Starting a Foundation Operationalizing Equity – Putting the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion Framework Into Action. Published: August 27, 2021 Download Documents Operationalizing Equity – Putting the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion Framework Into Action. If the Foundation is not focused on equity as funders, then how will it ever influence others to remove barriers and end racial inequities in communities? This brief report is meant to capture where the Foundation is at the beginning of 2017— to glance back briefly at the road that has been traveled and to reflect on how Casey has gotten this far.