact - Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever. In her book, the president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women celebrates the work everyday feminist activists do and the movements they create-those who are often from marginalized communities but center their communities in their work.....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
December 21, 2022
Book Reviews: Feminist Giving: Creating New Frontiers in Social Change

Feminist Giving: Creating New Frontiers in Social Change. When Marek talks of feminism, it's not just in the context of how women give or why, but it's also about feminism's potential to improve the planet as a whole, writes PND content editor Lauren Brathwaite....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
August 24, 2022
Book Reviews: How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic. The book is a good conversation starter about what we could be doing in a perfect world, and what resources, funding, and other support would be essential, writes PND content editor Lauren Brathwaite, but the healthcare systems in the U.S.

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
March 15, 2022
Book Reviews: The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World

The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World. The authors illuminate how smart nonprofits are capitalizing on and leaning into the impact of "smart tech" to save time, support wiser and better leadership, and transform into human-centered, well-prepared, knowledgeable, and reflective organizations, writes PND's Lauren Brathwaite....

Philanthropy News Digest (PND)
December 16, 2021
Book Reviews: The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home

The Deeper the Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home. Tubbs' memoir is timely and significant to the conversations surrounding systemic racism and poverty, writes Lauren Brathwaite, a story interwoven with heartache and joy and told with honesty, humility, grace, and passion....

Appearances

Elluminate
11/02/2023
Panel Appearances: The Convening 2023: Speakers - Elluminate

Feminist Philanthropy: Building Movements for Impact Together, we learned how feminist philanthropy and movement building are the next steps in making a difference for women’s empowerment around the world. Danielle Berfond, The Bridgespan Group Lauren Brathwaite, Philanthropy News Digest PeiYao Chen, Global Fund for Women