As COVID-19 and all of the systemic challenges being highlighted unfold, philanthropy has a critical role to play by being “fast, nimble and catalytic,” Ruth Salzman, RBF’s Chief Executive Officer, says in an interview with The Philanthropic Initiative. The interview, which kicked off TPI’s “Adaptable Funders” blog series, came as RBF’s COVID-19 emergency relief grants topped $5 million. “If philanthropy can help get the right people around the table, help them generate solutions and then catalyze action by funding innovative ideas as R&D, we will have made a significant contribution,” Salzman tells TPI. “And we are the sector that can ensure that inclusion, diversity, and equity are consistently incorporated.”
RBF Kicks Off The Philanthropic Initiative's "Adaptable Funders" Series