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As many nonprofit organizations see a decrease in funding and donations, one charity is stepping up to ensure organizations run by women of color do not suffer unequally.

The Women's Foundation of the South raises funds and awards grants to programs, services and resources for Black, Indigenous, Latina and Asian women and girls.

Carmen James Randolph, founding president and CEO of the foundation, said they created their charity to address the funding gap.

"We receive the least amount of philanthropic investment as well as the smallest share of investment capital to support our businesses," Randolph pointed out. "We exist to shift this trend of underinvestment."

She noted they are helping 120 organizations across Texas and four other southern states. They hope to expand to 13 states by 2026.

A study by the Ms. Foundation for Women showed nonprofit organizations led by women of color receive about 50% less funding from charities and foundations. Randolph added the women are doing more with less.

"More than 50% of women in some of our states, in the south, are living in prenatal care and maternity care deserts," Randolph emphasized. "You have nonprofits that are picking up the slack and working to provide these critical services and they are so deeply under-resourced."

She acknowledged although women of color have successfully operated corporations and organizations, they still face what's known as "trust philanthropy."

"I think in the south you have those issues of trust combining with long-standing issues with racism and patriarchy where they all combine," Randolph observed.

Randolph stressed they hope to change the economic trajectory of at least 2.5 million women and girls of color by 2031.


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