Racial Equity
NYWF Launches Fund for Justice Reform for Women, Girls, TGNC People
The New York Women's Foundation's Justice Fund is the first of its kind to engage in criminal justice reform through the lens of gender and racial equity....
Lisa Hamilton Named Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO
Hamilton, who joined the foundation as vice president of external affairs in 2011 and was appointed executive vice president and chief program officer last year, will succeed Patrick McCarthy, who announced his retirement after twenty-five years with the foundation, nearly nine as president and CEO....
Mellon Awards $2.5 Million for Boston Classical Music Youth Program
The grant to the New England Conservatory of Music will support a collaborative effort to provide advanced preparation to Boston-area middle and high school instrumental musicians from historically underrepresented communities....
Institute Focused on Improving Economic Opportunity Launched
Opportunity Insights, a partnership between economists from Harvard and Brown University, will conduct research on economic mobility and harness the power of big data to develop scalable policy solutions that empower families to achieve better life outcomes....
Achieving Racial Equity Through Cross-Sector Partnerships
October 3, 2018The need to address structural racism in American society has never been greater, argues Gee, and cross-sector partnerships are the best way to do it....
Funders Beginning to Embrace Participatory Grantmaking, Report Finds
The report from GrantCraft illustrates why and how funders globally are engaging in the practice of ceding decision-making power to the communities they aim to serve....
Surdna Foundation Revamps Grantmaking Strategies
The culmination of a yearlong process, the changes reflect the foundation's belief that racial justice must underpin social justice....
Public Colleges Not Supporting African Americans Adequately
According to a report from the USC Race and Equity Center, African Americans make up 14.6 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the country but only 9.8 percent of full-time degree-seeking undergraduates at public colleges and universities....
WKKF Announces $1 Million Program-Related Investment
The ten-year $1 million low-interest loan will support the Paul Robeson Community Wellness Center in South Central Los Angeles....
Civil Rights, Racial Discrimination Top Concern for Young Americans
A survey by the Case Foundation-sponsored Cause and Social Influence initiative found that gun safety, immigration, and climate change also were among the top concerns for respondents....
Timothy P. Silard, President, Rosenberg Foundation
PND spoke with Silard about the Leading Edge Fund, which was launched in 2016 to seed, incubate, and accelerate bold ideas from the next generation of progressive movement leaders, and how Rosenberg and its partners plan to support those who are shaping the future of criminal and racial justice reform in California and across the United States....
Walmart, Walton Foundation Commit $2.5 Million to Advance DEI Efforts
The funds will support TRUE Northwest Arkansas, a community-based initiative aimed at advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in Benton and Washington counties....
MacArthur Foundation Invests $26 Million in Chicago Neighborhoods
The grants and impact investments will support community-based organizations working to foster opportunity and equity in a dozen neighborhoods across the city....
It's Time to Invest in Youth Power
August 21, 2018Tim Silard, president of the Rosenberg Foundation, calls on philanthropy to invest in efforts to organize and inspire young people, including young people of color, right now....
Angela Glover Blackwell to Receive John W. Gardner Leadership Award
Glover Blackwell founded PolicyLink in 1999 with the goal of driving policy solutions that help advance racial and economic equity....
