Sadé Dozan

Advisory Board Member | She/Her/Ella

Sadé Dozan (she/her/ella) is a queer, disabled Black Latina philanthropic strategist, cultural worker, and caregiver working at the nexus of disability justice, racial equity, narrative power, and movement infrastructure. She currently serves as Vice President of Advancement at Borealis Philanthropy, where she leads resource mobilization strategies that support grassroots movements advancing justice and collective liberation.

With nearly two decades of experience across nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and movement-aligned institutions, Sadé has designed and scaled initiatives spanning disability justice, care and caregiving, housing, education, health equity, and criminal justice reform. Her work is grounded in a values-centered approach to philanthropy: one that treats culture, storytelling, and community expertise as essential forms of infrastructure, not add-ons.

Sadé is the founder of Melanate., an equity incubation project dedicated to shifting philanthropic ecosystems by reimagining fundraising and resource work as practices rooted in care, accountability, and cultural power. She also serves as a trusted advisor and board member to organizations operating at the intersection of culture, movement-building, and systems change.

Across her work, Sadé is committed to advancing disability culture, creative expression, and collective care as foundational strategies for a more just, inclusive, and resilient democracy.