Wokeness Comes to Philanthropy

It is already politicizing charitable organizations. It may also destroy them.

For people who are worried about whether a new woke ideology has taken over philanthropy, there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that it is everywhere. From the biggest foundations to the smallest nonprofits, an agenda of racial equity and identity politics is pervasive. The good news, though, is that this ideology is so divorced from reality that it might spell the end of many of these organizations.

Over the past year, billions of dollars have...