Racial Equity
PND asked Cha, who officially stepped into her role as president in January, about new initiatives at the fund, its priorities for 2019, and the evolving role of philanthropy in bringing about a more just and equal society....
Robin Hood Launches $25 Million Partnership to Address Poverty
The Mobility Learning and Action Bets initiative will support new solutions designed to lift families out of poverty and promote leaders who can change the national conversation around social and economic mobility....
Field Foundation Launches Two Racial Equity Initiatives
With support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Chicago-based foundation will award a total of $5 million over the next three years to advance racial equity and access to opportunity and strengthen the reporting and storytelling capacity of a more diverse set of news outlets, reporters, and storytellers....
Kellogg Foundation Announces New Leadership Fellows Cohort
Chosen from an applicant pool of eight hundred, the eighty fellows selected for the program represent a broad variety of disciplines, including youth advocacy, civil rights activism, and public service....
2019 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity Announced
The yearlong non-residential fellowship program equips early- to mid-career health-sector professionals with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to reduce national and global health disparities....
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Strategic Framework
As it moves to focus its efforts on criminal and youth justice issues, the foundation will transition out of the fields of workers' rights and civil legal aid....
Oregon Community Foundation Announces New Strategic Plan
The foundation will work to ensure that all children in the state have access to opportunities that lead to stable and successful lives....
Foundations Award $4 Million to Diversify Museum Leadership, Boards
The American Alliance of Museums has received grants totaling $4 million from the Andrew W. Mellon, Alice L. Walton, and Ford foundations to help museums build organizational cultures that reflect the communities they serve....
McKnight Foundation Announces New Strategic Framework
The foundation's Strategic Framework 2019-2021 includes an updated mission statement — "[to advance] a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive...."
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Founded in 1963 to help combat racial discrimination and inequality of opportunity, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law works to secure equal justice for all....
Fifty Art Projects Receive 2019 Creative Capital Awards
Each project will receive up to $50,000 in funding and an additional $50,000 in advisory and career development support....
Policies Favoring Wealthy Are Widening Racial Wealth Gap, Study Finds
A report from the Institute for Policy Studies argues that racial disparities in household wealth have been exacerbated by policies that concentrate wealth among the riches households....
Surdna Foundation in Dispute Over Founder's Intent
Some descendants of John Andrus believe the New York City-based foundation's new focus on building social justice movements is a political "hijacking" of its founder’s original intent....
Grant Foundation Launches Redesigned Youth Service Improvement Program
The redesigned program will support organizations that provide direct services to youth in ten neighborhoods in New York City identified as having the highest risks to child well-being....
Meyer Memorial Trust Awards Nearly $7.8 Million
Awarded through the foundation's Building Community program, the grants will support efforts to strengthen community connection and belonging, nonprofit leaders and organizations, and civic engagement and public participation in democratic processes....
