Donna Bransford

Donna Bransford is the Senior Program Officer for the Mindfulness and Healing Justice Program at the Kataly Foundation, where she leads grantmaking to build and strengthen the infrastructure for mindfulness and healing justice movements, rooted in community and in service to racial justice, power building and collective liberation. 

Donna brings over 25 years of experience in community organizations and social justice philanthropy to her work at Kataly. Prior to Kataly, Donna led a consulting practice partnering with progressive foundations and donors and served in several leadership positions in the field, including Executive Director of Changemakers, a public foundation and donor education provider; Director of ACORN International, the international program of the former national membership organization of low-income families and Director of Outreach at Tides Foundation, managing donor engagement for a national community of progressive donors. 

Donna is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Black Organizing Project. She received her B.A. from Wesleyan University. Donna is a proud Oakland resident and can often be found watching her kiddo skateboard at one of the Bay Area’s skateparks, at an Oakland farmers market or chatting with her neighbors on walks around her neighborhood