Christian Celeste Tate

Christian Celeste Tate is a manager in Bridgespan’s New York office. Since joining Bridgespan in 2021, he has worked with community-based organizations, movement organizers, nonprofits, and philanthropists to support place-based initiatives, equitable wealth-building and economic mobility, parole and probation reform, housing access, and the performing arts.

Christian has co-authored "Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Philanthropy's Role in Driving Shared Prosperity" (Bridgespan.org, 2024). He also manages Bridgespan’s multi-year initiative furthering racial equity in philanthropy. As a part of this work, Christian co-hosts Season 3 of Bridgespan’s flagship podcast, Dreaming in Color: Creating New Narratives in Leadership.

Prior to joining Bridgespan, Christian worked at L.E.K. Consulting, where he helped corporate clients tackle some of their most pressing challenges through research, analysis, and strategy development.

Outside of Bridgespan, Christian serves on Brooklyn’s Community Board 4, co-chairs the Young Professionals Board at Womankind, and volunteers with Day One’s Early Relationship Abuse Prevention Program.