Children, Youth and Families

The Visionary Freedom Fund, Launched by the Andrus Family Fund, Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients in Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System

Release Date:

09/28/2021

VFF distributes $2.5 million to 26 youth-led groups transforming the justice system and invites donors to join the movement to fund all 600 applicants

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

Justice Reform

Social Justice

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Andrus Family Fund

The Annie E. Casey Foundation Shares New Policy Brief on Supporting Youth and Young Adults Transition From Foster Care

Release Date:

09/23/2021

With Pandemic Relief Set to Expire, Casey Foundation Urges Permanent Foster Care Reforms

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Learning Together to Grow the Field

Release Date:

09/17/2021

The comprehensive study, Sports-Based Youth Development: Hitting a Home Run in Social and Emotional Learning Outcomes, shows how sports-based youth development (SBYD) programs play a significant role in fostering critical social and emotional...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA

Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Launches with Seed Funding from the Ford and MacArthur Foundations

Release Date:

09/13/2021

The new fund hopes to raise $15 million and will increase leadership capacity, enhance educational opportunities, and build relationships between youth leaders and regional governments

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Children, Youth and Families

Education

International/Foreign Affairs

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Ford Foundation

Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now

Release Date:

09/09/2021

Trusted Advisors—You Rely on Them and Lower Income Families Need Them Now By: Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO, The Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator The pandemic has shown us many things, but the biggest might be this: we need...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

Economic Security

Education

Human Services

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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awarded More Than $84 Million in Grants in First Half of 2021

Release Date:

07/27/2021

Grants were awarded to 42 organizations

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Children, Youth and Families

Environment and Climate Change

Health

Housing and Homelessness

Immigration

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (New York)

FORE Releases Request for Proposals Focused on Engaging and Empowering Vulnerable Families and Communities to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder

Release Date:

07/20/2021

It’s estimated that one of eight children ages 17 or younger (8.7 million) resided in households with at least one parent who had a substance use disorder in the past year.