For 15 years, Anna Lefer Kuhn was the Executive Director of the Arca Foundation, which seeks to advance a world based on respect for human dignity and the just distribution of economic, democratic, and cultural power. During Anna’ s tenure, Arca turned its attention toward racial and economic justice by supporting multi-racial grassroots organizing that challenges the structures upholding inequality. Prior to Arca, Anna was a Program Officer at the Open Society Foundation where she conceived of and led initiatives to support youth media, organizing and leadership development.
Anna is on the board of directors of the Just Vision, Solidaire Network, United for Respect Education Fund and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund. Anna previously served on the boards of the White House Project, the Center for Working Families, the Urban Justice Center, the League of Young Voters Education Fund, and was the co-chair of the Funders Committee for Civic Participation. Anna was a 2019-2020 Aspen Institute Philanthropy Forward Fellow and was a member of the 2004-2005 class of Coro Leadership New York.
Tell us why you joined the board.
I joined the board to help expand Solidaire’s efforts to mobilize philanthropy to support transformative BIPOC-led social justice movements.
What’s most important to you about being part of Solidaire?
To be in community with other donors committed to transforming the relationship between movements and philanthropy.
What does liberation mean to you?
Liberation means having the resources, community power and security to live with dignity.