u/Fragrant_Ape

They so do. not. care. And no one will make them care. And we're just fucked.

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I work for a community development nonprofit as a grant writer. One of the organization's funders is Wells Fargo. (Pause for violent wretching). In 2024 WF granted the organization $150K, in 2025, $75K. This year, they're promising to dig deep into their evil little pockets for $35K. I just submitted the grant for it.

The org got an email yesterday from the WF rep saying that they needed to discuss something about the application with us. I was thinking about what I must have fucked up with the financials or some other substantive shit. Turns out they were concerned about the racial demographics %.

The nonprofit works in a community whose residents are primarily Black. So the % of people in the org's rental housing is 100% Black. We were informed that "in this political climate" the application had been flagged for that. So, to get the generous $35K we're going to have to submit a statement that says that the org serves people of all racial demographic categories. Never had to do this before. Never a problem before.

The Wells Fargo episode was one of the most mind-boggling, infuriating episodes of The Dollop I've listened to. WF continues to add to its already stellar reputation.

This brilliant, chaotic trifecta was exactly what I needed.