If you work in the nonprofit world, you've certainly heard about Ford Foundation, the world's largest social justice funder. This week on the podcast, I'm joined by Kathy Reich, who leads Ford's BUILD initiative globally and has a deep understanding of the stresses facing nonprofiteers, especially women and people of color, during the pandemic—and even before. Lucky for us, she also has a lot of great thoughts on how funders can alleviate some of that stress!
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Kathy Reich leads the Ford foundation’s BUILD initiative in the United States and in 10 global regions. (We’ll get into that more in our conversation!)
Before joining Ford in 2016, Kathy was director of organizational effectiveness and philanthropy at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, where she led a cross-cutting program to help grantees around the world strengthen their strategy, leadership and impact. Previously she had served at the Packard Foundation as policy analyst and program officer, and before that, she was policy director at the Social Policy Action Network, served as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill, and worked for state and local elected officials in California.
Kathy currently serves on the boards of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Peninsula Jewish Community Center. She was selected as a Schusterman Fellow in 2016. She holds a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University.
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