← Interview of Rye Young
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Rye Young is the executive director of Third Wave Fund, a grantorengaging in “radical philanthropy” focused on funding organizinginitiatives by young women and trans people of color. In this interview,Rye goes into depth on non-profit organizing, the contradictions ofphilanthropy as an industry, the evolution and difficulties faced byThird Wave. Rye also details their own personal history radicalizing andcoming out as trans while a recovering Republican during the Bushadministration.