Karen Keating Ansara

Karen makes grants to end global poverty (primarily in Haiti). In late 2008 she launched and still chairs New England International Donors (NEID), a network of 170+ globally-focused philanthropists, foundations and investors from around the U.S. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Karen co-founded the Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation, now the Haiti Development Institute (HDI). In addition to HDI and NEID, Karen serves on the boards of Women Moving Millions, Groundswell International, MCE Social Capital, Build Health International, and the Millennium Campus Network. She is a long-term member of the Leadership Council of Oxfam America. In her early years, Karen worked for the Massachusetts chapters of Planned Parenthood and the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Karen is a graduate of Wellesley College (B.A., Pol. Sci.), Andover Newton Theological School (M.Div.), the Women’s Theological Center, and the Non-Profit Management and Leadership Program at Boston University (2019).