Fighting Back Means Looking Beneath the Surface

Every attack on nonprofits right now is like the tip of the iceberg we can see.

Jul 9 • Tirrea Billings

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What has your pain made possible?

Pain tilled my own ground and planted seeds I’m still watching grow.

Jul 2 • Tirrea Billings

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June 2026

Joy is the Engine: Stephán O'Shea on What Comes After the Fire

Creating spaces where Black, queer, and community voices can tell their own stories demands a joy resilient enough to overcome loss.

Jun 25 • Tirrea Billings

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May 2026

As a pillar of democracy, the Black press deserves more from philanthropy.

Philanthropy cannot claim to care about narrative power and then remain silent as the institutions that produce it collapse.

May 21 • Tirrea Billings

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Luke Hostetter on Service and What We Owe Young People

“I think there’s a fear to lead in 18 to 24-year-olds right now because they haven’t seen leadership that they can look to that’s inspiring to them.”

May 16 • Tirrea Billings

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April 2026

Let's Retire the Word "Invisible"

People are not invisible. They’ve always been there, human and whole.

Apr 17 • Tirrea Billings

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They Were Told Help Was Coming: The Experiences of Women in Skid Row

These systems favor program expansion and administrative growth over permanent housing solutions.

Apr 10 • Tirrea Billings

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For the Cause, Anything Goes: How the Nonprofit Sector Exploits Artists

Art for social justice should not be discounted or given away for free.

Apr 2 • Tirrea Billings

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March 2026

Dr. Georgette Bennett on Building Peace in Impossible Places

Resolution is possible in the spaces between violence and silence.

Mar 26 • Tirrea Billings

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The Problem Was Never Too Many Nonprofits

"Too many nonprofits" is a policy talking point designed to dismantle the infrastructure communities need to govern their own lives.

Mar 19 • Tirrea Billings

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What’s the point?

philanthropy unfiltered turns 1. Today, I’m reminded of why I started this platform.

Mar 12 • Tirrea Billings

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February 2026

The Archive Belongs to Us: Jiya Pinder on Memory and Preservation

“We can’t rely on institutions to hold our stories anymore. And we can’t rely on them to tell the correct versions of our own history.”

Feb 26 • Tirrea Billings

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