Did you know that GO Smart’s parent organization, WESTAF, has been dedicated to the practices of Equity and Social Justice since its inception? This work is fostered by the Social Responsibility and Inclusion department, along with WESTAF’s Equity and Inclusion Committee and the Equity Cohort (many members of those groups are pictured below). GO Smart has the privilege of working with these colleagues everyday whose main focus is to promote social responsibility and inclusion and we attempt to bring their insight into every decision we make. Learn more about their work here.

Equity and Social Justice Resources
In our commitment to be a guide and partner in this space, we will be updating the resource lists below often. We would love to hear from you and your communities as you do this work as well. Please revisit often!
ACTIONABLE ITEMS FOR EQUITABLE GRANTMAKING
- Equitable Grantmaking Continuum
- Equitable Pathways to Small Business Recovery
- Racial Equity in the Panel Process
- Art.Coop: Study-Into-Action Incubator
- AmbitioUS: Initiative to encourage development of burgeoning alternative economies
- Power Moves; National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
- Cultural Policy Action Lab
ARTICLES, BLOGS, PUBLISHED PAPERS
- “HueArts NYC Releases Brown Paper for Systemic, Long-term Change in Arts Funding and Cultural Equity“, Nadia Elokdah; February 22, 2022
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“Black Philanthropy Circle announces first grant-making cycle” Laura Stewart; February 10, 2022
- Exploring Disability Culture with DisArt, November 2021
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WESTAF Expands its Social Responsibility and Inclusion Team, September 2021
- “Moving from Intention to Impact: Funding Racial Equity to Win” Bridgespan Group; August 2021
- “Seeding by Ceding” MacKenzie Scott; June 15, 2021
- “Celestial Navigation: How to Fund Culture Change in the U.S.” Surdna Foundation; June 29, 2020
- “Solidarity Not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy“
- A Work in Progress: Participatory Grantmaking in the Arts” Geoffrey Banks: March 10, 2020
- “How Liberatory Philanthropy and Restorative Investing Can Remake the Economy” Rodney Foxworth; February 28, 2019
- “How donor-centrism perpetuates inequity, and why we must move toward community-centric fundraising” Nonprofit AF: May 15, 2017
FEATURED RESOURCES