Yolanda Santiago

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Assistant Grants Manager

Yolanda Santiago (she/her) serves as the Assistant Grants Manager, playing a key role in advancing the foundation’s grantmaking strategy and impact. She supports invitation-only grant programs including Strategic Initiatives, Collection in Residence, and Board Designated grants while providing leadership in grants data and systems.

Yolanda has led equity-centered programs and managed grant lifecycles across philanthropic and nonprofit settings, consistently centering community voice and transformative impact. She holds a BA in Anthropology and Latino/Latinx Studies from DePaul University and works at the intersection of people and systems, building programs and funding practices that empower communities, elevate lived experience, and advance equity.

Beyond her work, Yolanda enjoys discovering new food, restaurants, and traveling. But most of all she cherishes time with her family and remaining in deep relationship and connection within community.

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Collection Object: Staff Pick

Painting of a red brick building with the word "BAR-B-QUE" on a sign above the doorway. Black individuals are seated at a counter seen inside the open door and look into an open window where a figure with a tall, white chefs hat is seen in front of meat roasting on four rotisseries. — Jacob Lawrence, *Bar-b-que*, 1942. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2013.1. Art © 2013 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York