10.07.2025
Reparations & Liberation Ventures FAQ
This reference document includes useful messaging and answers to common questions about reparations, the reparations movement and Liberation Ventures.
News & Resources
We’re building a world where reparations are common sense and commonplace — and where a culture of repair is a reality. Our writing, research and resources are moving us toward that world.
02.03.2025
Introducing the Reparations Grantmaking Blueprint
Co-created by reparations movement leaders, this blueprint is a 10-year grantmaking strategy to make reparations common sense and commonplace.
Read More.
07.28.2025
Liberation Ventures Moves $3M to the Reparations Movement
Liberation Ventures is thrilled to announce our 2025 grantmaking.
04.11.2025
Second Cohort of the Reparations Fundraising Lab Launches
LV and For Impact run a year-long program that develops reparations organizations’ skills and confidence to build enduring relationships with funders.
03.01.2025
2024 NY New York Reparations Poll
Liberation Ventures and New Yorkers for Reparations polled New York adults on beliefs and sentiment surrounding reparations. (N = 2008)
02.11.2025
If not us, who? If not now, when? Why funders must continue to invest in reparations and racial repair in the current political climate.
Medium
Blog: A call to action for bold philanthropy in the age of Trump.
01.30.2025
Global Reparations Learnings: New Zealand, Māori
Medium
Notes and learnings from a 2025 reparations teach-in for U.S. movement leaders
01.30.2025
Global Reparations Learnings: Peru
Medium
Notes and learnings from a 2025 reparations teach-in for U.S. movement leaders
01.01.2025
The Reparations Research Database
Compiled by the Reparations Research Consortium, this database includes research organized by topic, readability and typical movment questions
12.18.2024
December 2024 Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
10.08.2024
The Persuadables: America’s Key to Unlocking Support for Black Reparations
Medium
Analysis of the 2024 Reparations Beliefs and Sentiments Poll. Deep dive into the 27% of the public that is persuadable.
10.08.2024
The Landscape of Black Support for Reparations
Medium
2024 Reparations Beliefs and Sentiments Poll Analysis. Deep dive into the complexities the 73% of Black Americans that support reparations.
10.08.2024
What Polling Tells Us About the Path Forward for Reparations
Medium
2024 Reparations Beliefs and Sentiments Poll Analysis. Data indicates a shift in public opinion support of comprehensive federal reparations.
10.03.2024
Resource Guide: State and Local Reparations
This resource guide connects people to resources that support in advocacy, creation, design, and passage of reparations task forces and policies.
09.24.2024
2024 U.S. Reparations Beliefs and Sentiments Poll
In partnership with Princeton University survey researchers this poll looks at shifts in interest and support for reparations nationwide. (N = 5146)
09.24.2024
Understanding Public Opinion: A Key Tool for the Reparations Movement
Medium
2024 Reparations Beliefs and Sentiments Poll Analysis. How public opinion data can be used for campaigning, comms and KPI tracking.
08.13.2024
Building an Accountable Organization at LV
Medium
A discussion of two major arenas of accountability for Liberation Ventures as a movement intermediary: grantmaking and operations.
07.30.2024
Honoring Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Medium
Statement: Mourning the passing of a loyal proponent of reparations for Black Americans and reparative policies in the United States.
07.02.2024
A Framework for Philanthropic Pluralism
Nonprofit Quarterly
Article by LV’s Vikas Maturi: A deep dive into the collective practice of philanthropists supporting the causes, ideas, and organizations of their choice.
06.19.2024
June 2024 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
06.11.2024
Welcoming LV’s New Team Members
Medium
Please welcome three brilliant people to the LV team: Amity Paye, Marsha Davis, and Karin Gerald.
05.23.2024
Building a Reparative Organization and Nation
Nonprofit Quarterly
Article by LV’s Aria Florant: As the cofounder of an organization focused on reparations movement, it remains difficult and necessary to walk the talk.
04.22.2024
How Movement-Accountable Intermediaries Can Change Philanthropy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Article including LV’s Jennie Goldfarb: Leaders of intermediary organizations share how they envision their role within the philanthropic landscape.
04.02.2024
A Multiracial Democracy in the United States Requires Racial Repair
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Article by LV and GetFree: Activists, scholars, and researchers have argued that reparations are the way to bring this anti-democratic history to a close
03.29.2024
Liberation Ventures Moves $3.4M to the Reparations Movement
Medium
Liberation Ventures is thrilled to announce our 2024 grantmaking.
03.29.2024
Building Narratives for Reparations, Reckoning, and Healing
MacFound Blog
MacArthur Foundation Grantee Stories: Updates on the Reparations Narrative Lab and the development of the Narrative House
03.11.2024
The Push for Payback: Robert Wood Johnson and 80 Other Foundations Make a Case for Reparations
The Chronicle Of Philanthropy
Philanthropy.com Article: deep dive into a philanthropic movement redefining reparations to advance policy changes in a range of fields.
02.21.2024
Honoring Joe Brooks & Liberation Ventures’ Wise Council
Medium
We will forever be indebted to Joe for his counsel, encouragement, and the grounded yet hopeful perspective he brought to every conversation.
12.14.2023
To Build Narrative Power for Reparations, We Need Infrastructure
Nonprofit Quarterly
Article by LV’s Trevor Smith: The need for robust narrative infrastructure is critical to correct false narratives and in tell a new U.S. origin story.
12.08.2023
December 2023 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
12.06.2023
Philanthropy Is Stepping up to Advance Reparations and Racial Repair
Penta (Barron's)
Barron’s Article: Funds overseen by community-based groups represent one way philanthropy can approach reparations.
11.01.2023
How Philanthropy Can Invest in Advancing Reparations in the U.S. to Build a Better Future for All
The Heart of Giving Podcast
Podbean Podcast: Reparations and how we can right past wrongs with guests: Bridgespan’s Tonyel Edwards Partner and LV’s Aria Florant.
10.19.2023
There Are New Suns: Building Transformative Narrative for the Black Reparations Movement
Report : A deep dive into narratives in the reparations movement. Includes: research, activities, poems, and visionary stories.
10.19.2023
Philanthropy’s Support for Reparations Is Stronger Than You Might Expect
Inside Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy Article: Given political backlash against racial equity, you might expect limited momentum on reparations. You’d be wrong.
10.18.2023
The Reparations Narrative Lab microsite is live!
The Reparations Narrative Lab is a research hub that assists organizers, artists, and organizations in understanding the reparations narrative landscape
09.27.2023
Four Examples of the Reparations Movement in Action
The Bridgespan Group and Liberation Ventures gather powerful leaders to create resources for philanthropy to learn from and be inspired by.
09.27.2023
Special Collection on Racial Repair and Reparations — And What Philanthropy Can Do
The Bridgespan Group and Liberation Ventures gather powerful leaders to create resources for philanthropy to learn from and be inspired by.
09.27.2023
Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair
The Bridgespan Group and Liberation Ventures gather powerful leaders to create resources for philanthropy to learn from and be inspired by.
09.27.2023
A Reparations Roadmap for Philanthropy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Build a culture of repair inside and outside your organizations. The Bridgespan Group and Liberation Ventures create resources for philanthropy.
09.13.2023
Building a Narrative for Reparations: Closing the Hope Gap
Harmony Labs
Article by LV: A deep dive into the hope gap, the gap between belief that reparations SHOULD happen and believing that reparations WILL happen.
09.05.2023
Movements of hope: Abolition and reparations in these times
Prism
Article by LV’s Trevor Smith: Fighting racial capitalism and white supremacy is key to closing the “hope gap” between wanting and achieving reparations
07.19.2023
Reparations and Representation
YES! Magazine
YES! Magazine Discussion with the Media 2070 and Liberation Ventures about how media can repair the harms of racism, and move toward reparations.
06.30.2023
Liberation Ventures’ Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Affirmation Action
Medium
Statement: Affirmative action was redressing past discrimination. Now the conversation is evolving to examine the merits of harm-based policy.
06.15.2023
June 2023 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
04.18.2023
Reparations: How Philanthropy Can Build A Culture of Repair
Northern California Grantmakers
Article by LV’s Aria Florant: Reparations is not just an economic project, but a political and cultural project as well.
03.28.2023
Creating the Conditions for Transformation: A Guide to Narrative Change Work
Common Future
Highlights from a CommonFuture “Narrative Building for Policy Change” workshop run by LV’s Trevor Smith
03.27.2023
Liberation Ventures Moves $2.2M to the Reparations Movement
Medium
Liberation Ventures is thrilled to announce our 2023 grantmaking.
03.21.2023
Field Catalyst Origin Stories: Lessons for Systems-Change Leaders
The Bridgespan Group
Bridgespan survey on what it takes for field catalysts to launch and thrive. LV on the importance of being in deep dialogue with others in your field.
03.14.2023
Building Narrative Power
Medium
Blog: LV’s narrative definitions, strategy and details on our narrative community of practice.
03.13.2023
Reparations Polling Roundup: The last 25 years
Consolidated results of dozens of public surveys about reparations beliefs and sentiments with comparisons and analysis.
03.08.2023
March 2023 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
03.03.2023
Backed By Diverse Funders: LV, Reparations and a Culture of Repair
Inside Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy Article: Liberation Ventures is part of movement on the part of philanthropy toward supporting reparations work.
02.14.2023
Why Reparations?
Report: We must accelerate progress toward a just, multiracial democracy – but current solutions are incremental and piecemeal. Reparations is the answer.
02.14.2023
Our Role in the Reparations Ecosystem: A Field Catalyst
Report: Liberation Ventures aims to serve the movement as a field catalyst, helping to unlock the field’s full potential.
02.14.2023
A Dream In Our Name
Report: An introduction to LV and the racial repair framework. A tool to accelerate ongoing conversations about how everyone benefits from racial repair.
02.14.2023
LV’s 25-Year, Three Phase Plan
Report: Discrete activities that LV is prioritizing over the short and long term to implemnt our theory of change.
02.14.2023
Allow us to introduce ourselves.
Medium
Blog: February 2023, LV goes public with it’s work and strategy after 3 years of community building, research and strategy development.
02.14.2023
Liberation Ventures Organizational Beliefs
Medium
LV is guided by the following five beliefs. We use these principles to check ourselves, our relationships, and our work.
02.14.2023
Liberation Ventures Moves $1M to Reparations Organizations
Medium
Liberation Ventures is thrilled to announce our 2022 grantmaking.
12.15.2022
December 2022 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
11.03.2022
Reparations are Coming: How Philanthropy Must Meet the Moment
Nonprofit Quarterly
Talk: Aria Florant at the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) 2022 National Conference in Chicago, May 2022.
10.20.2022
On the Other Side of Reparations, a New World Awaits
YES! Magazine
The Bridgespan Group and Liberation Ventures gather powerful leaders to create resources for philanthropy to learn from and be inspired by.
08.04.2022
Black Americans Need Reparations: The Fight for the CTC Highlights…
Nonprofit Quarterly
Article by LV’s Trevor Smith: The recent failure to extend the Child Tax Credit offers us some lessons about the need to shift anti-Black narratives.
06.20.2022
Moving Beyond “Making The Case”: How We Build Narrative Power…
Narrative Initiative
Article by LV’s Trevor Smith: Three key narrative questions to start changing the deeply entrenched narratives that are core to the American story.
06.15.2022
June 2022 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
02.21.2022
Repairing the Whole: How Reparations Can Address Physical and Mental Health
Nonprofit Quarterly
Article by LV’s Trevor Smith: Reparations efforts must apply trauma-informed frameworks to ensure a sustainable social policy that uproots white supremacy.
12.15.2021
December 2021 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.
05.15.2021
May 2021 Newsletter
Newsletter
News, movement announcements and updates from Liberation Ventures.