Why This Major Antipoverty Funder Is Ramping Up Its Investment in HBCUs

Why This Major Antipoverty Funder Is Ramping Up Its Investment in HBCUs

Against the backdrop of rising funder interest and a controversial Supreme Court decision, the big-donor funding collaborative Blue Meridian Partners is tripling its investment in the HBCU Transformation Project.

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This Major Anti-Poverty Collaborative is Doubling Down on Support for Early Childhood

This Major Anti-Poverty Collaborative is Doubling Down on Support for Early Childhood

Blue Meridian’s big investment in HealthySteps demonstrates the funding collaborative’s commitment to early childhood and interventions that disrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty.

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Responding to Inequities Revealed by COVID, Funders Set Out to Repair Workers’ Safety Net

Responding to Inequities Revealed by COVID, Funders Set Out to Repair Workers’ Safety Net

In 2020, major foundations established a short-term, rapid-response fund for the pandemic’s hardest-hit. Now, the Families and Workers Fund has launched an effort to shore up protections for American workers.

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As a Foundation Winds Down, the Anti-Poverty Funder Collaborative It Launched Takes Flight

As a Foundation Winds Down, the Anti-Poverty Funder Collaborative It Launched Takes Flight

Since its launch in 2016, Blue Meridian Partners has emerged as a powerhouse vehicle for new giving by some of America’s wealthiest philanthropists. Now the collaborative created by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is becoming an independent nonprofit.

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Scaling Up: With Another Big Cash Infusion, This Education Nonprofit Is Set to Grow

Scaling Up: With Another Big Cash Infusion, This Education Nonprofit Is Set to Grow

Communities in Schools has been around since 1977. But lately, in another indication of today’s shifting education funding landscape, it’s pulled in unprecedented support to expand its work.

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