Who Really Gets the Money?
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Who Really Gets the Money?
The Truth About Charitable Giving in NH
Why This Matters
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Foundations in New Hampshire love to talk about “equity,” “justice,” and “inclusion.” But when we look at where the money actually goes, a different story emerges.
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Black-led and Black-centered work has been consistently left out, not just recently with federal rollbacks and DEI cuts, but long before.
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This is not only about funding gaps. It is about morality and ethics. It is about whether the Black community is treated as full partners in shaping the future or tokenized for brochures while being excluded from resources.
The Pattern of Exclusion
​This Did Not Start With DEI Cuts
Black communities were already being excluded from charitable giving long before the recent political backlash.
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When foundations offered emergency or urgent funding during crises like the DEI rollbacks, they funneled resources to the same organizations they always fund. Instead of correcting disparities, they made them worse.
Tokenism in Practice
Our Faces, Not Our Funding
We see Black people featured on websites, in annual reports, and in glossy marketing materials. But behind the imagery, Black-led organizations are often struggling to access even basic funding.
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That is tokenism, using our presence for appearances while refusing to invest in our survival and self-determination.
What Is at Stake
The Human Cost of Exclusion
When Black-led organizations do not get funded, it means:
• Less food sovereignty in our communities
• Fewer healing and cultural spaces
• Limited opportunities for our kids to learn our history and lead in our ways
• The burden of racial justice work falling on Black people without the resources to sustain it
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Tokenism does not just insult us. It harms us.
Moving Toward Action
From Awareness to Demands
We cannot afford to be silent about this. Foundations must be held accountable to fund Black communities at a level that reflects both the harm we carry and the solutions we create.
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That means:
• Funding Black-led and Black-centered organizations directly
• Breaking the cycle of only supporting “the usual suspects”
• Moving beyond symbolism into real investment
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This is not charity. It is justice.
Join Call It Home
If you are a Black person in New Hampshire or nearby and you are ready to take action, join us in Call It Home, a coalition of Black-led groups and community members working together to demand accountability and build our own systems of care, resources, and ownership.
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📌 Learn more and sign up here: https://www.bwinhsc.com/callithome
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Together, we can put our foot down and make sure the future looks different than the past.