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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Fast Tracks $2.8 Million in Grants to Support Grantees Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic in Communities of Color

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04/30/2020

The foundation is announcing and distributing grants that would have been made in the summer in order to provide organizations with resources as they ramp up programming to respond to the pandemic.

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Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

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03/19/2020

As social justice funders, we all focus on the root causes of social, gender, racial, economic and environmental injustices.

Philanthropy Has a Duty to Respond Quickly to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Here's How We Can Do It

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03/18/2020

As COVID-19 fears rise and communities face growing health and economic concerns, local nonprofits are stepping up to fill the gaps in our social safety net while trying to protect our families and communities.

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How Foundations Can Grapple With the Reality That Their Wealth Was Accumulated Unjustly

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12/05/2019

Recent critiques of philanthropy strike at a fundamental question: How can an institution built on the unjust accumulation of wealth serve as a vehicle for justice?

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez As New Program Officer

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04/17/2019

The Edward W. Hazen Foundation is pleased to announce that Isabel Sousa-Rodriguez will join the Foundation as a Program Officer. In that role, Isabel will help develop and implement the final, culminating phase of Hazen’s grantmaking.

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OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

The past two years have seen an increase in philanthropic support for a diverse range of nonprofits advancing a progressive agenda. Grant makers who have just started awarding money to these causes, as well as longstanding supporters of social-...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down

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03/05/2019

The Edward W. Hazen Foundation in New York City has announced that it plans to spend down its assets over the next five years in support of education and youth organizing, with a focus on racial justice. Established in 1925, the foundation was an...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation

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03/28/2018

Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.

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Social Justice Funders: For National Movements to Win, Invest in Texas

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08/08/2017

Edward W. Hazen Foundation Intern Juan Cardoza-Oquendo says investing in community organizing in Texas now is a smart investment for the future of social justice nationwide.

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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

An overemphasis on criminal justice undermines K-12 education, writes Edward W. Hazen Foundation president Lori Bezahler for Ed Week.

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Justice Reform

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School Choice and Privilege Are Inextricably Linked

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11/09/2015

Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler says that unless we examine the relationship between privilege and access to markets, we will ignore the constraints that many families face in a market driven education system.

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PNY Members Explore Barriers Placed on Black Girls in School

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02/10/2015

Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education and The Atlantic Philanthropies contributed to the Time Magazine editorial.

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Warns Against Education Tax Credit

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01/30/2015

Lori Bezahler explores the cost of implementation and lack of oversight in states with established tax credit programs.

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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12/12/2013

Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler explains the inherent flaws of the “philanthrocapitalist” model and suggests ways of building a philanthropic strategy that emphasizes core values, morals and sustainable outcomes.

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Sharon B. King, Noted Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 68

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10/27/2014

Former F.B. Heron Foundation President and PNY Board Member, Sharon King, passed away on October 21, 2014.

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What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?

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In recent years, the number of foundations going the spend-down route has increased notably. Advocates for setting time limits on foundations have been especially vocal and prolific in their writing and public speaking. Which got us wondering: Is...

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Philanthropy: Beyond Business or Charity

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11/01/2013

Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, wrote about the problems with adopting a "business planning" model for philanthropy in the latest issue of NCRP's Responsive Philanthropy.

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Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?

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09/18/2013

An op-ed by Lori Bezahler, President of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation.

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