Tareya Palmer
PHILANTHROPY AWARD
Tareya Palmer serves as a Senior Advisor and Founding Program Officer for the Just Health Fund of the Tides Foundation. In her role as Program Officer, Tareya supports grantees and builds the infrastructure of JHF including launching a 12-month capacity building cohort for proximate leaders of Reproductive Justice organizations. Prior to joining Tides, Tareya worked at Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, where she partnered with individuals and family foundations to secure philanthropic gifts that assisted in expanding reproductive healthcare access for marginalized communities. Given her professional and lived experience, Tareya has advised local grassroots organizations, specifically around reaching their fundraising and developing goals and bolstering infrastructure. One of Tareya’s passion projects is recording the podcast she co-founded, Columbus Can’t Wait, which focuses on the intersections of politics and community for Black people and people of color in Columbus, Ohio. An alumni of Ohio University, Tareya currently lives in Columbus with her partner, Devin and daughter, Justice.