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“I want wealthy donors to center outcomes rather than prioritizing c3 strategies because doing so gives them tax breaks,” said Ludovic Blain, Executive Director of California Donor Table (CDT). 

Ludovic spoke with Michael Gast of Organize the Rich about how important it is for donors to prioritize impact over tax breaks if they want to achieve people of color centered, electoral wins: “I want donors to invest long term in people of color power building across tax status…to build real power, we need to use every tool that’s available to us.” Read the full interview here as we highlight this changemaker in this week with change. 

In a new commentary piece for NC Newsline, the interim executive of Equality North Carolina – a grantee partner of Groundswell Fund – explained the importance of progressives participating in down-ballot elections in 2024: “We must support candidates that want to keep trans kids safe, hold onto reproductive freedoms, support our immigrant communities, uphold our voting rights, and protect queer rights because we know they impact all communities.” Read the full piece here.   

In late July, Black Futures Lab will release the findings of the Black Census Project, the largest survey of Black voters in the history of the United States. Kristin Powell, principal of Black Futures Lab, appeared on theGrio’s The Hill with April Ryan to give an early preview of the results and the issues that matter most to Black Americans ahead of the election.