MacKenzie Scott has moved huge sums to social justice groups, but should we think of her chiefly as a social justice funder? What exactly is a social justice funder, anyway? We took at close look at 20 grants in search of answers.
Read MoreThe Kresge Foundation is one of the top environmental funders in the country—and one of the most focused on equity. We take a look at what it supports through its environment program and why.
Read MoreShe’s pretty much the nation’s biggest progressive philanthropist, whether or not she’d use that term. After a third round of grants furthered her commitment to equity work, what can we learn about MacKenzie Scott’s progressivism?
Read MoreThe Meyer Memorial Trust in Oregon has been organizing its grantmaking around equity for a couple of years now. In its most recent round of environmental grants, it launched several collaborations with Native American tribes that are worth a close look.
Read MoreThe Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity has helped grantmakers employ a racial equity lens since 2003. We talk to its founder and ED Lori Villarosa about PRE’s work and how funders can best respond to COVID-19.
Read MoreA $20 million gift seeks to increase accessibility for underrepresented and first-generation students to Duke’s School of the Environment. It comes at a moment when there’s growing acknowledgement that green groups must do more to diversify their ranks in an era of rapid demographic change.
Read MoreWhile the Mary Black Foundation has a narrow geographic mandate in South Carolina, its evolution in recent years offers a window into several larger trends that are changing the foundation world—and the American South.
Read MoreNearly a year and a half after talking to the Mary Black Foundation about its revamped equity focus, we got to wondering how funding has evolved. With a look at recent grants, here's what we found.
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