Racial Equity
Chicago Media Project
The organization works to catalyze social change by providing financial, logistical, and mentorship assistance documentary film makers and "social impact media"....
Marguerite Casey Foundation President Luz Vega-Marquis to Retire
As president and CEO since 2001, Vega-Marquis has led the foundation's efforts to build a national movement of low-income families advocating for a more just and equitable society....
Walton Family Foundation Awards $3.5 Million for Teacher Diversity
The grant to the NewSchools Venture Fund will help fund strategies and programs designed to enhance the recruitment, development, and retention of underrepresented teachers of color....
The Bay Area Equity Atlas tracks the state of equity across the region and equips community leaders with data to inform solutions that drive inclusive prosperity....
Community Foundation Update (06/15/19)
News and staff announcements from community foundations in Michigan, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin....
Borealis Philanthropy Launches Fund to Strengthen Racial Equity Work
Inaugural grants totaling $1.2 million from the REACH (Racial Equity to Accelerate Change) Fund were awarded to practitioners working to help nonprofits dismantle institutional racism, build race-conscious organizations, and design and lead internal and external strategy, policy, and cultural change....
Echoing Green Announces 2019 Fellowships
Each of the thirty-four nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneurs will receive unrestricted seed funding of up to $90,000 over two years in support of their efforts to address pressing social and environmental injustices....
Second Cohort of Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announced
Through the program, fellows receive a $10,000 scholarship, additional project support of up to $10,000, personalized mentorship, and opportunities to participate in transnational community-building modules....
Nonprofit Leaders of Color Face Additional Challenges, Report Finds
According to a report from the Building Movement Project, executives of color reported challenges and frustrations at a higher rate than their white peers....
PND spoke with Zuckerman about changes in the way TCF approaches its work, the organization's efforts to advance a progressive policy agenda, and the meaning of the 2018 midterm elections....
Tanya Coke, Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation
PND spoke with Coke about the foundation's efforts to reduce the U.S. prison population, decouple the criminal justice and immigration enforcement systems, and protect a woman's constitutional right to an abortion....
Philanthropy News Digest spoke with Power about how the foundation is rethinking its approach to racial equity, its new partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and why she is optimistic about the future....
Report Outlines Solutions for Closing Racial Gaps, Advancing Equity
An Urban Institute report calls on civic leaders, advocates, elected officials, and philanthropists to address the legacy of structural racism in the United States by taking steps to close four large equity gaps between people of color and white people....
Inaugural Cohort of Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Announced
The Arts and Cultural Leaders of Color Fellowship is a one-year professional development program for emerging and mid-career arts leaders of color in the Great Lakes region....
W.T. Grant Foundation Announces 2019 Scholars Awards
Four early-career researchers will receive $350,000 each over five years as well as mentoring professional development opportunities....
New York City Health Data Initiative for Health Equity Launched
Launched by the New York Academy of Medicine and New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the initiative will advance evidence-based population health research and health equity in New York City....
