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Insights from “What Does It Mean to Be Black-Led? - Going Beyond Demographics”

Release Date:

06/21/2023

While more funders have committed to center and invest in DEI and organizations serving and supporting racial equity, a lack of understanding of what it means to be a Black-led organization has led to practices that are frequently performative,...

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New Report from The Century Foundation: Child Care Cliff: 3.2 Million Children Likely to Lose Spots with End of Federal Funds

Release Date:

06/21/2023

In the first-ever economic analysis of the looming child care cliff, The Century Foundation has projected the impact of the cutoff for children, families, and state economies, including for all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Chair Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Passes Gavel to Longtime Board Member Peter Lawson-Johnston II

Release Date:

06/21/2023

After fifty-two years of leadership, Peter O. Lawson-Johnston is retiring as chair of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Board of Directors.

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Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

Release Date:

06/20/2023

CDB, FDS Africa, IDB Invest, Risk Control, University Freiburg & University of Leeds selected to help increase efficiency and innovation in the world’s development finance system

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Economic Security

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Trinity Awards Grants Addressing Housing Insecurity and Mental Health Needs

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06/15/2023

Most of the grants are aimed at addressing urgent issues—the concurrent crises of housing affordability, mental health, community safety, and asylum seekers.

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Health

Housing and Homelessness

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Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members, Names New Chair

Release Date:

06/14/2023

T wo new members to its board of directors: Maja D. Hazell and Andrew Rich . The Foundation has also named current Board member Diahann Billings-Burford as Board Chair.

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The Teagle Foundation Awards Grants to Colleges and Universities Nationwide for Novel Humanities-Focused Programs

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06/08/2023

The grants, which totalled $5.38 million, support novel approaches for students of all backgrounds and majors to engage with literature, philosophy and history.

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Education

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The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members

Release Date:

06/08/2023

The John A. Hartford Foundation today announced that Ginna Baik and Phyllis D. Meadows have been elected to its Board of Trustees.

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Mellon Announces Funding for Higher Education in Prisons

Release Date:

06/06/2023

The Mellon Foundation today announced over $5 million in grantmaking to seven colleges, universities, and more as part of the Foundation’s commitment to expanding opportunities and increasing resources for higher education in carceral environments.

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Education

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Bezos Family Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

Release Date:

06/05/2023

The newest grants, amounting to nearly $2.6 million, have been awarded to the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Illinois Chicago, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Virginia.