Racial Equity
Mellon Foundation Awards $4 Million to Launch Race Studies Centers
The grant to Yale University will support programs that center on questions of race in humanities teaching and scholarship at four universities....
Gates Foundation Awards $1 Million for Greater Equity in Education R&D
The grant to the University of Pittsburgh and Remake Learning will support a network of educators of color and learning scientists representing school districts, institutions of higher education, museums, education research organizations, and ed tech providers....
Smithsonian Receives $1 Million for Implicit Bias Traveling Exhibition
The gift will support the development and national tour of The Bias Inside Us, an exploration of the history, science, and social effects of implicit bias....
Mellon Foundation Awards $3 Million for Indigenous Studies
The grant to the University at Buffalo will help establish a Department of Indigenous Studies focused on humanities-centered research, educational programs, and community outreach aimed at addressing issues central to Indigenous life in the region....
Microsoft Commits Additional $250 Million to Affordable Housing
The commitment, which is in addition to a $500 million investment announced a year ago, will provide a no-cost line of credit to the Washington State Finance Commission and help increase the number of tax-exempt bonds for affordable housing projects....
Heinz Endowments Launches $10 Million Early Childhood Initiative
With the goal of ensuring that all children in the Pittsburgh region are school-ready when they reach kindergarten age, the three-year initiative will support efforts to provide holistic early childhood care, education, and support for families....
Kresge Foundation Invests $3.3 Million in Solar+Storage Technologies
The investment includes a $3 million loan guarantee and $290,000 in grants to bring solar PV plus battery storage (solar+storage) technologies to affordable housing and community facilities in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods....
Gates Foundation Initiative Focused on Student-Centered Transformation
Through the foundation's Intermediaries for Scale initiative, thirteen grantees will work with colleges and universities to support student-centered transformation, with a focus on low-income and first-generation students, students of color, and working adults....
Diversity Among Film Directors Improved Slightly in 2019, Study Finds
An annual report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that while the percentage of women among directors of top-grossing films rose in 2019, that of male and female directors from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups fell....
A relatively new addition to the Meyer Foundation website, the Racial Equity Toolkit was created to share more widely the strategies the D.C.-based foundation has employed to advance racial equity in its region....
New Orleans Youth Need Support Services in Multiple Areas, Study Finds
According to a report from the Greater New Orleans Foundation, the most urgent student support needs include mental health counseling, trauma-informed teaching, and support for students learning English and those with special needs....
Arnold Ventures Commits $5.5 Million for Pretrial Reform Study
Four grants will support research on the effectiveness of sweeping pretrial reforms scheduled to take effect in New York State in January....
Kresge Foundation Adds Equity to Organizational Values
In adopting equity as an organizational value — joining opportunity, respect, partnership, stewardship, and creativity — the foundation will critically examine the values, implicit biases, policies, and practices that drive its internal culture and external engagement....
Social Justice Learning Institute
Founded in 2008, the Social Justice Learning Institute works to improve the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color by empowering them to create social change....
Gates Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Close Degree Attainment Gap
The grant to Chicago-based OneGoal will be used to expand the organization's teacher-led model from individual schools to entire school districts....
Edward M. Hazen Foundation Awards $5.45 Million in Grants
Awarded as part of the foundation's five-year spend-down plan and in support of building political and cultural momentum for social and racial justice, the grants were made in response to an assessment the foundation conducted earlier this year of its grantmaking....
