FELECIA BARTOW

Felecia Bartow (she/her) has worked for decades to create positive change on a range of social issues. She serves as a consultant to nonprofit organizations and foundations on program development, strategic planning, evaluation, and grantmaking. In this capacity, she was part of an evaluation team for the L.A. Justice Fund. Prior to that, Bartow was affiliated with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) for over a decade, where she led the cultivation of fruitful partnerships with member foundations, immigrant and refugee-serving organizations, policymakers, and others. At GCIR, she managed high-level initiatives, including a $78 million, 21 state funding collaborative. 

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Before joining GCIR, Bartow held leadership roles with various national nonprofit organizations, including the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Action without Borders-Idealist.org, the American Friends Service Committee, and the National Immigrant Justice Center. Outside of the United States, Bartow served as a consultant to COMAL, an alternative community marketing network for small-scale farmers in Honduras. She was also an associate producer of “Rights on the Line,” a documentary about vigilantism along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bartow holds a Masters in Social Work and a certificate in mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution from Washington University in St. Louis, and she received her B.A. from Macalester College.