Racial Equity
New York Community Trust Awards Grants Totaling $4.8 Million
Grants were awarded to forty-six nonprofits working to address issues including gun violence, transportation, health care, the environment, and poverty....
Kresge Commits to Investing With Women-, Diverse-Owned Asset Managers
As the first private foundation signatory to ABFE's Diversity in Foundation Asset Management Pledge, the foundation has committed to having 25 percent of its U.S. assets under management invested by female and diverse-owned firms by 2025....
James Cadogan, Vice President of Criminal Justice, Arnold Ventures
Cadogan discusses the goals of Arnold Ventures' recently launched National Partnership for Pretrial Justice, the emerging field of pretrial justice reform, and the role of pretrial justice reform in advancing racial equity....
Fellowships Led to Long-Term Social Justice Advocacy, Study Finds
The fifth report in a tracking study of Ford Foundation fellowships for emerging social justice leaders found that program alumni continue to lead social justice advocacy work and shape equitable organizational practices....
Study Highlights Shift to Community-Based Juvenile Justice Strategies
A report from the Urban Institute outlines four strategies for investing in a "community-based continuum of care and opportunity" that addresses harmful and/or illegal behavior by youth....
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Awarded $30.7 Million From Lilly Endowment
The Hispanic Career Pathways Initiative will provide Hispanic students with an extensive continuum of services relevant for success in the contemporary, knowledge-driven economy, including education, skills, and networking opportunities....
San Francisco Foundation Announces $50 Million Impact Investing Pool
The funds will be allocated among a diversified portfolio of managers using a variety of socially responsible strategies, with a focus on minority- and women-owned investing firms....
Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down
The foundation will spend down its assets over the next five years in support of education and youth organizing, with a focus on racial justice....
Three-Quarters of Small Foundations See Racial Equity as Relevant
A survey of leanly staffed foundations by Exponent Philanthropy found that 72 percent of respondents see racial equity as somewhat (35 percent) or very (37 percent) relevant to their mission....
Report Calls on Philanthropy to Catalyze Inclusive Investment
A report from Arabella Advisors and the New Venture Fund argues that philanthropy is not doing enough to advance inclusive investment practices that ensure equitable access to capital for people of color and women....
Solutions Project to Invest in Climate Groups Led by Women, Minorities
The grantmaking charity, which works to accelerate the global transition to 100 percent clean energy, will invest 95 percent of its resources in leaders of color by 2020, with at least 80 percent directed to organizations led by women....
SFMOMA to Sell Rothko Painting
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will auction Mark Rothko's Untitled, 1960 and use the proceeds to diversify its collection, enhance its holdings of contemporary art, and address historical gaps in its collection....
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....
