Funders › MI › Wk Kellogg Foundation › 2021
Grants paid by Wk Kellogg Foundation, tax year 2021
EIN 38-1359264 · Battle Creek, MI · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T21
In tax year 2021, Wk Kellogg Foundation (EIN 38-1359264) reported 1,830 grants paid totaling $402,851,431. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2021 · page 1 of 3
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Battle Creek Unlimited Inc Battle Creek, MI | B | $12,000,000 | approved, future | create a hospitality training program, career pathways and full-time jobs for Battle Creek residents while attracting visitors to support Battle Creek small businesses and raise the local tax base by renovating McCamly Hotel and the adjacent Unit 2 property | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Public Schools Battle Creek, MI | U | $9,547,490 | paid | transform Battle Creek Public Schools to address structural bias and segregation in Battle Creek, Michigan, by providing quality and equitable opportunities to students pre-K to 12th grade and their families to improve school readiness, early success and college and career preparation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Unlimited Inc Battle Creek, MI | B | $8,000,000 | paid | create a hospitality training program, career pathways and full-time jobs for Battle Creek residents while attracting visitors to support Battle Creek small businesses and raise the local tax base by renovating McCamly Hotel and the adjacent Unit 2 property | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI | U | $5,919,655 | approved, future | support the transformation in Battle Creek Public Schools by providing students college/career readiness opportunities, including teacher and health professions pipelines towards improved recruitment, preparation and retention of educators for the district and health professionals for the community | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Barack Obama Foundation Chicago, IL | C | $5,000,000 | paid | support the advancement of racial healing practice and community engagement for neighborhood leaders and racial equity practitioners through the development of a community healing hub | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Baoba Fundo Para Equidade Racial Sao Paulo, SP | U | $4,988,196 | paid | establish an endowment fund to support the sustainability of the advancement of racial equity approaches for social development of vulnerable children and communities in the Brazilian locus of the African diaspora | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation Kalamazoo, MI | B | $4,090,303 | approved, future | increase access to employment for low income Battle Creek, Michigan families to get a job or a better job through the services of the neighborhood employment hubs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Mississippi Jackson, MS | B | $3,720,000 | paid | increase student achievement and outcomes by partnering with Jackson Public Schools on its district transformation plan, embedding the science of reading into early childhood preparation programs, and providing English Language supports to students in East Biloxi | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Mississippi Jackson, MS | B | $3,160,000 | approved, future | increase student achievement and outcomes by partnering with Jackson Public Schools on its district transformation plan, embedding the science of reading into early childhood preparation programs, and providing English Language supports to students in East Biloxi | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Calhoun Intermediate School District Marshall, MI | U | $3,043,900 | approved, future | increase the equity, quality, availability, access and coordination of early childhood opportunities for vulnerable families with children from birth to age 8 in Battle Creek, Mich., by partnering with families and community to advance an equitable early childhood system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI | U | $3,005,283 | paid | support the transformation in Battle Creek Public Schools by providing students college/career readiness opportunities, including teacher and health professions pipelines towards improved recruitment, preparation and retention of educators for the district and health professionals for the community | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Borealis Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN | C | $3,000,000 | approved, future | support racial equity and justice in the philanthropic field by building the strong sector's capacity to integrate racial equity within institutions serving the infrastructure of philanthropy through support of a funding and learning collaborative cohort | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Borealis Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN | C | $3,000,000 | paid | support racial equity and justice in the philanthropic field by building the strong sector's capacity to integrate racial equity within institutions serving the infrastructure of philanthropy through support of a funding and learning collaborative cohort | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Con Alma Health Foundation Santa Fe, NM | B | $2,500,000 | paid | advance vaccine equity and community recovery and rebuild post pandemic for New Mexican families by supporting statewide public health and health equity efforts that promote and leverage coordination, communication and strengthened partnerships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | U | $2,500,000 | paid | support the development of actionable data hubs to improve the lives of Latino communities by providing research resources, services, and training to advocates and community-based organizations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Kellogg Community College Battle Creek, MI | C | $2,364,190 | approved, future | increase the number of low-income residents of Battle Creek receiving a job or better job through sector based training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hope Enterprise Corporation Jackson, MS | B | $2,350,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of strengthening communities, building assets and improving lives in economically distressed areas of the Deep South by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Grand Rapids, MI | U | $2,324,513 | paid | expand an equitable early childhood system in Battle Creek, Michigan, including the launch of the Battle Creek Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative to increase access within neighborhoods to quality early childhood opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Opportunity Finance Network Philadelphia, PA | B | $2,250,000 | paid | aggregate capital from corporate and philanthropic sources to provide technical assistance and grant resources to build the assets of Community Development Financial Institutions that lend into minority communities and areas of persistent poverty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Youthbuild USA Inc Roxbury, MA | U | $2,201,872 | paid | increase income generation, training opportunities, health outcomes and overall conditions for families in Akaye, Haiti by advancing community engagement and visioning processes through the implementation of the Sustainable Village and Learning Community's Enablement Phase | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | U | $2,200,221 | paid | increase the number of Michigan vulnerable children and families that are thriving, and positively influence the number of quality food-related jobs linked to healthy food, by ensuring a sustainable, regionally integrated food system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Grand Rapids, MI | U | $2,126,266 | approved, future | expand an equitable early childhood system in Battle Creek, Michigan, including the launch of the Battle Creek Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative to increase access within neighborhoods to quality early childhood opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Notre Dame du Lac Notre Dame, IN | U | $2,097,013 | approved, future | address literacy deficiency and offer sustainable solutions linked to child development and learning that can improve education and life outcomes of children ages three-to-eight in Haiti Central Area through a comprehensive early childhood development initiative focused on home, church and school | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foundation for Detroits Future Detroit, MI | B | $2,000,000 | paid | support, in part, a proposed settlement to assist the city of Detroit in emerging from bankruptcy by helping the city satisfy its pension obligations to retirees and to assist in preserving the Detroit Institute of Arts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation Mountain View, CA | C | $2,000,000 | approved, future | support parent-child relationships, social and emotional development and child school readiness through systemic partnerships between pediatric primary care providers and community-based organizations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $2,000,000 | paid | support a state-based approach, community engagement, and grassroots capacity building to promote fair redistricting throughout the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hispanics in Philanthropy Oakland, CA | C | $2,000,000 | paid | strengthen Latinx leadership to support the reunification of migrant families with a comprehensive network of services and advocacy that center on lasting care and healing for migrant children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Health Leads Boston, MA | C | $2,000,000 | paid | accelerate equity-oriented COVID vaccination strategies in communities by democratizing information, convening partners and philanthropy for action, and building the capacity of community-based partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Plataforma Nuup Ac Miguel Hidalgo, DF | U | $1,962,957 | paid | increase income generation for smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas in Mexico by unlocking market access as well as increasing the strength of the finance ecosystem via market access and finance platforms for Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation Lansing, MI | U | $1,936,000 | approved, future | rebuild and re-imagine a stronger more equitable system for ECE funding in Michigan by piloting and supporting new business and financing models that ensure every child has access to developmentally meaningful early learning experiences and providers who are highly trained and fairly compensated | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation Detroit, MI | B | $1,900,000 | paid | support the creation of a workforce program for Detroiters that will focus on serving underserved populations by connecting training to actual jobs through employer partnerships and support for participants. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Youthbuild USA Inc Roxbury, MA | U | $1,798,128 | approved, future | increase income generation, training opportunities, health outcomes and overall conditions for families in Akaye, Haiti by advancing community engagement and visioning processes through the implementation of the Sustainable Village and Learning Community's Enablement Phase | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC | B | $1,730,419 | approved, future | increase family economic security and mobility by developing diverse leaders, broadening policymaker and public knowledge of workplace benefits and job quality, and conducting policy-relevant research | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region Kalamazoo, MI | U | $1,725,000 | paid | sustain resources for critical basic needs services and infrastructure in Battle Creek that responds to the impact of COVID-19 and post pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Public Human Services Association Arlington, VA | B | $1,678,337 | approved, future | advance family economic mobility and good jobs in the southern region of MS and nationally through systems change work that engages public-private, cross-sector peer learning networks that lift and scale system alignment strategies grounded in whole family approaches, job quality and racial equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libete Fokal Portauprince | U | $1,652,187 | approved, future | strengthen education in Haiti and facilitate access to quality and culturally relevant education by creating an education fund focused on system research, innovation, governance and engagement with emphasis on curricular reform, professional development and strengthening of educational institutions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Creative Leadership Greensboro, NC | B | $1,612,000 | paid | develop leaders to lead transformational change on behalf of children, families, and communities through designing, recruiting, and implementing the Community Leadership Network, Class 3, that will incorporate racial equity, community engagement and leadership practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jackson Medical Mall Foundation Jackson, MS | B | $1,600,000 | paid | advance the health and well-being of low-income populations of color in Mississippi by addressing social determinants of health, including workforce development, enterprise development, and improved access to health care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Haitian Education and Leadership Program New York, NY | B | $1,570,000 | approved, future | provide high quality higher education and citizenship and leadership training opportunities to economically disadvantaged students in Haiti by increasing student enrollment, campus expansion as part of the implementation of the five-year strategic plan of the Haitian Education and Leadership Program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | C | $1,500,000 | paid | establish a funder collaborative focused on supporting alignment between long term care, paid leave and early childhood advocates, practitioners and funders with a focus on both strengthening and supporting the care economy through advocacy, base-building and narrative change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | C | $1,500,000 | approved, future | establish a funder collaborative focused on supporting alignment between long term care, paid leave and early childhood advocates, practitioners and funders with a focus on both strengthening and supporting the care economy through advocacy, base-building and narrative change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Community Capital Albuquerque, NM | B | $1,500,000 | approved, future | strengthen Native self-determination through tribal entrepreneurship in both rural and urban communities, and catalyze culturally designed coalition efforts focused on policy, research, and movement building intended to benefit Native families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Easterseals Chicago, IL | C | $1,500,000 | approved, future | address inequities for Black children with disabilities and delays through the Black Child Fund, a targeted initiative to overcome systemic barriers faced by these children and their families in receiving equitable diagnoses, interventions and support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center On Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, DC | B | $1,500,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring that policies are effective in reducing poverty and disparities, expanding opportunity and improving the lives of low-income children and families in response to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Oxfam America Inc Boston, MA | B | $1,500,000 | approved, future | increase family economic security for people and women of color and justice involved citizens through programs and policies that strengthen job quality and job access in Mississippi and Louisiana | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | State of New Mexico Department of Health Santa Fe, NM | U | $1,500,000 | paid | ensure every New Mexican has equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine through the implementation of the State of New Mexico Department of Health's vaccine equity plan | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Easterseals Chicago, IL | C | $1,500,000 | paid | address inequities for Black children with disabilities and delays through the Black Child Fund, a targeted initiative to overcome systemic barriers faced by these children and their families in receiving equitable diagnoses, interventions and support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center On Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, DC | B | $1,500,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring that policies are effective in reducing poverty and disparities, expanding opportunity and improving the lives of low-income children and families in response to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Community Capital Albuquerque, NM | B | $1,500,000 | paid | strengthen Native self-determination through tribal entrepreneurship in both rural and urban communities, and catalyze culturally designed coalition efforts focused on policy, research, and movement building intended to benefit Native families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Public Human Services Association Arlington, VA | B | $1,488,337 | paid | advance family economic mobility and good jobs in the southern region of MS and nationally through systems change work that engages public-private, cross-sector peer learning networks that lift and scale system alignment strategies grounded in whole family approaches, job quality and racial equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Cantaro Azul Ac San Cristobal de Las Casas, CHS | U | $1,481,675 | approved, future | increase families' access to safe water in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, via strengthening the community management of water resources, construction and infrastructure improvement in collaboration with authorities, as well as the development of an agenda on the humanistic right to water | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Calhoun Intermediate School District Marshall, MI | U | $1,456,100 | paid | increase the equity, quality, availability, access and coordination of early childhood opportunities for vulnerable families with children from birth to age 8 in Battle Creek, Mich., by partnering with families and community to advance an equitable early childhood system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Health Center Association of Mississippi Jackson, MS | C | $1,400,000 | paid | advance health equity for Mississippians by expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities and building community power | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Equal Justice Works Washington, DC | B | $1,388,889 | approved, future | address the underlying inequities exacerbated by disasters through direct legal services for vulnerable immigrant children and families in New Orleans and New Mexico | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC | B | $1,369,581 | paid | increase family economic security and mobility by developing diverse leaders, broadening policymaker and public knowledge of workplace benefits and job quality, and conducting policy-relevant research | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Alliance for Early Success Washington, DC | C | $1,333,333 | approved, future | advance racial equity in early childhood advocacy by embedding racial equity policies across a 50 state network of state early childhood advocacy organizations and engaging grassroot voices to achieve effective and equitable policy solution outcomes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Unlimited Inc Battle Creek, MI | B | $1,327,250 | paid | providing business real estate capital and technical support to LMI and BIPOC business and property owners in the Washington Heights neighborhood who are unable to access traditional financing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Department of Education Jackson, MS | U | $1,279,743 | paid | support the expansion of Grantee's quality early childhood education efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Cantaro Azul Ac San Cristobal de Las Casas, CHS | U | $1,272,715 | paid | increase families' access to safe water in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, via strengthening the community management of water resources, construction and infrastructure improvement in collaboration with authorities, as well as the development of an agenda on the humanistic right to water | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Detroit, MI | B | $1,252,600 | approved, future | provide funds to support the continued work of small business assistance in Detroit, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Biloxi Public School District Biloxi, MS | U | $1,252,000 | paid | improve educational outcomes of the district's most vulnerable students by supporting pre-K programming and adding teacher and technology supports to kindergarten through third grade to ensure that children have the greatest chance of reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policylink Oakland, CA | B | $1,250,000 | approved, future | support anti-racist structures, practices, and outcomes through a whole-of-government collaborative approach to advancing racial equity in federal agencies | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Race Forward New York, NY | D | $1,250,000 | paid | support racial justice efforts in government through the evaluation of department practices, strategy development, leadership capacity building, and convenings to create a culture and practice towards anti-racism | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Race Forward New York, NY | D | $1,250,000 | approved, future | support racial justice efforts in government through the evaluation of department practices, strategy development, leadership capacity building, and convenings to create a culture and practice towards anti-racism | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policylink Oakland, CA | B | $1,250,000 | paid | support anti-racist structures, practices, and outcomes through a whole-of-government collaborative approach to advancing racial equity in federal agencies | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Detroit, MI | B | $1,247,400 | paid | provide funds to support the continued work of small business assistance in Detroit, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Congress of American Indians Washington, DC | U | $1,235,000 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of protecting sovereignty through development/dissemination of educational materials and tribally driven research that promote the building of collective agendas and meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native leaders and their communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Congress of American Indians Washington, DC | U | $1,235,000 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of protecting sovereignty through development/dissemination of educational materials and tribally driven research that promote the building of collective agendas and meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native leaders and their communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Asian and Pacific Islander Amercian Health Forum Oakland, CA | U | $1,200,000 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of influencing policy, mobilizing communities and strengthening programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Asian and Pacific Islander Amercian Health Forum Oakland, CA | U | $1,200,000 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of influencing policy, mobilizing communities and strengthening programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Race Forward New York, NY | D | $1,200,000 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of building awareness, solutions and leadership for racial justice through generation of transformative ideas, information and experiences by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Salish Kootenai College Pablo, MT | B | $1,200,000 | approved, future | implement innovations in career pathway development for Indigenous early childhood educators grounded in the cultures of the Seli, Ksanka and QIispe people of the Flathead Nation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA | B | $1,200,000 | paid | address disparities in health care delivery and access through planning and implementing a new Ochsner-Xavier Center for Health Equity, in which internal and external stakeholders convene to complete goals and metrics, generate a complete resource needs assessment and set up the center for success | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Race Forward New York, NY | D | $1,200,000 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of building awareness, solutions and leadership for racial justice through generation of transformative ideas, information and experiences by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd New York, NY | C | $1,200,000 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of pursuing a more equitable economy, a vibrant and inclusive democracy, an empowered public sector and responsible United States engagement in the world by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA | B | $1,200,000 | approved, future | address disparities in health care delivery and access through planning and implementing a new Ochsner-Xavier Center for Health Equity, in which internal and external stakeholders convene to complete goals and metrics, generate a complete resource needs assessment and set up the center for success | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd New York, NY | C | $1,200,000 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of pursuing a more equitable economy, a vibrant and inclusive democracy, an empowered public sector and responsible United States engagement in the world by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Michigan Inc Ann Arbor, MI | C | $1,200,000 | approved, future | amplify the voices of vulnerable children and families by strengthening statewide public engagement and journalism to improve opportunities and outcomes in education, employment and health | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Unidosus Washington, DC | B | $1,200,000 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of improving opportunities for Hispanic Americans through applied research, policy analysis and advocacy by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Unidosus Washington, DC | B | $1,200,000 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of improving opportunities for Hispanic Americans through applied research, policy analysis and advocacy by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Community College Board Jackson, MS | U | $1,195,333 | approved, future | advance credentials, employment and family economic security for low-income Mississippians through enrollment and completion of the Mississippi integrated basic education and skills training program in community colleges in Foundation priority places | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Department of Education Jackson, MS | U | $1,193,877 | approved, future | address the achievement gaps in high poverty, high minority schools by improving educator preparation through residency- and performance-based teacher pipelines | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Notre Dame du Lac Notre Dame, IN | U | $1,187,510 | approved, future | improve education outcomes and create safe school environment for children in Central Haiti by revising the Model School Network grades 1-6 curriculum, implement a school-based information system to collect and analyze student and school level data, and update a data system at Universite Quisqueya | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Operation Shoestring Inc Jackson, MS | C | $1,125,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting health/self-sufficiency and extending the hand of hope/opportunity to empower the needy, uplift target neighborhoods and the larger community and brighten the future of children and their families by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Equal Justice Works Washington, DC | B | $1,111,111 | paid | address the underlying inequities exacerbated by disasters through direct legal services for vulnerable immigrant children and families in New Orleans and New Mexico | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MI | C | $1,100,000 | paid | manage the Michigan Good Food Fund to serve food entrepreneurs across the state of Michigan and develop innovative approaches to technical assistance, community input, and the provision of financial resources that increase the number of food entrepreneurs of color supported by the Fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Center On Law and Poverty Inc Albuquerque, NM | B | $1,100,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to advance economic and social justice through education, advocacy and litigation and to improve living conditions, increase opportunities and protect the rights of New Mexicans living in poverty by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Community College Board Jackson, MS | U | $1,089,667 | paid | advance credentials, employment and family economic security for low-income Mississippians through enrollment and completion of the Mississippi integrated basic education and skills training program in community colleges in Foundation priority places | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Compadres Network Inc San Jose, CA | B | $1,083,532 | approved, future | expand access to trauma-responsive racial healing support for children and families by expanding a national coordinated racial healing practitioner network, standardizing a racial healing practitioner training program for new healers and preparing philanthropy to deepen its support of racial healing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Instituto Internacional de Recursos Renovables Ac Ciudad de Mexico | U | $1,068,400 | approved, future | improve food systems in Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico, by implementing and expanding biodigester technology to increase agricultural productivity for families' in order to improve access to both food and income sources, as well as optimize waste sustained sourced energy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Faith in Action Network Washington, DC | D | $1,066,667 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of creating innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Faith in Action Network Washington, DC | D | $1,066,667 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of creating innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation Lansing, MI | U | $1,064,000 | paid | rebuild and re-imagine a stronger more equitable system for ECE funding in Michigan by piloting and supporting new business and financing models that ensure every child has access to developmentally meaningful early learning experiences and providers who are highly trained and fairly compensated | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Notre Dame du Lac Notre Dame, IN | U | $1,052,490 | paid | improve education outcomes and create safe school environment for children in Central Haiti by revising the Model School Network grades 1-6 curriculum, implement a school-based information system to collect and analyze student and school level data, and update a data system at Universite Quisqueya | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MI | C | $1,050,000 | paid | increase the number of good food entrepreneurs and healthy food access for low income families in Michigan by increasing technical assistance, deepening producer connections and optimizing healthy food incentives to build equitable food systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Plataforma Nuup Ac Miguel Hidalgo, DF | U | $1,037,043 | approved, future | increase income generation for smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas in Mexico by unlocking market access as well as increasing the strength of the finance ecosystem via market access and finance platforms for Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation Boston, MA | B | $1,035,260 | paid | decrease infant and maternal mortality by increasing antenatal, postnatal and pediatric care in the Central Area of Haiti through continuation and expansion of a group care program that provides comprehensive care services to mothers and babies during pregnancy and after delivery | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Portland, OR | C | $1,032,889 | paid | create jobs and career paths that improve the community, increase oral health access and improve oral health outcomes throughout the Pacific northwest, starting in tribes, by expanding dental therapy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Greater New Orleans Foundation New Orleans, LA | B | $1,025,533 | paid | increase economic opportunities for low income job seekers and workers by supporting workforce development pathways in green infrastructure, healthcare, and information technology, and a community of practice for nonprofits providing wrap around supports for workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $1,016,230 | paid | build into the Baby Friendly hospital model in Michigan a meaningful connection to community in decision making and an explicit race equity lens in order to reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding rates among mothers of color and decrease maternal and infant morbidity and mortality | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tuskegee University Tuskegee Institute, AL | B | $1,000,000 | paid | leverage the strengths and assets of the black belt region through a food systems approach towards a more prosperous future for the region's children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Cherry Street Services Inc Grand Rapids, MI | B | $1,000,000 | paid | rapidly respond to the need to increase access to information about and options to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Grand Rapids' communities of color and vulnerable populations through a community-based, mobile service strategy. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc Washington, DC | B | $1,000,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing civil and human rights for Asian Americans and building and promoting a fair and equitable society for all by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Community College Board Jackson, MS | U | $1,000,000 | approved, future | increase economic mobility for low-income Mississippians by increasing the number of in demand, nationally recognized certifications and credentials they obtain through the 15 community colleges in Mississippi leading to good jobs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Community College Board Jackson, MS | U | $1,000,000 | paid | increase economic mobility for low-income Mississippians by increasing the number of in demand, nationally recognized certifications and credentials they obtain through the 15 community colleges in Mississippi leading to good jobs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tuskegee University Tuskegee Institute, AL | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | leverage the strengths and assets of the black belt region through a food systems approach towards a more prosperous future for the region's children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | advance education and racial equity by strengthening capacity, infrastructure, and field-wide collaboration among and in support of parent- and community-led grassroots organizing efforts across the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Living Cities Inc National Community Development Initiative New York, NY | U | $1,000,000 | approved, future | increase economic opportunities for low income families of color by supporting Living Cities' mission to harness the collective power of philanthropy, financial institutions, and local governments to close racial income and wealth gaps in American cities through general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sunsystem Development Corporation Orlando, FL | U | $1,000,000 | paid | eliminate health inequities in Central Florida by using local data to understand racial disparities, engage community members in solutions and create both policy and practice changes in the AdventHealth Hospital System | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nola Business Alliance New Orleans, LA | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | increase access to capital for entrepreneurs of color and job creation in New Orleans by supporting the launch of an entrepreneurs of color loan fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Hernando, MS | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | increase employment and economic security outcomes for low-income families in the Delta through aligning public-private employer training partnerships and workforce development in middle skill, career pathways in carpentry, construction, energy efficiency, and manufacturing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nola Business Alliance New Orleans, LA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | catalyze job growth, wealth creation, and build an equitable and sustainable economic future for New Orleans through launching a new business model that merges and aligns economic development and workforce development functions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region Kalamazoo, MI | U | $1,000,000 | approved, future | sustain resources for critical basic needs services and infrastructure in Battle Creek that responds to the impact of COVID-19 and post pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Association for the Education of Young Children Washington, DC | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | advance the implementation of the Unifying Framework for the early childhood education profession resulting in stronger advocacy infrastructure and narrative change through elevating the voices within the early childhood community | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $1,000,000 | paid | support the establishment of a participatory grantmaking fund that will strengthen the capacity and power of multiracial grassroots organizing groups and extend their impact beyond electoral cycles | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Build Health International Inc Beverly, MA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes in clinical settings by building an oxygen plant and provide employment opportunities and training for a sustainable medical grade oxygen ecosystem in the Southern Peninsula of Haiti | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pvblic Foundation Atlanta, GA | U | $1,000,000 | paid | build the information technology capacity of ten developing countries to monitor and report progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promote the significance of reducing inequalities as a condition for sustainable economic and social development through a SDG Data Alliance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of Central New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | build trust and solidarity to effectively support BIPOC-led, small non-profit organizations through community impact grants | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $1,000,000 | paid | advance education and racial equity by strengthening capacity, infrastructure, and field-wide collaboration among and in support of parent- and community-led grassroots organizing efforts across the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Northern Great Lakes Initiative Marquette, MI | C | $1,000,000 | paid | create three new loan products for low- to moderate-income and targeting Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) entrepreneurs and small business owners in Battle Creek who do not qualify for traditional financing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, MI | B | $1,000,000 | paid | enable the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids to achieve its mission of ensuring a stronger, healthier community for all with a commitment to nurturing the potential of our youth, promoting healthy living, and fostering a sense of social responsibility by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Agenda for Children Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | stabilize and strengthen the early childhood education sector by supporting nonprofit and community organizations serving young children and their families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Agenda for Children Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | stabilize and strengthen the early childhood education sector by supporting nonprofit and community organizations serving young children and their families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Common Counsel Foundation Oakland, CA | B | $1,000,000 | paid | strengthen Black leadership to increase capacity-building strategy and expand organizational infrastructure and programming to support growing network of Black-led organizations building community power to improve wellbeing of Black children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | create a pooled fund to better coordinate and mobilize investment in national, state, and local efforts to advance more equitable education system funding and outcomes in states impacted by COVID-19 by providing core support for the Seattle Foundation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Highlander Research and Education Center Inc New Market, TN | B | $1,000,000 | paid | support the leadership of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Immigrant-led and serving orgs in Mississippi and the southeast by supporting the Southern Power Fund in building organizational and movement building infrastructure to achieve racial justice, educational, employment and health equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Haciendas del Mundo Maya Ac Merida, YUC | U | $1,000,000 | paid | to increase income generation for artisan families in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico via scaling market access and strengthening both the handicraft value chain and ecosystem | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of Central New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | B | $1,000,000 | paid | build trust and solidarity to effectively support BIPOC-led, small non-profit organizations through community impact grants | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Develop Detroit Inc Detroit, MI | C | $1,000,000 | paid | to complete the planning, funding, and building of the Detroit Food Commons - a multi-use facility that will provide access to healthy, affordable food and employment as well as serve as a model for community-based food security and justice initiatives. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Community Foundation Santa Fe, NM | B | $1,000,000 | paid | promote the health, safety and well-being of asylee children and families in New Mexico by fostering a strong ecosystem and statewide network of health equity supports including socio-emotional assistance, legal representation, medical care and translation services through a funders collaborative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Public Health Association Inc Washington, DC | B | $1,000,000 | paid | envision a new public health system that centers equity and communities in its approach by addressing vaccine inequities, convening stakeholders, and analyzing and disseminating lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sunsystem Development Corporation Orlando, FL | U | $1,000,000 | approved, future | eliminate health inequities in Central Florida by using local data to understand racial disparities, engage community members in solutions and create both policy and practice changes in the AdventHealth Hospital System | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Highlander Research and Education Center Inc New Market, TN | B | $1,000,000 | approved, future | support the leadership of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Immigrant-led and serving orgs in Mississippi and the southeast by supporting the Southern Power Fund in building organizational and movement building infrastructure to achieve racial justice, educational, employment and health equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Living Cities Inc National Community Development Initiative New York, NY | U | $1,000,000 | paid | increase economic opportunities for low income families of color by supporting Living Cities' mission to harness the collective power of philanthropy, financial institutions, and local governments to close racial income and wealth gaps in American cities through general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation Kalamazoo, MI | B | $999,971 | paid | increase access to employment for low income Battle Creek, Michigan families to get a job or a better job through the services of the neighborhood employment hubs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Eastern Market Corporation Detroit, MI | C | $981,283 | paid | support Detroit's Eastern Market to model equitable community development with establishment of the Eastern Market Employment Center committed to Detroit residents procuring increased quality jobs in food, expanded support for entrepreneurs of color and new healthy food access for their children | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Acceso Vancouver, BC | U | $980,366 | paid | enable farmer families in the Central Plateau to improve livelihoods, nutrition and overall economic security through income generation, food security, food systems markets and agricultural value-chain strengthening efforts via partnerships and collaborations with ecosystem partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Acceso Vancouver, BC | U | $969,634 | approved, future | enable farmer families in the Central Plateau to improve livelihoods, nutrition and overall economic security through income generation, food security, food systems markets and agricultural value-chain strengthening efforts via partnerships and collaborations with ecosystem partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation Boston, MA | B | $964,740 | approved, future | decrease infant and maternal mortality by increasing antenatal, postnatal and pediatric care in the Central Area of Haiti through continuation and expansion of a group care program that provides comprehensive care services to mothers and babies during pregnancy and after delivery | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sunflower County Consolidated School District Indianola, MS | U | $960,460 | approved, future | ensure that students are reading fluently as they matriculate from grade to grade by providing extra learning support through the use of assistant teachers, interventionists and a curriculum specialist | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $960,381 | approved, future | support and grow low-income entrepreneurs of color and create and strengthen inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems that address social and economic disparities in impoverished communities by providing services, resources, advocacy and results in systems change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Naacp Empowerment Programs Inc Baltimore, MD | B | $933,400 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminating racial hatred and racial discrimination by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Naacp Empowerment Programs Inc Baltimore, MD | B | $933,400 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminating racial hatred and racial discrimination by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National League of Cities Institute Washington, DC | B | $926,388 | paid | increase economic security and financial inclusion for people of color and minority and women owned businesses through deepening the bench and increasing capacity of leaders through applying an economic inclusion lens and launching a learning community for municipal leaders in at least 10 cities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI | C | $920,834 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Urban League Inc New York, NY | C | $919,933 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of assisting African-American and other underserved urban residents in securing economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Urban League Inc New York, NY | C | $919,933 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of assisting African-American and other underserved urban residents in securing economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $916,230 | approved, future | build into the Baby Friendly hospital model in Michigan a meaningful connection to community in decision making and an explicit race equity lens in order to reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding rates among mothers of color and decrease maternal and infant morbidity and mortality | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Notre Dame du Lac Notre Dame, IN | U | $902,987 | paid | address literacy deficiency and offer sustainable solutions linked to child development and learning that can improve education and life outcomes of children ages three-to-eight in Haiti Central Area through a comprehensive early childhood development initiative focused on home, church and school | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Alliance for Excellent Education Inc Washington, DC | C | $900,000 | paid | advance more equitable federal education funding policy and implementation through data analysis and dissemination, policy advocacy, and partnership with networks working to promote education system resource equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Council of Michigan Foundations Inc Grand Haven, MI | C | $900,000 | paid | build momentum for racial equity and racial healing in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Lansing and Flint to change human value hierarchy beliefs to sustain healing and narrative change and build community practices for structural change to endure using the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Council of Michigan Foundations Inc Grand Haven, MI | C | $900,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of strengthening, increasing and promoting philanthropy across Michigan by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Unlimited Inc Battle Creek, MI | B | $889,100 | paid | develop a real estate investment program in downtown Battle Creek leading to more jobs created with local hiring and the revitalization and preservation of historic properties along the historic district | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Mississippi Jackson, MS | B | $881,820 | approved, future | expand reporting and investigative journalism through building capacity, training, and networking of traditional and emerging newsrooms in Mississippi on how to collect, report, and use data to create compelling and informative stories to elevate underrepresented voices and change narratives | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Greater New Orleans Foundation New Orleans, LA | B | $874,467 | approved, future | increase economic opportunities for low income job seekers and workers by supporting workforce development pathways in green infrastructure, healthcare, and information technology, and a community of practice for nonprofits providing wrap around supports for workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $870,600 | paid | pursue justice and racial equity for vulnerable children and families by preparing and incentivizing lawyers and other professionals to address social determinants of health by leveraging legal and public health systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Services Unlimited Los Angeles, CA | C | $850,000 | approved, future | aid the development of a community practitioner led flexible fund of blended capital to support equitable oriented food development efforts of BIPOC led nonprofits engaged in social enterprise to increase access to good food, create jobs and support the local economy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Neighborhood Funders Group Inc Oakland, CA | C | $850,000 | approved, future | improve job quality for low-wage and vulnerable workers, nationally and in the South, by investing in innovative and strategic partnerships that lift up worker voice | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Neighborhood Funders Group Inc Oakland, CA | C | $850,000 | paid | improve job quality for low-wage and vulnerable workers, nationally and in the South, by investing in innovative and strategic partnerships that lift up worker voice | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children Inc Boise, ID | C | $835,812 | paid | support the development and implementation of a multi-site, statewide early childhood collaborative and related efforts to educate and inform both public and private leaders about the benefits of a mixed delivery early childhood care and education system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Summits Education Boston, MA | B | $830,871 | approved, future | improve access to quality education and educational outcomes of children in central Haiti through continuation of a whole child approach, early childhood education programs, literacy and numeracy instructions, a pilot math and science program and adding of additional grades in selected schools | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Haitian Education and Leadership Program New York, NY | B | $829,999 | paid | provide high quality higher education and citizenship and leadership training opportunities to economically disadvantaged students in Haiti by increasing student enrollment, campus expansion as part of the implementation of the five-year strategic plan of the Haitian Education and Leadership Program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Yorkers for Children Inc New York, NY | B | $825,000 | approved, future | improve the child welfare system and broaden supportive services for New York City's most vulnerable children and families in the wake of the global health pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Yorkers for Children Inc New York, NY | B | $825,000 | paid | improve the child welfare system and broaden supportive services for New York City's most vulnerable children and families in the wake of the global health pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bipartisan Policy Center Inc Washington, DC | B | $822,200 | approved, future | launch the Working Families Task Force to develop and elevate bipartisan recommendations to build back a more equitable child care system post-COVID, including paid family and medical leave | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Summits Education Boston, MA | B | $816,666 | paid | improve access to quality education and educational outcomes of children in central Haiti through continuation of a whole child approach, early childhood education programs, literacy and numeracy instructions, a pilot math and science program and adding of additional grades in selected schools | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $800,591 | paid | develop new approaches for innovative, cross-disciplinary integration in the preparation of Early Childhood Educators matching actual community cultural and linguistic needs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Trust for Americas Health Washington, DC | B | $800,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority through science-based research, community partnerships education and advocacy by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MI | C | $800,000 | approved, future | increase access to Double Up Food Bucks by leveraging federal and state dollars to create a more equitable food system that decreases food insecurity, increases access to healthy food and supports local growers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Healthconnect One Chicago, IL | B | $800,000 | approved, future | improve initiation and duration of breastfeeding rates among low-income communities by expanding community-based, peer-to-peer support models that diversify both the maternal and child health workforces | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Voces Battle Creek, MI | C | $800,000 | approved, future | enable Voces to achieve its mission of promoting an inclusive society by providing Latino/Hispanic families with opportunities and resources that lead to individual and community transformation by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Families USA Foundation Inc Washington, DC | U | $797,864 | approved, future | promote equitable Medicaid policy to benefit children and families by building capacity among advocates, supporting cross-sector coalitions, and disseminating knowledge and policy recommendations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative Biloxi, MS | B | $781,642 | approved, future | create a system that leverages resources, streamlines processes and aligns workforce services that lead to employment equity for single moms by advancing training completion, credential attainment, employment and increased wages | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI | C | $779,166 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pro Mujer Inc Manhasset, NY | C | $776,617 | paid | improve access to financial services for indigenous women entrepreneurs in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula through the development of financial products with a gender equity lens as well as a program of training and technical assistance for market access | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Brazelton Touchpoints Project Inc Boston, MA | B | $773,342 | approved, future | strengthen systems of care and learning for Native children by building capacity within Native early learning contexts to conduct community-based inquiry that will advance family and community engagement in designing culturally-grounded systems, interventions, and knowledge generation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Louisiana Public Health Institute New Orleans, LA | C | $772,699 | paid | engage communities in New Orleans in conducting vaccine outreach among residents most vulnerable to COVID-19 and create a perinatal birth registry to track outcomes in maternal and child health in New Orleans | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | C | $765,778 | paid | initiate an Indigenized culturally relevant organizing model in northwest New Mexico centered on engagement, empowerment, and advocacy of parents, community leaders, and key stakeholders to advance community-defined education and tribal sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Jackson Jackson, MS | U | $765,000 | paid | increase employment opportunities for low-income families of color through a stratified framework of workforce and economic development, job creation and employer engagement to achieve family economic security and regional prosperity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Prairie View A&m University Prairie View, TX | U | $764,215 | approved, future | increase the number of Black male teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in public schools | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rutgers the State University of New Jersey Piscataway, NJ | U | $757,007 | approved, future | increase the economic security of low-wage workers and their families by promoting and implementing key employment principles and practices that empower workers and small businesses through education, research, technical assistance and coalition building | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foundations Inc Mt Laurel, NJ | B | $750,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of improving the quality of education for children by strengthening the skills of educators by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Opportunity Finance Network Philadelphia, PA | B | $750,000 | approved, future | aggregate capital from corporate and philanthropic sources to provide technical assistance and grant resources to build the assets of Community Development Financial Institutions that lend into minority communities and areas of persistent poverty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association Santa Fe, NM | B | $750,000 | paid | ensure food security for low-income New Mexico families and promote economic security for New Mexico farmers by providing matching support for a USDA grant that will increase access to healthy, locally grown foods generating revenue for the local economy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of San Joaquin Stockton, CA | U | $750,000 | paid | create and distribute a documentary designed to promote new, complex and complete narratives about people living in poverty in Stockton, New Orleans, Saint Paul, and Newark who receive unconditional, reliable cash transfers and the impact on their lives and the lives of their families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ole Education Fund Albuquerque, NM | B | $750,000 | paid | build a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, broad-base, non-partisan movement to advance an equitable early childhood education system in New Mexico | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Advancement Project Washington, DC | U | $750,000 | paid | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of fulfilling America's promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy through the use of innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Farmers Marketing Association Santa Fe, NM | B | $750,000 | approved, future | ensure food security for low-income New Mexico families and promote economic security for New Mexico farmers by providing matching support for a USDA grant that will increase access to healthy, locally grown foods generating revenue for the local economy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies New Orleans, LA | B | $750,000 | paid | improve children's academic and developmental outcomes by screening students for trauma and providing educators with professional development to identify and provide trauma responsive instruction and interventions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Oxfam America Inc Boston, MA | B | $750,000 | paid | increase family economic security for people and women of color and justice involved citizens through programs and policies that strengthen job quality and job access in Mississippi and Louisiana | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Refugee Education Center Kentwood, MI | C | $750,000 | approved, future | increase access to high-quality and culturally appropriate early childhood education services for children and families in Grand Rapids, Michigan by supporting and expanding both center and home-based early learning opportunities via a provider network model | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Notah Begay III Foundation Inc Santa Ana Pueblo, NM | B | $750,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring Native children achieve their full potential by advancing cultures of Native American community health by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Advancement Project Washington, DC | U | $750,000 | approved, future | enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of fulfilling America's promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy through the use of innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foundations Inc Mt Laurel, NJ | B | $750,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of improving the quality of education for children by strengthening the skills of educators by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Burmese American Initiative Inc Springfield, MI | B | $750,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of empowering Burmese Americans and the Battle Creek Community through advocacy, community engagement and education to support the whole person by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies New Orleans, LA | B | $750,000 | approved, future | improve children's academic and developmental outcomes by screening students for trauma and providing educators with professional development to identify and provide trauma responsive instruction and interventions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta Atlanta, GA | C | $745,000 | paid | provide pathways to business ownership for African Americans in metropolitan Atlanta with a focus on improving owner outcomes and financial security for employees, neighborhoods and the broader economy in order to become a platform for community wealth building | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Flint Flint, MI | U | $744,450 | paid | increase economic development opportunities for Flint residents by increasing the organizational capacity of municipal leadership and staff to plan, design and implement a comprehensive array of economic development strategies that support the city's revitalization and recovery | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rutgers the State University of New Jersey Piscataway, NJ | U | $742,993 | paid | increase the economic security of low-wage workers and their families by promoting and implementing key employment principles and practices that empower workers and small businesses through education, research, technical assistance and coalition building | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grantmakers in Health Washington, DC | B | $742,571 | approved, future | support health philanthropy to address health equity through a racial equity lens through capacity building and funder connections and collaboration | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Meridian Institute Dillion, CO | U | $741,500 | paid | advance healthy food systems that benefit children and families both domestically and internationally by creating knowledge products that impact the local and global level as well as development of evaluation tools to assist stakeholders towards systemic impact on equitable and sustainable food | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Prairie View A&m University Prairie View, TX | U | $735,421 | paid | increase the number of Black male teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in public schools | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | C | $734,222 | approved, future | initiate an Indigenized culturally relevant organizing model in northwest New Mexico centered on engagement, empowerment, and advocacy of parents, community leaders, and key stakeholders to advance community-defined education and tribal sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Brazelton Touchpoints Project Inc Boston, MA | B | $726,658 | paid | strengthen systems of care and learning for Native children by building capacity within Native early learning contexts to conduct community-based inquiry that will advance family and community engagement in designing culturally-grounded systems, interventions, and knowledge generation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | US Chamber of Commerce Foundation Washington, DC | B | $725,000 | approved, future | engage local and state chambers of commerce and provide support to their efforts to grow early childhood care and education systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foundation for the Mid South Inc Jackson, MS | B | $720,736 | approved, future | expand and strengthen the workforce development ecosystem through work readiness, career pathway education and job training, financial literacy, access to work supports, improved transportation, and leveraging philanthropic dollars towards employment equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $714,724 | paid | provide culturally relevant education materials for Haitian children both inside and outside classrooms within the Model School Network by expanding Lakou Kajou's high-quality resources, such as video, audio and storybooks, with an emphasis on distance learning | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for the Innovative Training of Youth New Orleans, LA | B | $705,682 | paid | improve mathematics and science outcomes for New Orleans children by supporting the launch of STEM Innovation HUB providing deep engagement in STEM subjects to students and quality professional development to educators | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Haiti Christian Development Fund Margate, FL | B | $705,000 | approved, future | enable Fonds des Blancs farmers to heightened income generation by supporting efforts to strengthen agricultural value-chains as well as scale production via land expansion, crop diversification, product transformation and both university and marketing partnerships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Universite Quisqueya Portauprince | U | $703,024 | approved, future | increase smallholder farmer income generation and value-chain viability by supporting Quisqueya University's school of agriculture's (FSAE) capacity to conduct applied research to solve cash crop diseases, develop food products, small scale mecanization, human capital and train rural entrepreneurs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Heart Association Inc Dallas, TX | B | $702,146 | approved, future | support efforts to combat abusive preemption that inhibits health equity through strategic advocacy campaigns, education and outreach, and technical assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Families USA Foundation Inc Washington, DC | U | $702,136 | paid | promote equitable Medicaid policy to benefit children and families by building capacity among advocates, supporting cross-sector coalitions, and disseminating knowledge and policy recommendations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI | U | $700,344 | approved, future | reduce barriers to economic stability for families in Grand Rapids through increased access to post secondary training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jobs to Move America Los Angeles, CA | B | $700,000 | approved, future | establish a community organizing, research, and advocacy agenda in Alabama and Mississippi to support community benefits agreements with manufacturers to build pipeline to well-paid, quality manufacturing jobs for workers from communities of color as well as those facing employment barriers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jackson State University Jackson, MS | U | $700,000 | paid | address systemic racism to reduce health disparities exacerbated by COVID-19 through intelligent study on the attitudes of Black Mississippians regarding digital telemedicine | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Black Women's Health Project Inc Washington, DC | U | $700,000 | approved, future | address inequities in maternal and child health outcomes by building the capacity of the healthcare system to provide Black families culturally appropriate care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Catalyst Inc Boston, MA | C | $700,000 | paid | improve oral health outcomes for underserved communities by supporting narrative change, capacity building and community engagement to establish dental therapy practice | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Services Unlimited Los Angeles, CA | C | $700,000 | paid | aid the development of a community practitioner led flexible fund of blended capital to support equitable oriented food development efforts of BIPOC led nonprofits engaged in social enterprise to increase access to good food, create jobs and support the local economy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Grand Rapids, MI | U | $700,000 | approved, future | increase access to highly-quality learning opportunities in Grand Rapids, Michigan by engaging parents and deepening partnerships with providers and partner organizations to ensure that children have appropriate supports that prepare them for school success | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Prevention Institute Oakland, CA | B | $700,000 | approved, future | advance a system of prevention for racial justice and health equity that benefits children, families, and communities through policy development, partnerships and narrative change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Grand Rapids, MI | U | $700,000 | paid | increase access to highly-quality learning opportunities in Grand Rapids, Michigan by engaging parents and deepening partnerships with providers and partner organizations to ensure that children have appropriate supports that prepare them for school success | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Century Foundation Inc New York, NY | B | $700,000 | paid | advance educational equity in diverse learning environments via dual language immersion programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Camelback Ventures New Orleans, LA | U | $699,916 | approved, future | build a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem that supports small businesses of color and includes opportunities for white led philanthropy to contribute on a larger scale to provide a runway for closing the racial wealth gap in communities of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $697,974 | approved, future | develop new approaches for innovative, cross-disciplinary integration in the preparation of Early Childhood Educators matching actual community cultural and linguistic needs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Secondmuse Bernalillio, NM | U | $694,455 | paid | increase entrepreneurship in Battle Creek, with a focus on woman and minority owned businesses, by providing early stage entrepreneurial support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Social Policy Research Associates Oakland, CA | U | $680,466 | approved, future | improve employment outcomes in Battle Creek by providing a system level evaluation and technical assistance to Battle Creek workforce development providers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Unlimited Inc Battle Creek, MI | B | $672,750 | approved, future | providing business real estate capital and technical support to LMI and BIPOC business and property owners in the Washington Heights neighborhood who are unable to access traditional financing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Community Reinvestment Coalition Inc Washington, DC | B | $666,671 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of working for consumer justice and economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association for Enterprise Opportunity Washington, DC | C | $666,667 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of closing the racial wealth gap and resolving critical economic challenges faced by microenterprise businesses by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Alliance for Early Success Washington, DC | C | $666,667 | paid | advance racial equity in early childhood advocacy by embedding racial equity policies across a 50 state network of state early childhood advocacy organizations and engaging grassroot voices to achieve effective and equitable policy solution outcomes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Coalition On Temporary Shelter Detroit, MI | U | $664,087 | paid | promote positive outcomes for Detroit children and families through a launch of the COTS Family Development Program to increase equitable access to quality education, coaching, workforce, and wellness supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Employment Law Project Inc New York, NY | B | $654,167 | paid | support low-wage workers in precarious work structures via technical assistance, legal support, and policy research to achieve improved working conditions as well as both increased wages and benefits | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Employment Law Project Inc New York, NY | B | $654,166 | approved, future | support low-wage workers in precarious work structures via technical assistance, legal support, and policy research to achieve improved working conditions as well as both increased wages and benefits | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Advocacy Program Ypsilanti, MI | B | $650,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing the safety, independence and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems through increased access to justice and systemic solutions by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $650,000 | approved, future | build the capacity of states to redesign early childhood systems by centering the experiences of children, families and providers of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Association for Family Child Care Foundation Washington, DC | B | $650,000 | approved, future | organize family child care providers around common goals, as well as design, deliver and facilitate a leadership fellowship so that family child care providers inform the rebuilding of the child care sector | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning Jackson, MS | U | $650,000 | paid | increase economic security for low-income people and women of color through increasing the number of short-term credentials, associates, and bachelors degrees obtained through the Complete2Compete program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Schools for New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $650,000 | paid | increase student literacy and numeracy proficiency rates by supporting the adoption and implementation of Tier I curriculums and building a sustainable teacher pipeline through targeted recruitment and retention strategies | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Council for Community Development Inc New York, NY | C | $650,000 | paid | implement a flexible small-business loan program, in order to enable minority and women-owned small businesses to support an ecosystem of greater opportunity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning Jackson, MS | U | $650,000 | approved, future | increase economic security for low-income people and women of color through increasing the number of short-term credentials, associates, and bachelors degrees obtained through the Complete2Compete program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson, MS | C | $650,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing racial and economic justice and developing strategies to combat discrimination and poverty by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson, MS | C | $650,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing racial and economic justice and developing strategies to combat discrimination and poverty by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southern California Grantmakers Los Angeles, CA | B | $648,330 | paid | advance a shared agenda to eliminate institutionalized racism using data-driven systemic change resulting in a transformation of damaging narratives, racial healing and systems change in the law, separation and economy by implementing the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Kellogg Community College Battle Creek, MI | C | $635,810 | paid | increase the number of low-income residents of Battle Creek receiving a job or better job through sector based training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foundation for the Mid South Inc Jackson, MS | B | $629,264 | paid | expand and strengthen the workforce development ecosystem through work readiness, career pathway education and job training, financial literacy, access to work supports, improved transportation, and leveraging philanthropic dollars towards employment equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Families for Kids Jackson, MS | B | $625,000 | paid | support the healthy development of children by implementing the Help Me Grow model to connect children and families to multiple resources including education, health and mental health services | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Employment Opportunities Inc New York, NY | B | $625,000 | paid | conduct a formal evaluation of the Returning Citizens Stimulus program and create an evidence base for wider adoption of cash assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Notah Begay III Foundation Inc Santa Ana Pueblo, NM | B | $625,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring Native children achieve their full potential by advancing cultures of Native American community health by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Employment Opportunities Inc New York, NY | B | $625,000 | approved, future | conduct a formal evaluation of the Returning Citizens Stimulus program and create an evidence base for wider adoption of cash assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Goodwill Industries of Central Michigans Heartland Inc Battle Creek, MI | B | $619,908 | paid | expand financial literacy, provide jobs/training for the unemployed and provide needed technology systems for Battle Creek jobs partners to track and monitor those entering the Battle Creek jobs system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Veterimed Port Au Prince | U | $618,400 | approved, future | increase family income generation, food security and children's nutrition in both Les Cayes and Mirebalais in Haiti via growing milk production and strengthening their value chain | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Mississippi Jackson, MS | B | $618,180 | paid | expand reporting and investigative journalism through building capacity, training, and networking of traditional and emerging newsrooms in Mississippi on how to collect, report, and use data to create compelling and informative stories to elevate underrepresented voices and change narratives | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | North Mississippi Education Consortium University, MS | B | $617,540 | approved, future | improve kindergarten readiness rates by increasing the number of endorsed or certified teachers in pre-kindergarten settings and by providing supports and comprehensive services to licensed child care programs serving children in Jackson and Sunflower County | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | U | $615,000 | approved, future | improve life outcomes of children by strengthening community engagement, coordinating a youth master plan and providing employment opportunities to support children, youth and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | U | $615,000 | paid | improve life outcomes of children by strengthening community engagement, coordinating a youth master plan and providing employment opportunities to support children, youth and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region Kalamazoo, MI | U | $610,000 | paid | Complete and begin the initial implementation phase of a multi-year comprehensive Reemergence Plan by leaders from organizations that primarily serve Battle Creek Communities of Color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of Central New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | B | $609,041 | paid | create a pathway to income security for economically vulnerable families in New Mexico by strengthening and scaling tax preparation in culturally sensitive and appropriate ways | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $607,327 | approved, future | leverage partnerships to improve educational outcomes for refugee children by increasing quality and access of culturally and linguistically centered Early Childhood Education | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Law Center Inc Newark, NJ | B | $606,458 | approved, future | develop school funding and resourcing data analysis, responsive to state education equity coalition needs and pilot a model of legal technical assistance related to advancing education system equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rio Grande Community Development Corporation Albuquerque, NM | B | $600,400 | paid | build a culturally relevant ecosystem of support for people of color entrepreneurs through coordinating equitable access to relevant business assistance, facilitating referrals to existing resources, and advocating for systemic policy changes essential in removing long-standing inequities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Salish Kootenai College Pablo, MT | B | $600,000 | paid | implement innovations in career pathway development for Indigenous early childhood educators grounded in the cultures of the Seli, Ksanka and QIispe people of the Flathead Nation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Alliance for Excellent Education Inc Washington, DC | C | $600,000 | approved, future | advance more equitable federal education funding policy and implementation through data analysis and dissemination, policy advocacy, and partnership with networks working to promote education system resource equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Logan Square Neighborhood Association Inc Chicago, IL | C | $600,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing diversity, leader development, and models for engagement as the catalysts for social justice by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Child Care Aware of America Arlington, VA | B | $600,000 | approved, future | support state child care infrastructure in implementing the child care provisions of the American Rescue Plan to advance equity and positively transform the early childhood system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Array Alliance Inc Los Angeles, CA | C | $600,000 | paid | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts by strengthening the capacity of ARRAY 101 to educate and engage audiences in narrative change remedies for systemic change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Health Center Association of Mississippi Jackson, MS | C | $600,000 | approved, future | advance health equity for Mississippians by expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities and building community power | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Delta State University Cleveland, MS | B | $600,000 | approved, future | build wealth and economic stability for women of color and their families by opening the very first minority women's business center in the state of Mississippi that provides business planning, technical assistance and capacity building, access to capital, mentoring, and financial literacy training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Logan Square Neighborhood Association Inc Chicago, IL | C | $600,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing diversity, leader development, and models for engagement as the catalysts for social justice by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc Health Equity International Newton, MA | U | $600,000 | paid | improve access to high quality, maternal, neonatal and child health care services for vulnerable mothers and infants in the southwest corridor of Haiti by supporting the maternal and neonatal, post-natal care, obstetric surgery services, triage, treatment and monitoring of COVID-19 | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Rural Affairs Lyons, NE | B | $600,000 | approved, future | advance food and farm policy to enable equitable and resilient food systems for the benefit of children, families and communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Operation Shoestring Inc Jackson, MS | C | $600,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting health/self-sufficiency and extending the hand of hope/opportunity to empower the needy, uplift target neighborhoods and the larger community and brighten the future of children and their families by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Washington, DC | B | $600,000 | approved, future | increase the capacity of non-profit and philanthropic leaders to serve as change agents to drive race equity within their organizations and the field through specialized coaching and peer learning networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc Health Equity International Newton, MA | U | $600,000 | approved, future | improve access to high quality, maternal, neonatal and child health care services for vulnerable mothers and infants in the southwest corridor of Haiti by supporting the maternal and neonatal, post-natal care, obstetric surgery services, triage, treatment and monitoring of COVID-19 | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Trust Inc Washington, DC | B | $600,000 | approved, future | close the gaps in opportunity and achievement for all Michigan children by engaging and equipping diverse, local- and state-level stakeholders with data, research and best practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Georgetown University Office of Research Services Washington, DC | U | $600,000 | paid | strengthen state Medicaid advocacy that improves child health and promotes health equity through research, analysis and technical assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Nations Development Institute Longmont, CO | B | $600,000 | paid | catalyze resources for Native communities to leverage their assets and build equitable food systems for the benefit of children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT | B | $599,110 | paid | increase breastfeeding initiation and duration among vulnerable families by scaling up, enhancing and disseminating a systems' initiative linking baby friendly hospital transformation to community postpartum peer support across a 40-hospital maternity care network | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | North Mississippi Education Consortium University, MS | B | $598,101 | paid | improve kindergarten readiness rates by increasing the number of endorsed or certified teachers in pre-kindergarten settings and by providing supports and comprehensive services to licensed child care programs serving children in Jackson and Sunflower County | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $597,310 | approved, future | provide culturally relevant education materials for Haitian children both inside and outside classrooms within the Model School Network by expanding Lakou Kajou's high-quality resources, such as video, audio and storybooks, with an emphasis on distance learning | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Raza Development Fund Inc Phoenix, AZ | C | $590,000 | paid | increase impacts in Latinx-led organizations and communities by supporting the capacity for technical assistance and working capital deployment to affiliate organizations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Law Center Inc Newark, NJ | B | $588,421 | paid | develop school funding and resourcing data analysis, responsive to state education equity coalition needs and pilot a model of legal technical assistance related to advancing education system equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Kore Foundation Inc Gallatin, TN | B | $585,250 | paid | expand income-generating opportunities for smallholder farming families and increase students' access to nutritious food in the Central Area of Haiti through training and implementation of an egg-laying and distribution initiative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Summits Education Boston, MA | B | $580,800 | approved, future | improve education outcomes as well as both school governance and administration, and create effective learning environments for children in Central Area of Haiti through coordination of the Model School Network, a sustainable, multi-layered, data-driven, government and civil society partnership | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | President & Fellows Harvard College Th Chan School of Public Health Boston, MA | U | $578,888 | paid | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts as a force for change by supporting the development of comprehensive resources for low-income, immigrant, and minority parents of young children impacted by Covid-19 | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Organizations Unifying Resources for Community & Employees Grand Rapids, MI | D | $577,000 | paid | increase economic security for low-wage healthcare workers in southeast Grand Rapids neighborhoods by providing support for career recruitment, retention and advancement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children Inc Boise, ID | C | $564,188 | approved, future | support the development and implementation of a multi-site, statewide early childhood collaborative and related efforts to educate and inform both public and private leaders about the benefits of a mixed delivery early childhood care and education system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National 4h Council Chevy Chase, MD | U | $562,974 | approved, future | promote equitable access to community learning and civic engagement opportunities for children by expanding local community partnerships with HBCU's, diversifying program leadership, staff, volunteer and participant networks, and strengthening organizational structures to sustain racial equity work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Indian Science and Engineering Society Albuquerque, NM | C | $562,500 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering and math studies and careers by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC | D | $561,625 | paid | support the National Museum of African American History and Culture to create programs and resources to empower, enrich and educate young children from birth to 8 years old around identity, race and the African American experience | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | C | $550,000 | paid | develop, pilot, and refine 0-8 interdisciplinary, developmentally-appropriate, culturally-responsive curriculum with emphasis on first grade strand of work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | C | $550,000 | approved, future | strengthen philanthropic resources for creating and disseminating just narratives of people of color, immigrants, refugees, and Muslims through partnerships and collaborations within the entertainment, advertising and media industries | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bronson Health Care Group Kalamazoo, MI | C | $550,000 | paid | support equitable healthcare delivery in the Battle Creek Cancer Program through participatory research, retention improvements, and marketing to improve outcomes and experiences | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development Arlington, VA | U | $550,000 | paid | advance the national Food Systems Leadership Network, by increasing efficacy and impact, enabling communities to collaboratively solve challenges that improve the lives of children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Arab American and Chaldean Council Troy, MI | B | $550,000 | paid | expand employment opportunities for Detroit residents by establishing a career pathway/bridge program model that integrates and focuses on skills attainment, occupational training, credentialing and career transition support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Motown Historical Museum Inc Detroit, MI | B | $550,000 | paid | increase entrepreneurship and career opportunities for economically disenfranchised residents, especially in the Northwest Goldberg district of Detroit, by providing early stage entrepreneurial support and career development training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $546,258 | approved, future | improve the health, educational and economic well-being of vulnerable Native American children and families by enhancing capacity to conduct budget and policy analysis specific to Native American communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Anseye Pou Ayiti Portauprince | U | $546,000 | approved, future | achieve education equity and improve access to quality education in the central area of Haiti through a whole community approach involving parent, teachers, school administrators and school community coaches with the intentional use of data for decision-making and school improvement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Boston Foundation Inc Boston, MA | B | $545,391 | paid | assist local organizations in Haiti by developing capacity to address health, education and income generating opportunities for families and children via organizational assistance, coaching, financial advising, coalition building and access to philanthropic investments | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for the Innovative Training of Youth New Orleans, LA | B | $544,318 | approved, future | improve mathematics and science outcomes for New Orleans children by supporting the launch of STEM Innovation HUB providing deep engagement in STEM subjects to students and quality professional development to educators | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sustainable Markets Foundation New York, NY | B | $542,000 | paid | change the narrative about birth outcomes among BIPOC families by producing a documentary film portraying the systemic inequities faced by Black and women of color as they navigate the healthcare system in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | C | $540,000 | approved, future | enable a national funder collaborative to continue to develop and enhance the field of feedback and encourage the philanthropic and not-for-profit sectors to listen to, learn from and modify programmatic supports based on what is heard from the people and communities served | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $534,999 | paid | provide small businesses in the Bronx and Brooklyn with technical assistance that will improve their ability to secure vertical supply chain business with major anchor institutions in New York resulting in increased revenue and creation of jobs for low income workers in the surrounding communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Instituto Internacional de Recursos Renovables Ac Ciudad de Mexico | U | $534,200 | paid | improve food systems in Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico, by implementing and expanding biodigester technology to increase agricultural productivity for families' in order to improve access to both food and income sources, as well as optimize waste sustained sourced energy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Creative Learning Inc Washington, DC | D | $532,311 | paid | improve income generation of artisan women in the Highlands of Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, by providing specialized technical assistance to improve the quality of their products and diversify their access to fair markets | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $525,001 | approved, future | provide small businesses in the Bronx and Brooklyn with technical assistance that will improve their ability to secure vertical supply chain business with major anchor institutions in New York resulting in increased revenue and creation of jobs for low income workers in the surrounding communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bridgespan Group Inc Boston, MA | B | $521,850 | paid | develop a strategic and business plan for the Sustainable Village Learning Community by engaging Akay community stakeholders and partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Civic Nation Washington, DC | B | $520,000 | paid | increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in communities of color by supporting a national campaign to increase vaccine outreach and access | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Futuro Media Group New York, NY | B | $520,000 | paid | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts as a collective force for global change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Coding Academies Jackson, MS | B | $515,000 | approved, future | provide career pathway training in the coding academies for people of color, women and parents in Mississippi as web and app developers that will provide opportunities for paid internships and lead to living wage middle skill jobs in the tech industry | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sunflower County Consolidated School District Indianola, MS | U | $514,540 | paid | ensure that students are reading fluently as they matriculate from grade to grade by providing extra learning support through the use of assistant teachers, interventionists and a curriculum specialist | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for the Study of Social Policy Washington, DC | B | $510,444 | paid | learn what works for families of color to design child care allowances and change the way the public thinks about income supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | California Pan Ethnic Health Network Oakland, CA | C | $510,000 | paid | transform local public health systems to advance health equity for communities of color through capacity building, narrative change, and partnership and policy development | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Teaching Lab Washington, DC | C | $510,000 | approved, future | design and implement professional learning models in Wisconsin districts and regional service centers that are linked to both high-quality math and language arts instructional materials as well as scalable in other states, followed by explicitly integrating culturally-responsive teaching practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Dillard University New Orleans, LA | B | $505,000 | paid | increase wellbeing outcomes for children and families in the Greater New Orleans region by supporting the community engagement efforts, research, and educational training provided by Dillard University's Center for Racial Justice | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Arlington, VA | B | $502,678 | paid | ensure equitable response and recovery from COVID-19 in communities by developing a community resilience-focused public health fellowship program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Universite Quisqueya Portauprince | U | $502,630 | paid | increase smallholder farmer income generation and value-chain viability by supporting Quisqueya University's school of agriculture's (FSAE) capacity to conduct applied research to solve cash crop diseases, develop food products, small scale mecanization, human capital and train rural entrepreneurs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MI | C | $500,000 | paid | stimulate creative financing and technical assistance to support good food social enterprises across the value chain to increase access to healthy food, create jobs, support family farmers and entrepreneurs of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Indian Health Board Washington, DC | C | $500,000 | paid | improve oral health outcomes in tribal communities by building infrastructure and capacity to support implementation of dental therapists | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc New York, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities through strengthening and mobilizing resources and providing capacity building by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wgbh Educational Foundation Boston, MA | B | $500,000 | paid | support the second season of children's program, Molly of Denali, to raise awareness of Indigenous culture and traditions, promote positive portrayals of Indigenous characters on public television, and ultimately change the narrative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Parent Network Detroit, MI | B | $500,000 | paid | increase access to COVID-19 vaccination information and administration of doses and provide access to health supports in Detroit by expanding the implementation of a community-based trusted messenger strategy and deployment of health advocates through a community-based coalition model | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Allied Media Projects Detroit, MI | C | $500,000 | paid | strengthen digital movement building for communities of color by advancing the Kairos Fellowship efforts of building power in the digital realm | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Chalkbeat Inc Brooklyn, NY | U | $500,000 | approved, future | promote family and community awareness of the importance of high quality Early Childhood Education through local and statewide reporting, partnerships, and storytelling | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | C | $500,000 | approved, future | accelerate equitable both farm to school and early child and education efforts by advancing best practices and policies, enhancing multi-sectoral partnerships, catalyzing leadership, and supporting efforts in high need and underserved areas | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Reach Riverside Development Corporation Wilmington, DE | B | $500,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of eliminating structural racism by promoting racial justice and upward economic mobility through general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Orleans Youth Alliance New Orleans, LA | C | $500,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fostering youth-centered policies and cultivating a system of high-quality, well-resourced youth development organizations grounded in racial equity and youth leadership by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Reach Riverside Development Corporation Wilmington, DE | B | $500,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of eliminating structural racism by promoting racial justice and upward economic mobility through general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Commonweal Bolinas, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | demonstrate racial healing and racial equity practice through support of the Retreat Center Collaboration growing the movement for spiritual and societal transformation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Trust Inc Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | approved, future | advance racial equity for Michigan's most vulnerable students by enhancing narrative change, amplifying teacher voice and racial equity practices, and enabling community of practice for educators to share and disseminate best instructional practices that advocate racial equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Black Belt Community Foundation Selma, AL | B | $500,000 | paid | advance a shared agenda in Selma, Alabama, that eliminates institutionalized racism through data-driven systemic change with a focus on narrative change, racial healing and relationship building, law, separation and economy by implementing the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MI | C | $500,000 | approved, future | stimulate creative financing and technical assistance to support good food social enterprises across the value chain to increase access to healthy food, create jobs, support family farmers and entrepreneurs of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Arkansas Little Rock, AR | C | $500,000 | approved, future | support racial healing training and development for non-profit and philanthropic leaders through the establishment of a certification program in racial healing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | C | $500,000 | approved, future | develop, pilot, and refine 0-8 interdisciplinary, developmentally-appropriate, culturally-responsive curriculum with emphasis on first grade strand of work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Project South the Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide Atlanta, GA | C | $500,000 | approved, future | develop immigrant justice and racial equity strategic plan for Mississippi led by local Latinx leadership and directly-impacted immigrants in rural and urban Mississippi, and support local capacity development for community power-building to improve wellbeing of vulnerable children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc New York, NY | U | $500,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fighting for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public education by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Nonprofit Association Lansing, MI | B | $500,000 | paid | increase participation in the redistricting mapping process by mobilizing nonprofits outreach and communications efforts statewide to achieve fair and impartial district maps that promote equity so underrepresented groups have a voice in local, state and federal decision-making processes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc New York, NY | B | $500,000 | approved, future | expand access to supports that lessen academic and career opportunity gaps by researching and developing a virtual curriculum that provides academic interventions, advising, and career readiness modalities for young people from underrepresented communities across the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Association for the Education of Young Children Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | paid | advance the implementation of the Unifying Framework for the early childhood education profession resulting in stronger advocacy infrastructure and narrative change through elevating the voices within the early childhood community | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA | B | $500,000 | paid | create a pooled fund to better coordinate and mobilize investment in national, state, and local efforts to advance more equitable education system funding and outcomes in states impacted by COVID-19 by providing core support for the Seattle Foundation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for the Future Palo Alto, CA | B | $500,000 | approved, future | identify and broadly disseminate strategies and policy solutions to incentivize the growth and success of equitable enterprises | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | U | $500,000 | paid | bridge the gap in social justice journalism and accountability reporting regarding racial injustice via increased access to the education, networks and opportunities for journalists of color in the field of investigative reporting | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Enterprise Community Partners Inc Columbia, MD | B | $500,000 | approved, future | increase economic opportunities for children and families of color living in under resourced communities by providing technical assistance support to community development organizations working to stabilize and create equitable outcomes in these communities in New Orleans | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency Detroit, MI | B | $500,000 | paid | create a sustainable resident leadership development program to educate/empower Detroit families in low-income areas to plan/advocate for children/family well-being, including early childhood education reform, employment equity and equitable community development, through a funders' collaborative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC | D | $500,000 | paid | ensure people of color have access to respectful, culturally appropriate perinatal services by supporting implementation of quality improvement tools to standardize Respectful Maternity Care practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc New York, NY | B | $500,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities through strengthening and mobilizing resources and providing capacity building by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policylink Oakland, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | advance health equity through a racial equity lens by amplifying community voice, promoting narrative change, and building institutional capacity for racial equity work within the field of philanthropy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Universite Quisqueya Portauprince | U | $500,000 | paid | build leadership and policy analysis capacity in Haiti to address long-standing problems of governance, economic instability and social inequities via creation of a think tank focusing on leadership development, training, policy research and dissemination | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Global Impact Alexandria, VA | D | $500,000 | paid | advance racial equity and social justice through collective giving by developing communities of practice, providing tools, infrastructure, and capacity support led by local leaders of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wgbh Educational Foundation Boston, MA | B | $500,000 | approved, future | support the second season of children's program, Molly of Denali, to raise awareness of Indigenous culture and traditions, promote positive portrayals of Indigenous characters on public television, and ultimately change the narrative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policy Equity Group LLC Washington, DC | U | $500,000 | approved, future | promote equitable design and implementation of state, federal, and local policies through monitoring, analysis, technical assistance, and coordination of EC policy efforts across named places and statewide | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Global Impact Alexandria, VA | D | $500,000 | approved, future | advance racial equity and social justice through collective giving by developing communities of practice, providing tools, infrastructure, and capacity support led by local leaders of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nola Business Alliance New Orleans, LA | B | $500,000 | paid | increase access to capital for entrepreneurs of color and job creation in New Orleans by supporting the launch of an entrepreneurs of color loan fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $500,000 | approved, future | enable work addressing racial and structural inequities, particularly as they impact children of color, their parents and their caregivers by providing core support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation Mountain View, CA | C | $500,000 | paid | support parent-child relationships, social and emotional development and child school readiness through systemic partnerships between pediatric primary care providers and community-based organizations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region Kalamazoo, MI | U | $500,000 | paid | ensure a robust safety net of critical support services and information/referral systems improve the well-being and stability of families, reduce racial and economic disparities and tear down barriers that inhibit the health, well-being and long-term success of Battle Creek's families and children | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | H Cap Inc New York, NY | C | $500,000 | approved, future | establish the Center for Equity and Job Quality in Long Term Care to move systemic change in improving jobs for direct care workers as well as the advancement of both virtual training resources and platforms for the workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Economic Policy Institute Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | paid | promote greater understanding and support of efforts to improve employment, wages, income and wealth in communities of color, in the American South, through the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE) and Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ole Education Fund Albuquerque, NM | B | $500,000 | approved, future | build a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, broad-base, non-partisan movement to advance an equitable early childhood education system in New Mexico | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Economic Policy Institute Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | approved, future | promote greater understanding and support of efforts to improve employment, wages, income and wealth in communities of color, in the American South, through the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE) and Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jackson Metro Sponsoring Committee Working Together Jackson Jackson, MS | D | $500,000 | approved, future | increase family economic security for low-income families through increasing outreach and enrollment of residents into MI-BEST in priority places and through working with immigrants and people of color to explore worker cooperatives to create their own wealth and do economic justice work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc New York, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | expand access to supports that lessen academic and career opportunity gaps by researching and developing a virtual curriculum that provides academic interventions, advising, and career readiness modalities for young people from underrepresented communities across the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pillars Fund Chicago, IL | C | $500,000 | paid | support the elevation and amplification of the talents and leadership of American Muslim communities through community engagement, narrative change, and collaborative giving by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Public Education Support Fund Washington, DC | C | $500,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting equitable opportunities for all children to obtain a high-quality education from birth through college by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Enterprise Community Partners Inc Columbia, MD | B | $500,000 | paid | increase economic opportunities for children and families of color living in under resourced communities by providing technical assistance support to community development organizations working to stabilize and create equitable outcomes in these communities in New Orleans | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Commonweal Bolinas, CA | B | $500,000 | approved, future | demonstrate racial healing and racial equity practice through support of the Retreat Center Collaboration growing the movement for spiritual and societal transformation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico Las Cruces, NM | B | $500,000 | paid | design and implement a two-year statewide Guaranteed Basic Income pilot and policy project to address poverty and economic insecurity for low-income families in New Mexico with a focus on immigrant families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Public Education Support Fund Washington, DC | C | $500,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting equitable opportunities for all children to obtain a high-quality education from birth through college by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | paid | increase the capacity of non-profit and philanthropic leaders to serve as change agents to drive race equity within their organizations and the field through specialized coaching and peer learning networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for the Future Palo Alto, CA | B | $500,000 | paid | identify and broadly disseminate strategies and policy solutions to incentivize the growth and success of equitable enterprises | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | C | $500,000 | paid | accelerate equitable both farm to school and early child and education efforts by advancing best practices and policies, enhancing multi-sectoral partnerships, catalyzing leadership, and supporting efforts in high need and underserved areas | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Popular Democracy Richmond Hill, NY | D | $500,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of creating equitable communities through deep engagement with multi-racial and community-based organizations by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $500,000 | paid | increase family economic security and health equity through the promotion of equitable paid family and medical leave policy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Iff Chicago, IL | B | $500,000 | paid | improve the quality of early childhood education programs by investing in improvements to facilities to support brain development, decrease environmental hazards and stabilize enrollment | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Southern Equity Atlanta, GA | B | $499,895 | approved, future | increase transparency, accountability, community engagement and job opportunities related to economic development policies and practices through the development of technology-based platforms, public finance research, leadership development and the deployment of a local hiring and training program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for Medicaid Innovation Washington, DC | C | $499,036 | approved, future | promote equity in birth outcomes by establishing a five-state action learning collaborative to increase access to midwifery-led models of care among Medicaid patients | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Futuro Media Group New York, NY | B | $498,760 | paid | enable the creation of a fully independent Latinx newsroom to conduct important investigative and journalistic reporting that elevates the voices and perspectives of Latinx communities and helps develop the next generation of dedicated highly-trained Latinx journalists | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Iff Chicago, IL | B | $498,750 | approved, future | improve the quality of early childhood education programs by assisting family, friend and neighbor providers in making improvements to facilities and operations to serve more children and families in Grand Rapids | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Arlington, VA | B | $497,322 | approved, future | ensure equitable response and recovery from COVID-19 in communities by developing a community resilience-focused public health fellowship program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for Medicaid Innovation Washington, DC | C | $497,294 | paid | promote equity in birth outcomes by establishing a five-state action learning collaborative to increase access to midwifery-led models of care among Medicaid patients | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Dillard University New Orleans, LA | B | $495,000 | approved, future | increase wellbeing outcomes for children and families in the Greater New Orleans region by supporting the community engagement efforts, research, and educational training provided by Dillard University's Center for Racial Justice | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partners in Agriculture Inc Greenville, SC | C | $490,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of enabling human development in Haiti's Central Plateau by registering in Haiti, executing its strategic plan and restructuring a vocational school and three farms to aid students and smallholder farmer families by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Coleman Children and Youth Services San Francisco, CA | B | $485,000 | approved, future | advance education equity and community-led systems change to improve learning experiences and outcomes for students of color in the Bay Area by establishing a coalition of people of color-led organizations working together to implement transformative family engagement standards across the region | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Coleman Children and Youth Services San Francisco, CA | B | $485,000 | paid | advance education equity and community-led systems change to improve learning experiences and outcomes for students of color in the Bay Area by establishing a coalition of people of color-led organizations working together to implement transformative family engagement standards across the region | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libete Fokal Portauprince | U | $483,693 | paid | strengthen education in Haiti and facilitate access to quality and culturally relevant education by creating an education fund focused on system research, innovation, governance and engagement with emphasis on curricular reform, professional development and strengthening of educational institutions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Agroecology Network Santa Cruz, CA | C | $482,041 | approved, future | advance food systems in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas, Mexico, by promoting seed resiliency through the collective action of the Mayan Network of Seeds Guardians to exchange knowledge, improve seeds, advance agroecology and consolidate food sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Madison, WI | U | $476,250 | approved, future | implement and refine statewide education equity strategy in Wisconsin that centers selection, adoption, and implementation of high-quality instructional materials and effective curriculum-embedded professional learning, which includes attention to cultural-responsiveness, as systems-change levers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libete Fokal Portauprince | U | $476,000 | paid | promote civic engagement, racial equity and collaboration with WKKF partners working on community visions in Haiti through education, family economic security and community engagement work at the Haiti/Dominican Republic border and a urban park in a challenging neighborhood in Port-au-Prince | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $475,001 | paid | support and grow low-income entrepreneurs of color and create and strengthen inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems that address social and economic disparities in impoverished communities by providing services, resources, advocacy and results in systems change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sunflower County Consolidated School District Indianola, MS | U | $475,000 | paid | improve health outcomes and employment opportunities of students and families by repurposing the Rosser Elementary School to become a centrally-located multi-purpose family center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Community Action Albuquerque, NM | C | $475,000 | paid | strengthen efforts to create quality manufacturing jobs, entrepreneurship training and professional development opportunities for early childhood educators by supporting the construction of a social enterprise center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National League of Cities Institute Washington, DC | B | $473,612 | approved, future | increase economic security and financial inclusion for people of color and minority and women owned businesses through deepening the bench and increasing capacity of leaders through applying an economic inclusion lens and launching a learning community for municipal leaders in at least 10 cities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | C | $470,000 | paid | enable a national funder collaborative to continue to develop and enhance the field of feedback and encourage the philanthropic and not-for-profit sectors to listen to, learn from and modify programmatic supports based on what is heard from the people and communities served | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM | U | $467,630 | paid | accelerate systems change within the city's government to promote greater diversity and equity in the workforce, by supporting the Office of Equity and Inclusion | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Corporation for Global Community Development Jackson, MS | B | $462,500 | paid | increase child academic outcomes by providing onsite learning supports to twenty-five students during the Jackson Public School District's remote learning semester | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Santa Barbara, CA | B | $461,110 | approved, future | amplify and unify philanthropic and investment capacity to support a more just food system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Haiti Projects Inc Hingham, MA | C | $460,500 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to develop economic opportunities for women and to build a sustainable community in Fond Des Blancs, Haiti by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Global Greengrants Fund Inc Boulder, CO | C | $460,000 | paid | support grassroots initiatives to recover food systems and strengthen the resilience of communities in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, impacted by tropical depression Cristobal through the launch of a regional agroecology fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Alaskans Institute Anchorage, AK | C | $456,167 | paid | dismantle human value hierarchy beliefs, identify/unpack systems-level issues in Alaska and advance systemic change that uplifts collective value/humanity supporting a transformational progress vision for the next 10,000 years by implementing the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Formacion Y Capacitacion Ac San Cristobal de Las Casas, CHS | U | $455,630 | approved, future | improve maternal health conditions in Chiapas, Mexico, by providing training opportunities for traditional midwives as well as strengthening a state midwifery movement and its agenda towards women's rights to timely, regular and quality health services | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Area Community Services Employment and Training Council Grand Rapids, MI | U | $455,400 | paid | create structural changes in the hiring practices of local Grand Rapids employers, leading to more equitable employment opportunities, by implementing an evidenced-based selection process | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Haiti Christian Development Fund Margate, FL | B | $455,000 | paid | enable Fonds des Blancs farmers to heightened income generation by supporting efforts to strengthen agricultural value-chains as well as scale production via land expansion, crop diversification, product transformation and both university and marketing partnerships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS | U | $454,982 | paid | improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants and mothers in Mississippi by providing resources and education on obstetrical, neonatal and infant emergencies to providers at 10 rural hospitals | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico Las Cruces, NM | B | $454,295 | approved, future | design and implement a two-year statewide Guaranteed Basic Income pilot and policy project to address poverty and economic insecurity for low-income families in New Mexico with a focus on immigrant families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard Festival Kalamazoo, MI | B | $453,860 | approved, future | enable children and families in Battle Creek, Michigan, to receive music education, literacy and instruction with enrichment opportunities by providing piano labs, family concerts, jazz series, community festivals and young artist recitals | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Delta State University Cleveland, MS | B | $450,000 | paid | build wealth and economic stability for women of color and their families by opening the very first minority women's business center in the state of Mississippi that provides business planning, technical assistance and capacity building, access to capital, mentoring, and financial literacy training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $450,000 | approved, future | To support BUILD to align/connect community, regional and state early childhood systems in Michigan with the aim of impacting system fragmentation and systemic racism and increasing community focus/voice in policy decisions and implementation to improve family/child outcomes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Reschool Denver, CO | C | $450,000 | paid | provide learning opportunities, supports, and resources for children and their families by expanding access to employer-based learner advocate networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Steps Kent Grand Rapids, MI | B | $450,000 | approved, future | improve coordination and alignment to support a comprehensive and equitable early childhood system that ensures children and families have access to appropriate care and services and supports so that every child enters kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed in school and life | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Center On Law and Poverty Inc Albuquerque, NM | B | $450,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to advance economic and social justice through education, advocacy and litigation and to improve living conditions, increase opportunities and protect the rights of New Mexicans living in poverty by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Compadres Network Inc San Jose, CA | B | $450,000 | paid | promote culture-centered healing from present and future trauma among young children by increasing awareness of the nature of childhood trauma, developing trauma-responsive skills for elementary educators and child-serving professionals, and sharing learnings with a broad community of stakeholders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Trust Inc Washington, DC | B | $450,000 | paid | advance racial equity for Michigan's most vulnerable students by enhancing narrative change, amplifying teacher voice and racial equity practices, and enabling community of practice for educators to share and disseminate best instructional practices that advocate racial equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA | B | $450,000 | approved, future | advance policies that enable and incentivize local and regional food systems that provide good food for all by strengthening capacity of local groups to advocate for their communities, provide analysis of both key issues and proposed solutions as well as inform key policymakers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Washington, DC | B | $450,000 | approved, future | continue to credibly engage politically conservative leaders and constituencies on the importance of early childhood, with particular emphasis on infants/toddlers, child development and health and the importance of state level leadership and innovation to strengthen early childhood systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI | U | $450,000 | paid | use data, authentic relationships with community members and the combined resources of four healthcare providers to strategically deploy mobile health units to Detroit neighborhoods to administer COVID-19 vaccinations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Thrive New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $450,000 | paid | increase economic opportunities for low wealth individuals and families by supporting workforce development pathways and small business technical assistance in green infrastructure and storm water management | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | La Cocina Fort Collins, CO | B | $450,000 | approved, future | increase access to culturally congruent maternal mental health support services for Latinx women and children by strengthening the organization's financial, operational, and programmatic capacity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Indian Health Board Washington, DC | C | $450,000 | approved, future | improve oral health outcomes in tribal communities by building infrastructure and capacity to support implementation of dental therapists | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Open Possibilities San Francisco, CA | U | $450,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of accelerating community-driven solutions that are built, led, and governed by and for low-income and Black Indigenous People of Color communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Thrive New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $450,000 | approved, future | increase economic opportunities for low wealth individuals and families by supporting workforce development pathways and small business technical assistance in green infrastructure and storm water management | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Council of Michigan Foundations Inc Grand Haven, MI | C | $450,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of strengthening, increasing and promoting philanthropy across Michigan by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | La Cocina Fort Collins, CO | B | $450,000 | paid | increase access to culturally congruent maternal mental health support services for Latinx women and children by strengthening the organization's financial, operational, and programmatic capacity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bank Street College of Education New York, NY | B | $450,000 | approved, future | catalyze early childhood education systems change via supporting the professional and leadership development of leaders of color with responsibility for state and local systems that impact the lives of young children and their families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Insight Center for Community Economic Development Oakland, CA | C | $450,000 | approved, future | utilize occupational segregation analysis centered on Black women in three regions of the United States to drive narrative change and offer workforce development system solutions to improve labor market outcomes and support equitable economic recovery efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Colorofchangeorg Education Fund Inc Oakland, CA | U | $449,996 | paid | increase engagement, participation and representation of Black millennials and adults as well as decrease the undercount of Black and Brown children and families in the 2020 Census by leveraging national digital media resources and supporting state and regional efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Louisiana Green Corps Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $447,000 | approved, future | increase economic opportunities for low-wealth individuals and families in New Orleans by supporting workforce development training and career pathway development in green infrastructure, construction, and conservation sectors | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Louisiana Green Corps Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $447,000 | paid | increase economic opportunities for low-wealth individuals and families in New Orleans by supporting workforce development training and career pathway development in green infrastructure, construction, and conservation sectors | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Community Foundation Battle Creek, MI | B | $446,200 | approved, future | improve educational outcomes for Battle Creek, Michigan, children, ages 0-5, by strengthening child care centers' business and pedagogical leadership through the alignment and sharing of resources, services and supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Childrens Literacy Initiative Philadelphia, PA | B | $444,079 | paid | ensure third grade success by strengthening literacy capacity of teachers and principals through a pre-K to third grade school improvement and professional development strategy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Community Foundation Battle Creek, MI | B | $441,462 | paid | improve educational outcomes for Battle Creek, Michigan, children, ages 0-5, by strengthening child care centers' business and pedagogical leadership through the alignment and sharing of resources, services and supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American University of Beirut New York, NY | B | $429,500 | paid | strengthen new experiential learning curricula and community engagement within global institutions of higher education in Mexico, Haiti and Honduras, by supporting the expansion of Key Elements of Success to promote the EARTH University model | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Boston Medical Center Corporation Boston, MA | B | $425,040 | approved, future | increase breastfeeding rates and reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding rates for mothers in Mississippi by providing technical assistance to birthing facilities, collaborating with historically black colleges and universities and assessing breastfeeding supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City Center for Collaborative Learning Tucson, AZ | B | $425,000 | paid | enhance school-community partnerships by developing a national online platform that connects educators with community members to provide diverse, culturally-relevant, real-world learning experiences for students, and expanding implementation efforts in the Las Cruces, New Mexico region | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $422,500 | approved, future | strengthen the capacity of organizations serving young children and future leaders in New Orleans to improve social and emotional wellbeing by training leaders, schools and organizations to more deeply address social and emotional wellbeing through education, social work and leadership | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Iff Chicago, IL | B | $417,098 | paid | promote positive outcomes for young children and families by providing systems-level coordination, strategic direction and leadership of the Hope Starts Here early childhood initiative in Detroit | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Trust Inc Washington, DC | B | $416,793 | paid | launch a regional model of technical assistance and supports for state-based, equity-driven coalitions of organizers, advocates, and education system leaders working to improve education system quality and equitable resourcing in southeastern states | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Compadres Network Inc San Jose, CA | B | $416,468 | paid | expand access to trauma-responsive racial healing support for children and families by expanding a national coordinated racial healing practitioner network, standardizing a racial healing practitioner training program for new healers and preparing philanthropy to deepen its support of racial healing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation Jackson, MS | U | $412,070 | paid | strengthen community efforts to transform systems through racial healing and equity strategies and make Mississippi more welcoming, stemming the Brain-Drain of younger generations who desire equitable and diverse communities with economic opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bipartisan Policy Center Inc Washington, DC | B | $411,100 | paid | launch the Working Families Task Force to develop and elevate bipartisan recommendations to build back a more equitable child care system post-COVID, including paid family and medical leave | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Summits Education Boston, MA | B | $410,259 | paid | improve education outcomes as well as both school governance and administration, and create effective learning environments for children in Central Area of Haiti through coordination of the Model School Network, a sustainable, multi-layered, data-driven, government and civil society partnership | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | U | $407,244 | approved, future | improve practice and increase supports for districts, schools, teachers and children/families by supporting the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative to implement a classroom observation study of the impact of the Read by Grade Three Law on practices occurring inside Michigan's classrooms | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Futuro Media Group New York, NY | B | $401,240 | approved, future | enable the creation of a fully independent Latinx newsroom to conduct important investigative and journalistic reporting that elevates the voices and perspectives of Latinx communities and helps develop the next generation of dedicated highly-trained Latinx journalists | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Community Foundation Grand Rapids, MI | B | $401,000 | paid | Matching Grant | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $400,803 | paid | leverage partnerships to improve educational outcomes for refugee children by increasing quality and access of culturally and linguistically centered Early Childhood Education | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pivotal New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $400,255 | paid | strengthen the capacity of nonprofit organizations serving children and families in tribal communities, San Juan, McKinley, Dona Ana and Bernalillo counties to access federal, state and local funding opportunities through funding research, training and customized technical assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Resource Strategies Inc Watertown, MA | B | $400,001 | paid | create national infrastructure required to better support advocacy for increased resource equity in education systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Healthcare Anchor Network Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | paid | deepen the organization's capacity to deliver its activities and enable sector-wide impact in over 900 communities by increasing the number of hospital systems in their network, creating new community benefit agreements and leveraging both financial and human resources in the communities they serve | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Voices for Children Albuquerque, NM | B | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of improving the status, well-being and racial/ethnic equity of New Mexico's children through child and family centered health, education and economic security by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Healthconnect One Chicago, IL | B | $400,000 | paid | improve initiation and duration of breastfeeding rates among low-income communities by expanding community-based, peer-to-peer support models that diversify both the maternal and child health workforces | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Arkansas Little Rock, AR | C | $400,000 | paid | support racial healing training and development for non-profit and philanthropic leaders through the establishment of a certification program in racial healing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, MI | U | $400,000 | approved, future | improve school readiness outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transitioning from pre-school to kindergarten by supporting a summer enrichment and learning program that emphasizes exploratory learning, play, discovery, social emotional learning and the development of classroom skills | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Public Service Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | paid | support the federal public health workforce by developing recommendations that leverage flexible hiring mechanisms, build a pipeline of diverse public health professionals that reflect the American public, and include skills necessary to address modern public health challenges | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board Inc Albuquerque, NM | U | $400,000 | paid | increase vaccination rates and promote post COVID-19 recovery amongst tribal nations and Native American communities in New Mexico by addressing vaccine hesitancy and connecting them to social resources through a culturally relevant awareness campaign and navigation support system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Multiplier Oakland, CA | C | $400,000 | approved, future | transform small businesses into employee-owned firms to create real wealth-building potential for low to moderate income families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Womens Foundation of the South New Orleans, LA | C | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of centering and investing in the collective power, health, well-being, economic security, and leadership of womxn and girls of color in the South by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nonprofit Knowledge Works Inc New Orleans, LA | C | $400,000 | approved, future | increase employment equity opportunities for children and families in New Orleans by supporting the collection, analysis and distribution of data on economic, youth, and education outcomes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Indian Science and Engineering Society Albuquerque, NM | C | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands in science, technology, engineering and math studies and careers by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan League for Public Policy Lansing, MI | C | $400,000 | paid | advance access to early childhood education, expand career opportunities for low-skilled workers and enhance understanding of the impact of state budget and tax policies on Michigan's vulnerable citizens by cultivating community partnerships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Arkansas Little Rock, AR | C | $400,000 | approved, future | develop a realized policy pathway for food systems change in Indian Country by leveraging model codes that scale equitable food systems and increase access to nutritious food for children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation Detroit, MI | B | $400,000 | approved, future | promote education, leadership development and resilience of bilingual children and families through peer mentoring, learning networks, community engagement and advocacy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | approved, future | support grassroot initiatives to recover food systems and strengthen resilience of communities in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, impacted by tropical depression Cristobal through the launch of a regional agroecology fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Civic Policy Albuquerque, NM | B | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of increasing civic engagement among traditionally disenfranchised communities through strategic engagement campaigns, fostering a culture of disciplined collaboration and nurturing leadership networks by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Conexion Americas Nashville, TN | D | $400,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of building a welcoming community and creating opportunities where Latino families can belong, contribute and succeed by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation Grand Rapids, MI | B | $400,000 | approved, future | create more equitable community and economic development by organizing residents around community benefit agreements and connecting them to career opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Child Care Services Association Chapel Hill, NC | U | $400,000 | approved, future | address inequities in higher education opportunity, compensation, and career mobility of the early childhood workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Children at Risk Inc Houston, TX | C | $400,000 | approved, future | conduct, publish and disseminate racial equity audit of statewide quality rating and improvement system, survey workforce, improve information on child care deserts, and work in coalition with parents and providers to advance equitable access to high quality child care in Texas | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Trust for Americas Health Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority through science-based research, community partnerships education and advocacy by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | approved, future | build capacity of communities of color to combat the use of harmful preemption policy through legal research, technical assistance, communications and messaging research | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, MI | U | $400,000 | approved, future | embed racial equity into the operations and structures at the City of Grand Rapids by creating an equity analyst position within the Office of Equity and Engagement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | James B Hunt Jr Institute for Education Leadership & Policy Cary, NC | C | $400,000 | approved, future | bring together state leaders and host dynamic conversations, leadership development, and information gathering sessions around equitable, non-partisan solutions to advance systems change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Civic Policy Albuquerque, NM | B | $400,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of increasing civic engagement among traditionally disenfranchised communities through strategic engagement campaigns, fostering a culture of disciplined collaboration and nurturing leadership networks by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc New York, NY | U | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fighting for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public education by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Council for Occupational Safety and Health Somerville, MA | U | $400,000 | paid | improve vulnerable workers health and safety in low-wage industries by providing technical assistance, communications and strategic support to organizations in southern states | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc Health Equity International Newton, MA | U | $400,000 | paid | conduct a comprehensive clinical, staffing, infrastructure, and equipment assessments with open-source mapping to inform the health system strengthening strategy as well as maternal and child health programming in the Southern Peninsula of Haiti | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Health Law Program Inc District of Columbia, WA | U | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to protect and advance the health rights of low-income and underserved individuals by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Health Law Program Inc District of Columbia, WA | U | $400,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to protect and advance the health rights of low-income and underserved individuals by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation Grand Rapids, MI | B | $400,000 | paid | create more equitable community and economic development by organizing residents around community benefit agreements and connecting them to career opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Consumer Law Center Inc Boston, MA | B | $400,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of working for consumer justice and economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | approved, future | support states transformational partnerships to dismantle programs and narratives that perpetuate inequities in funding as well as advance Maternal and Child Health via engaging Title V Maternal and Child Health Directors through an action learning collaborative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | George Washington University Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | paid | support community health system recovery by facilitating equitable implementation of COVID relief packages and envisioning a new public health system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Cfleads Accord, MA | B | $400,000 | paid | strengthen racial healing education and practice within community foundations and the philanthropic field through support of a cohort of community foundations leaders building their capacity to lead for racial healing and equity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partners for Common Good Washington, DC | C | $400,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to advance economic justice and opportunity by partnering with organizations that provide access to capital for low-income people and communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | approved, future | provide technical assistance to minority women business owners in targeted markets to increase financial literacy awareness (including access to capital) and entrepreneurship skills that will contribute to reduced childhood and family poverty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Conexion Americas Nashville, TN | D | $400,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of building a welcoming community and creating opportunities where Latino families can belong, contribute and succeed by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Michigan Inc Ann Arbor, MI | C | $400,000 | paid | amplify the voices of vulnerable children and families by strengthening statewide public engagement and journalism to improve opportunities and outcomes in education, employment and health | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | U | $400,000 | approved, future | advance equitable community food systems by building partnerships with land grant universities and county cooperative extensions, applying a racial equity lens to the development of regional food systems and capturing progress of farm to early-childhood education and regional food hubs nationwide | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Roosevelt Institute New York, NY | B | $400,000 | paid | influence popular narratives and inform policy debates through research and analysis and stakeholder engagement that prioritizes solutions and analysis that seek to close the racial wealth gap and increase worker stability and agency | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Moore Community House Biloxi, MS | C | $400,000 | approved, future | improve employment equity and economic security for single mothers and children of color through career pathway training, access to quality child care, intensive case management, and partnering with public-private partners to ensure work supports and access to good jobs that pay living wages | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Moore Community House Biloxi, MS | C | $400,000 | paid | improve employment equity and economic security for single mothers and children of color through career pathway training, access to quality child care, intensive case management, and partnering with public-private partners to ensure work supports and access to good jobs that pay living wages | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Child Care Aware of America Arlington, VA | B | $400,000 | paid | support state child care infrastructure in implementing the child care provisions of the American Rescue Plan to advance equity and positively transform the early childhood system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan League for Public Policy Lansing, MI | C | $400,000 | approved, future | advance access to early childhood education, expand career opportunities for low-skilled workers and enhance understanding of the impact of state budget and tax policies on Michigan's vulnerable citizens by cultivating community partnerships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | George Washington University Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | approved, future | support community health system recovery by facilitating equitable implementation of COVID relief packages and envisioning a new public health system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fair Food Network Ann Arbor, MI | C | $400,000 | paid | increase access to Double Up Food Bucks by leveraging federal and state dollars to create a more equitable food system that decreases food insecurity, increases access to healthy food and supports local growers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Family Fund Inc New York, NY | B | $400,000 | paid | support the establishment of a learning community of multiracial grassroots organizations and researchers in order to assess innovative power-building efforts and narrative strategies that will build capacity and demonstrate effectiveness of organizing practice by providing core support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Healthcare Anchor Network Washington, DC | B | $400,000 | approved, future | deepen the organization's capacity to deliver its activities and enable sector-wide impact in over 900 communities by increasing the number of hospital systems in their network, creating new community benefit agreements and leveraging both financial and human resources in the communities they serve | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bd of Regents of Univ of Nebraska DBA Univ of Nebraska Medical Center Lincoln, NE | U | $400,000 | paid | create a comprehensive national birth equity project to equip public health professionals and community leaders in addressing birth outcome inequities within their communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Project South the Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide Atlanta, GA | C | $400,000 | paid | develop immigrant justice and racial equity strategic plan for Mississippi led by local Latinx leadership and directly-impacted immigrants in rural and urban Mississippi, and support local capacity development for community power-building to improve wellbeing of vulnerable children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Carina Saettle, WA | B | $400,000 | approved, future | support the expansion of technology focused on centering qualified child care workers with low income individuals in need of child care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development Arlington, VA | U | $399,999 | approved, future | advance the national Food Systems Leadership Network, by increasing efficacy and impact, enabling communities to collaboratively solve challenges that improve the lives of children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Seiu Education & Support Fund Hadley, MA | U | $399,999 | approved, future | increase opportunities for early educators to access high quality, worker-centered professional development and support by harnessing the voices of early educators | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rio Grande Community Development Corporation Albuquerque, NM | B | $394,600 | approved, future | build a culturally relevant ecosystem of support for people of color entrepreneurs through coordinating equitable access to relevant business assistance, facilitating referrals to existing resources, and advocating for systemic policy changes essential in removing long-standing inequities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Washington County Opportunities Inc Greenville, MS | B | $392,500 | approved, future | increase the quality of Head Start in our priority places by focusing on early language development of children in Early Head Start and improving the reading skills of children in Head Start programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Polaris Project Washington, DC | B | $392,187 | approved, future | improve working conditions for all workers on farms that utilize the H-2A visa program through worker engagement, worker outreach and education, and strategic communication to key decision makers and stakeholders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Village of Wisdom Durham, NC | U | $392,000 | approved, future | create digital resources for both parents and educators reflecting parent-validated, culturally-affirmed instructional practices for Black children in at-home, online, and in-person learning environments and develop clearinghouse of these national instructional practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | U | $390,822 | paid | support the advancement of student academic outcomes and success at Battle Creek Public Schools through an innovative pilot program aimed to improve math scores in the elementary grades | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative Biloxi, MS | B | $390,821 | paid | create a system that leverages resources, streamlines processes and aligns workforce services that lead to employment equity for single moms by advancing training completion, credential attainment, employment and increased wages | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Communities Foundation of Texas Inc Dallas, TX | B | $380,000 | paid | enable communities of color to engage in broader relationship building, community organizing and decision-making; impact future work within the law, separation and the economy and transform how Dallas treats its citizens by implementing the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for the Study of Social Policy Washington, DC | B | $378,327 | approved, future | learn what works for families of color to design child care allowances and change the way the public thinks about income supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Veterimed Port Au Prince | U | $377,600 | paid | increase family income generation, food security and children's nutrition in both Les Cayes and Mirebalais in Haiti via growing milk production and strengthening their value chain | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ri Center for Progressive Education North Attleboro, MS | U | $375,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to transform the state of teacher education in Rhode Island through high quality, culturally relevant teacher training by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southern Echo Inc Jackson, MS | B | $375,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of empowering low wealth communities throughout Mississippi and the Southern region with knowledge and skills by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | US Chamber of Commerce Foundation Washington, DC | B | $375,000 | paid | engage local and state chambers of commerce and provide support to their efforts to grow early childhood care and education systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Madison, WI | U | $375,000 | paid | implement and refine statewide education equity strategy in Wisconsin that centers selection, adoption, and implementation of high-quality instructional materials and effective curriculum-embedded professional learning, which includes attention to cultural-responsiveness, as systems-change levers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwestern Michigan Urban League Battle Creek, MI | B | $375,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to increase engagement and improve outcomes for the African American community in Battle Creek by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ri Center for Progressive Education North Attleboro, MS | U | $375,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to transform the state of teacher education in Rhode Island through high quality, culturally relevant teacher training by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Families and Friends of Louisianas Incarcerated Children New Orleans, LA | D | $375,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of creating a better life for all of Louisiana's youth, especially those involved in or targeted by the juvenile justice system, by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of Northern New Jersey Bridgewater, NJ | C | $375,000 | paid | test a three year demonstration project that builds local level infrastructure to increase the number of high quality licensed child care programs as well as access to high quality child care for low-wage families who do not qualify for child care subsidy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of Northern New Jersey Bridgewater, NJ | C | $375,000 | approved, future | test a three year demonstration project that builds local level infrastructure to increase the number of high quality licensed child care programs as well as access to high quality child care for low-wage families who do not qualify for child care subsidy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI | B | $375,000 | paid | develop a network of early childhood education champions and ambassadors to promote equitable access to quality early learning experiences by educating and influencing process, program and systems change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Families and Friends of Louisianas Incarcerated Children New Orleans, LA | D | $375,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of creating a better life for all of Louisiana's youth, especially those involved in or targeted by the juvenile justice system, by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS | U | $374,288 | paid | improve birth outcomes and ensure early breastfeeding for the most vulnerable newborns in intensive care units in Biloxi, Sunflower, and Jackson by structuring baby friendly neonatal intensive care unit practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Trust Inc Washington, DC | B | $373,869 | approved, future | launch a regional model of technical assistance and supports for state-based, equity-driven coalitions of organizers, advocates, and education system leaders working to improve education system quality and equitable resourcing in southeastern states | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Hospital & Health Care District Philadelphia, PA | U | $370,404 | paid | develop an early childhood education apprenticeship by creating career pathways focused on the child development associate credential | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Coding Academies Jackson, MS | B | $365,000 | paid | provide career pathway training in the coding academies for people of color, women and parents in Mississippi as web and app developers that will provide opportunities for paid internships and lead to living wage middle skill jobs in the tech industry | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Naca Inspired Schools Network Albuquerque, NM | C | $360,180 | approved, future | increasing capacity in the Dine community through a language nest, providing culturally aligned, wrap-around support for families and caregivers to connect families of young children to a community of individuals regaining the strength of language | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nexus Community Partners Saint Paul, MN | C | $360,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of building more engaged and powerful communities of color through community-building initiatives that expand community wealth, foster social and human capital by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Haiti Projects Inc Hingham, MA | C | $359,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to develop economic opportunities for women and to build a sustainable community in Fond Des Blancs, Haiti by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bronson Health Foundation Kalamazoo, MI | U | $355,000 | paid | work with community partners to provide up to 60 COVID-19 vaccination clinics in communities of color and other underserved areas across Battle Creek, greater Calhoun county as well as Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondo de Conservacion El Triunfo Ac Tuxtla Gutierrez, CHS | U | $354,427 | approved, future | increase access to income generation opportunities for women in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, by supporting a entrepreneurship program towards the development and diversification of women led initiatives | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force Albuquerque, NM | B | $352,244 | paid | strengthen breastfeeding support for low-income women and women of color in New Mexico by providing assistance to hospitals adopting baby-friendly practices, building capacity of the Breastfeeding Task Force and local chapters, and developing strategies to increase duration/exclusivity rates | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Student Achievement Partners Inc New York, NY | B | $351,184 | paid | support accelerator learning pilot that builds districts capacity to sustain effective K-1 literacy instruction and structures that improve K-1 student literacy achievement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Oneamerica Seattle, WA | B | $350,349 | approved, future | transition from funding a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Camelback Ventures New Orleans, LA | U | $350,084 | paid | build a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem that supports small businesses of color and includes opportunities for white led philanthropy to contribute on a larger scale to provide a runway for closing the racial wealth gap in communities of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hope On a String Bedford Hills, NY | U | $350,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fostering an environment of social transformation in Haiti through community participation in music by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI | U | $350,000 | paid | reduce barriers to economic stability for families in Grand Rapids through increased access to post secondary training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Advocacy Program Ypsilanti, MI | B | $350,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing the safety, independence and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems through increased access to justice and systemic solutions by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Open Possibilities San Francisco, CA | U | $350,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of accelerating community-driven solutions that are built, led, and governed by and for low-income and Black Indigenous People of Color communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for Educational Leadership Inc Washington, DC | C | $350,000 | approved, future | strengthen family engagement in select school districts by building the capacity of educators and parents to examine, establish, and sustain effective practices and policies that advance equity, strengthen relationships among schools and families, and facilitate parent voice and leadership | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nexus Community Partners Saint Paul, MN | C | $350,000 | paid | build economic ecosystems within communities of color that create meaningful wealth-building opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities that work to shrink racial and economic inequalities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Dual Language Education of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | B | $350,000 | paid | improve outcomes for multilingual children in New Mexico by supporting effective dual language education programs through fostering school-community partnerships, developing leadership and instructional capacity and strengthening Native linguistic community alliances to effect system change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Working Families Oakland, CA | C | $350,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of developing and promoting innovative strategies to build community power and reshape economies to transform the lives of workers and communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pillars Fund Chicago, IL | C | $350,000 | approved, future | support the elevation and amplification of the talents and leadership of American Muslim communities through community engagement, narrative change, and collaborative giving by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Prevention Institute Oakland, CA | B | $350,000 | paid | advance a system of prevention for racial justice and health equity that benefits children, families, and communities through policy development, partnerships and narrative change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Democracy at Work Institute Oakland, CA | C | $350,000 | approved, future | accelerate growth of minority-owned and minority-workforce businesses sharing ownership with employees and build funding streams to support growth, development and sustainability of worker ownership across the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $350,000 | paid | strengthen the capacity of organizations serving young children and future leaders in New Orleans to improve social and emotional wellbeing by training leaders, schools and organizations to more deeply address social and emotional wellbeing through education, social work and leadership | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | De Beaumont Foundation Inc Bethesda, MD | B | $350,000 | paid | create sustainable infant mortality reductions and increased breastfeeding durations by building systems to address upstream social determinants affecting the context of mother and infant health | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Benola Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $350,000 | paid | provide professional development that connects Black educators in New Orleans with a supportive community and targeted, research-informed practices that will give them the skills and knowledge needed to develop thriving Black learners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Black Women's Health Project Inc Washington, DC | U | $350,000 | paid | address inequities in maternal and child health outcomes by building the capacity of the healthcare system to provide Black families culturally appropriate care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | North Star Fund Inc New York, NY | B | $350,000 | paid | build the capacity of giving project practitioners in the Giving Project Network by supporting a learning community to advance racial justice | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Economic Solutions Detroit, MI | C | $350,000 | paid | increase access to career pathways for Detroit residents who are long-term unemployed and/or who face multiple barriers to equitable quality employment through education and technical training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental Ac Mexico Df, DF | U | $350,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to promote and defend the right to a healthy environment in Mexico, with a multidisciplinary and collective approach, for the protection of people and natural heritage by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Democracy at Work Institute Oakland, CA | C | $350,000 | paid | accelerate growth of minority-owned and minority-workforce businesses sharing ownership with employees and build funding streams to support growth, development and sustainability of worker ownership across the country | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | St Augustine High School New Orleans, LA | U | $350,000 | paid | ensure the leadership growth and academic development of Black males in New Orleans by supporting an innovative Gifted Academy targeting students who normally are unable to access the resources provided | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $350,000 | approved, future | enhance economic security for families by developing a solidarity economics theoretical and policy framework with social movement and civic actors, producing written publications advancing this framework and executing a communication strategy to shift public perceptions of equitable economic policy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | St Augustine High School New Orleans, LA | U | $350,000 | approved, future | ensure the leadership growth and academic development of Black males in New Orleans by supporting an innovative Gifted Academy targeting students who normally are unable to access the resources provided | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental Ac Mexico Df, DF | U | $350,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to promote and defend the right to a healthy environment in Mexico, with a multidisciplinary and collective approach, for the protection of people and natural heritage by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Intertribal Agriculture Council Inc Billings, MT | B | $350,000 | approved, future | advance Native food and farm policy towards a more equitable Indigenous food and agriculture system for the benefit of children, families and communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Working Families Oakland, CA | C | $350,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of developing and promoting innovative strategies to build community power and reshape economies to transform the lives of workers and communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | U | $349,999 | approved, future | build the capacity of local, regional and state food policy councils to transform food systems via solutions that apply racial equity principles and strengthen effectiveness of food policy councils as a collaborative civic engagement model for change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Lung Association Chicago, IL | B | $349,994 | paid | expand capacity of the Partnership to Protect Coverage, a patient advocacy coalition, to protect and expand affordable, accessible and adequate health care coverage in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Lung Association Chicago, IL | B | $349,991 | approved, future | expand capacity of the Partnership to Protect Coverage, a patient advocacy coalition, to protect and expand affordable, accessible and adequate health care coverage in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Human Milk Banking Association of North America Fort Worth, TX | B | $349,860 | approved, future | address inequities in the use of pasteurized donor human milk by both growing and diversifying the base of milk donors and receivers and ensuring equitable access of donor milk across the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Groundswell International Inc Washington, DC | C | $349,676 | paid | advance families access to healthy food by promoting resilient seed systems through experimentation, experience and practices exchange and documentation of models and tools with small-scale farmers in Oaxaca, the Highlands of Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Future Focused Education Albuquerque, NM | B | $349,500 | paid | increase the economic well-being of young children and their families by supporting high-quality internships for economically vulnerable young parents and adults and infrastructure development among the Leadership Schools Network, Albuquerque Public Schools, employers and other partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere Inc Decatur, GA | B | $348,800 | paid | address inequities in breastfeeding rates among African American women by creating communities across the United States who promote and support breastfeeding through culturally appropriate capacity building of community members, public health professionals and healthcare systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Atentamente Consultores Ac Mexico City Cdmx | U | $348,301 | paid | provide socioemotional learning tools and improve learning outcomes in Maya preschool students in priority municipalities of the Yucatan peninsula, by training teachers and principals to implement a culturally pertinent socioemotional learning curricula | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Heart Association Inc Dallas, TX | B | $347,854 | paid | support efforts to combat abusive preemption that inhibits health equity through strategic advocacy campaigns, education and outreach, and technical assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA | B | $347,465 | paid | improve maternal and child health outcomes in the Central Area and Southwest Corridor of Haiti by enhancing clinical nursing skills, knowledge and attitudes through a partnership between the Elms College and the Episcopalian University of Haiti Schools of Nursing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Social Policy Research Associates Oakland, CA | U | $346,834 | paid | improve employment outcomes in Battle Creek by providing a system level evaluation and technical assistance to Battle Creek workforce development providers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA | B | $345,454 | approved, future | support key decision makers and community leaders to take actionable steps toward eliminating disproportionate health outcomes in communities of color through education and tools to examine political determinates of health in their communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Avina Americas Inc Washington, DC | B | $340,645 | paid | increase families' access to water in five Mexican states through the training of community water and sanitation managers, the promotion of local organizations and their participation in local, state, national and international networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Avina Americas Inc Washington, DC | B | $340,645 | approved, future | increase families' access to water in five Mexican states through the training of community water and sanitation managers, the promotion of local organizations and their participation in local, state, national and international networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Grand Rapids, MI | U | $340,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of preparing children for kindergarten readiness and success by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nexus Community Partners Saint Paul, MN | C | $340,000 | approved, future | build economic ecosystems within communities of color that create meaningful wealth-building opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities that work to shrink racial and economic inequalities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National 4h Council Chevy Chase, MD | U | $337,253 | paid | promote equitable access to community learning and civic engagement opportunities for children by expanding local community partnerships with HBCU's, diversifying program leadership, staff, volunteer and participant networks, and strengthening organizational structures to sustain racial equity work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Workers Defense Project Inc Austin, TX | B | $334,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to empower low-income workers achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nonprofit Finance Fund New York, NY | C | $333,334 | paid | support internal training and practice enhancements in order to demonstrate how Community Development Financial Institutions may integrate racial equity analysis and practice into core operations that support economic justice and reduce inequities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association for Enterprise Opportunity Washington, DC | C | $333,333 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of closing the racial wealth gap and resolving critical economic challenges faced by microenterprise businesses by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Community Reinvestment Coalition Inc Washington, DC | B | $333,329 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of working for consumer justice and economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policy Equity Group LLC Washington, DC | U | $333,000 | paid | advance farm to early childcare and education by supporting a community of practice, enhancing quality of early childhood learning environments, increasing access to good food for low income children, and disseminating best practices to local, state, and national networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policy Equity Group LLC Washington, DC | U | $333,000 | approved, future | advance farm to early childcare and education by supporting a community of practice, enhancing quality of early childhood learning environments, increasing access to good food for low income children, and disseminating best practices to local, state, and national networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Lighthouse Black Girls Project Jackson, MS | D | $332,000 | approved, future | build and support economic security and equity for Black girls and women in Jackson by supporting their ability to advocate for their needs, make time for self-care, and connecting them to job training/preparedness | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondasyon Kole Zepol Portauprince | U | $331,742 | paid | increase Chemen Lavi Miy graduate families' capacity to sustain current economic shocks and access greater food security due to COVID-19 and Peyi-Lock by establishing Village Savings Loans Associations in Haiti's Central Plateau as well as exploring additional economic and educational opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Instruction Partners Nashville, TN | B | $331,597 | paid | train both district teams and regional service providers in Wisconsin to effectively use a common framework in order to select, implement and engage continuous improvement around use of high-quality instructional materials in schools across the state followed by streamlined coaching assistance | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Calhoun County Land Bank Marshall, MI | U | $331,480 | approved, future | activating vacant and blighted parcels owned by the Land Bank in a low-income, primarily minority-owned neighborhood as part of a community-created neighborhood stabilization strategy including blight elimination, equitable property ownership opportunities and workforce development training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Transformacion Arte Y Educacion Ac Tae Foundation Ciudad de Mexico, DF | U | $331,175 | paid | foster youth leadership and community engagement through a pedagogical mediation model that encourages intergenerational dialogue and promotes knowledge and awareness of bio-cultural and linguistic heritage in Quintana Roo Maya communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | 826 New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $330,000 | approved, future | improve student literacy outcomes by transforming literacy instruction in New Orleans through expanding access to writing in schools, supporting teacher professional development and adding writing as a component of early learning programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation Detroit, MI | B | $330,000 | paid | increase employment opportunities for Detroit residents by building strategic leadership intended to achieve goals outlined by the Mayor's Workforce Development Board | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation Detroit, MI | B | $330,000 | approved, future | increase employment opportunities for Detroit residents by building strategic leadership intended to achieve goals outlined by the Mayor's Workforce Development Board | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $329,211 | approved, future | advance racial equity in early childhood systems through the Equity Leaders in Action Network | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hope Enterprise Corporation Jackson, MS | B | $327,757 | paid | make access to fresh, healthy and affordable food in COVID-19 impacted and divested communities of Sunflower County possible through a pilot fresh food delivery program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $325,000 | approved, future | expand access to automatic criminal record clearing through state and federal policy reforms, supporting grassroots advocacy organizations, and shifting narratives about the importance of providing economic opportunity for people with criminal records | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | A Better Balance New York, NY | C | $325,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of using the power of the law to advance justice for workers, so they can care for themselves and their loved ones without jeopardizing their economic security by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Advocacy Program Ypsilanti, MI | B | $325,000 | paid | improve the economic stability of immigrant families by promoting equitable policies and providing strategic legal counsel to immigrant workers that can lead to statewide reform | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Human Impact Partners Oakland, CA | U | $325,000 | approved, future | build capacity to advance health equity among lower resourced local health departments nationally and in Michigan | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA | C | $325,000 | paid | accelerate progress in achieving solidarity across difference by fostering spaces where bridging and belonging can occur and supporting research and advocacy in partnership with communities to address systemic issues | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City Center for Collaborative Learning Tucson, AZ | B | $325,000 | approved, future | enhance school-community partnerships by developing a national online platform that connects educators with community members to provide diverse, culturally-relevant, real-world learning experiences for students, and expanding implementation efforts in the Las Cruces, New Mexico region | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $325,000 | paid | build the capacity of states to redesign early childhood systems by centering the experiences of children, families and providers of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Association for Family Child Care Foundation Washington, DC | B | $325,000 | paid | organize family child care providers around common goals, as well as design, deliver and facilitate a leadership fellowship so that family child care providers inform the rebuilding of the child care sector | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Brothers Empowered to Teach Initiative New Orleans, LA | B | $325,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of providing opportunities and examples for underserved, marginalized student populations through the inspiration and incentivization of men of color that choose careers within education by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Brothers Empowered to Teach Initiative New Orleans, LA | B | $325,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of providing opportunities and examples for underserved, marginalized student populations through the inspiration and incentivization of men of color that choose careers within education by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Human Impact Partners Oakland, CA | U | $325,000 | paid | build capacity to advance health equity among lower resourced local health departments nationally and in Michigan | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policy Equity Group LLC Washington, DC | U | $320,000 | paid | promote equitable design and implementation of state, federal, and local policies through monitoring, analysis, technical assistance, and coordination of EC policy efforts across named places and statewide | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Agroecology Network Santa Cruz, CA | C | $317,501 | paid | increase income generation of families in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, through the improvement of agricultural models and the connection of short value chains, strengthening production groups and marketing collectives that impact solidary economies under an agroecological framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Atentamente Consultores Ac Mexico City Cdmx | U | $316,852 | approved, future | provide socioemotional learning tools and improve learning outcomes in Maya preschool students in priority municipalities of the Yucatan peninsula, by training teachers and principals to implement a culturally pertinent socioemotional learning curricula | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Immigrant Law Center Albuquerque, NM | B | $312,500 | approved, future | ensure the health, safety and well-being of children and families in New Mexico legally seeking asylum in the United States by providing legal representation and advocacy efforts that address their legal status and basic needs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Teaching Lab Washington, DC | C | $310,000 | paid | design and implement professional learning models in Wisconsin districts and regional service centers that are linked to both high-quality math and language arts instructional materials as well as scalable in other states, followed by explicitly integrating culturally-responsive teaching practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Growing Up New Mexico Inc Santa Fe, NM | B | $309,622 | paid | create high-quality, sustainable family child care that meet the needs of New Mexico's children, families and child care providers post-COVID by strengthening rural and urban networks and providing wrap-around supports for families and providers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Enlace Comunitario (community Link) Albuquerque, NM | D | $307,993 | paid | transition from funding for a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Growing Up New Mexico Inc Santa Fe, NM | B | $307,622 | approved, future | create high-quality, sustainable family child care that meet the needs of New Mexico's children, families and child care providers post-COVID by strengthening rural and urban networks and providing wrap-around supports for families and providers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grantmakers in Health Washington, DC | B | $307,429 | paid | support health philanthropy to address health equity through a racial equity lens through capacity building and funder connections and collaboration | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico Territory Las Cruces, NM | B | $307,000 | paid | improve the economic well-being of vulnerable families in Dona Ana County by providing coordinated services and support leading to increased employment and educational outcomes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Data and Society Research Institute New York, NY | B | $305,750 | approved, future | inform worker justice grassroots, legal and policy advocates of the causes and consequences of algorithmic management surveillance, technology on work structures, and the impact of COVID-19 on the future of work through rigorous participatory research and strategic communications and outreach | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology Grand Rapids, MI | B | $305,613 | approved, future | create a pathway to income security for economically vulnerable families by strengthening and scaling a workforce development model that elevates worker voice to influence employer policies and systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Friends of Matenwa Inc Cambridge, MA | B | $303,752 | paid | improve both teaching and educational outcomes as well as enhancement and expansion of the Matnwa Community School model through early grade literacy, sharing best practices with the Model School Network, training of teachers and development of literacy materials | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (college of the Southern Frontier) San Cristobal de Las Casas, CHS | U | $303,400 | paid | strengthen productive and organizational capacities of beekeepers in southeastern Mexico to help improve the production system at the regional level that impacts income generation for families and children | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Food Network Inc Jackson, MS | B | $302,556 | paid | improve health equity and literacy rates of children by maintaining the evidence-based OrganWise Guys Program, an early childhood curriculum centered on food and nutrition education | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Texas A&m University College Station, TX | U | $300,761 | paid | address the equity and inclusion needs of diverse students by developing online delivery of inclusion assessments, activities, training, and guidance for leaders, teachers, students, and parents associated with schools that are experiencing high demographic changes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Neighborhood Development Center Inc St Paul, MN | B | $300,002 | paid | to provide technical assistance to low income communities desiring to retain existing or have new small businesses that provide goods, services, and creation of new jobs in their neighborhoods | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Las Cruces Public Schools Las Cruces, NM | U | $300,000 | approved, future | improve the quality of education for children in Dona Ana County by expanding community schools integrated services focused on academic, health and social services to improve student learning, create stronger families and build healthier communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Corps Network Washington, DC | B | $300,000 | approved, future | expand opportunities for sustainable career employment for youth and young adults in the fields of conservation and resource management through the implementation of a racial equity and healing framework and through the training of a cadre of corps partners to sustain this model over time | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Plus Fund Paid Leave for the United States San Francisco, CA | U | $300,000 | approved, future | win paid family and medical leave for every working person in the United States by building public support, educating members of Congress, and supporting corporate and small business leaders as advocates for a comprehensive policy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Maurice and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice Detroit, MI | B | $300,000 | approved, future | increase economic opportunities by building cross-sector coalitions between Detroit residents, developers and labor representatives through the establishment of the Community Benefit Resource Center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Campbell Institute Portland, OR | C | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of moving research to action by promoting cost-effective public and private investments in our youngest children, prenatal through third grade, by providing general operating support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ostara Initiative Minneapolis, MN | C | $300,000 | paid | ensure incarcerated birthing people have access to quality perinatal health services and lactation support by providing technical assistance to correctional facilities in effort to improve women health services and educate local and state policy makers about the needs of incarcerated women | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Community Self Help Durham, NC | B | $300,000 | approved, future | strengthen opportunities for underserved food and farm enterprises to build economic security for their families and deliver healthy food to their communities by improving access to capital | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation Lansing, MI | U | $300,000 | approved, future | improve the quality of early childhood education programs in Detroit and Michigan through shared services, coaching, technical assistance and training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Social Venture Partners International Seattle, WA | C | $300,000 | paid | enable historically under-resourced frontline and BIPOC-led organizations to create powerful and lasting systems change relationships with independent donors through co-designed engagement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Chicago Votes Chicago, IL | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Common Market Philadelphia Inc Philadelphia, PA | B | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of connecting communities with good food from sustainable family farms by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Santa Fe Community Foundation Santa Fe, NM | C | $300,000 | paid | improve the health outcomes of children and families in target New Mexico communities in priority counties and strengthen the health equity network by increasing the communities' capacity to educate and make an impact through Health Impact Assessments and development of knowledge products | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Schools Fund Oakland, CA | C | $300,000 | approved, future | strengthen school system's pipeline of Black and Latino educators and leaders and support early-stage education entrepreneurs of color represented in the Diverse Leaders Portfolio | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Faithacts for Education Inc Bridgeport, CT | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of community power-building among people of faith to advocate for issues identified by the local community, attaining educational equity and accessing opportunities for children by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc Gulfport, MS | B | $300,000 | paid | improve employment equity, quality early childhood education and health outcomes for children and families in East Biloxi, Mississippi, by completing an updated community needs assessment and executing recommended actions from the assessment | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthrophy Jackson, MS | D | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to serve, build capacity and foster collaboration among and between Mississippi's nonprofit and philanthropic communities, with the ultimate goal of improving results for children, families and communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc Detroit, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve it's mission of convening business, philanthropic and government partners to create a vibrant and resilient urban core for Detroit by providing general operating support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bank Street College of Education New York, NY | B | $300,000 | paid | catalyze early childhood education systems change via supporting the professional and leadership development of leaders of color with responsibility for state and local systems that impact the lives of young children and their families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Indian College Fund Denver, CO | B | $300,000 | approved, future | strengthen and expand the teacher of color pipeline for Native teachers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Borealis Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enhance the economic security of vulnerable New Mexican families, grow low wage worker power and promote racial equity by strengthening organizational collaboration in support of concerted campaigns that improve the pay, benefits and protection of low-wage workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Rural Affairs Lyons, NE | B | $300,000 | paid | advance food and farm policy to enable equitable and resilient food systems for the benefit of children, families and communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Hernando, MS | B | $300,000 | approved, future | improve the health outcomes of infants and pregnant women through a breastfeeding care coordination model, parent interventions and provider training in the Mississippi Delta | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Everybody Ready Allen Park, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | increase access to high-quality early childhood education opportunities for Detroit children by incentivizing providers to engage in local quality improvement efforts and reducing the financial barriers to low-income parents/families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nelson Mandela Childrens Hospital Trust Johannesburg | U | $300,000 | paid | strengthen the capacity of community-based public health supports to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and meet the healthcare needs for children and families in eight provinces of South Africa | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Trust Inc Washington, DC | B | $300,000 | approved, future | increase student achievement by building a collective impact approach to improving recruitment and retention of diverse teachers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United for Respect Education Fund Brooklyn, NY | D | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fighting for big and bold policy change that improve the lives of people who work in retail by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Public Schools Community District Detroit, MI | U | $300,000 | paid | to enable the Detroit Public Schools Community District to meet the nutrition needs of their most vulnerable students by resuming delivery of meals that was paused during the pandemic to 800 medically fragile students and their siblings every week for up to 20 weeks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Proteus Fund Inc Amherst, MA | C | $300,000 | paid | build long-term and sustainable community engagement efforts across Muslim, Arab and South Asian organizations to bolster community mobilization and grow and develop community agency | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC | B | $300,000 | paid | increase employment equity and entrepreneurship opportunities for low-wealth young adults by providing ongoing support for the Opportunity Youth Forum in New Orleans and expanding support to rural communities in Mississippi, and tribal communities in New Mexico | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Vera Institute of Justice Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of driving change and urgently building and improving justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation Lansing, MI | U | $300,000 | paid | improve the quality of early childhood education programs in Detroit and Michigan through shared services, coaching, technical assistance and training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Chicago Votes Chicago, IL | C | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | One Voice Jackson, MS | B | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of working to give voice to marginalized and vulnerable communities across the South by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Urban League Inc Grand Rapids, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | enable the Grand Rapids Urban League to achieve its mission of empowering African Americans and other People of Color to achieve economic self-reliance, parity and civil rights by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Steps Kent Grand Rapids, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | improve coordination and alignment to support a comprehensive and equitable early childhood system that ensures children and families have access to appropriate care and services and supports so that every child enters kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed in school and life | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Everybody Ready Allen Park, MI | B | $300,000 | approved, future | increase access to high-quality early childhood education opportunities for Detroit children by incentivizing providers to engage in local quality improvement efforts and reducing the financial barriers to low-income parents/families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium Milwaukee, WI | B | $300,000 | paid | build grassroots capacity, centering leaders of color, to raise awareness about the need for equitable and inclusive paid leave policies for all families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Public Schools Foundation Detroit, MI | U | $300,000 | paid | engage parents and caregivers to ensure equitable implementation of educational programs and policies to support school readiness and academic success | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Investigative Reporting Emeryville, CA | C | $300,000 | approved, future | develop investigative reporting around economic mobility barriers that low-income workers and workers of color face and support a fellowship program that increases the pipeline for journalists of color in local markets with strong investigative skills | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | C | $300,000 | paid | strengthen philanthropic resources for creating and disseminating just narratives of people of color, immigrants, refugees, and Muslims through partnerships and collaborations within the entertainment, advertising and media industries | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Common Market Philadelphia Inc Philadelphia, PA | B | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of connecting communities with good food from sustainable family farms by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Workers Lab Oakland, CA | U | $300,000 | paid | transition from funding for a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $300,000 | approved, future | improve economic security of low-wage workers and families by educating workers on their rights and responsibilities, providing access to legal services and promoting equitable workforce policies | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Maurice and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice Detroit, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | increase economic opportunities by building cross-sector coalitions between Detroit residents, developers and labor representatives through the establishment of the Community Benefit Resource Center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Social Impact Fund Los Angeles, CA | B | $300,000 | paid | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts as a collective force for global change by supporting public education on criminal justice and bail reform through media | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | International Museum of Muslim Cultures Jackson, MS | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to continue building multi-cultural and interfaith dialogue to promote understanding and reduce religious, cultural, and racial bigotry by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation Detroit, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | work with a statewide network of community partners to develop and disseminate to Latinx communities culturally relevant and accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines and advocate for increased access to vaccination clinics. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Kconnect Grand Rapids, MI | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enable KCONNECT to achieve its mission of increasing organizational capacity and achieve its collective impact mission of ensuring children have the education, family and community support to be successful via general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Santa Fe Indian School Santa Fe, NM | C | $300,000 | paid | improve the educational outcomes of Native American children by engaging, supporting and mobilizing Native American communities' to comprehensively address the findings and opportunities of the Yazzie/Martinez education lawsuit | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Leading Educators Inc New Orleans, LA | U | $300,000 | paid | improve proficiency rates of student literacy and numeracy by providing schools with high quality instructional materials, providing equity-centered professional development to teacher-leaders and supporting charter network leaders to align and organize systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, MI | U | $300,000 | paid | improve third grade reading outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan by providing linked K-3 summer learning and academic year experiences and opportunities focused on literacy instruction for children transitioning between kindergarten and third grade | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Hernando, MS | B | $300,000 | paid | improve the health outcomes of infants and pregnant women through a breastfeeding care coordination model, parent interventions and provider training in the Mississippi Delta | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Choctaw, MS | D | $300,000 | approved, future | continue building a community that is food-secure with equitable access to fresh and healthy foods while building a pipeline of future food-systems workers in response to, and after, COVID-19 | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Valley Settlement Glenwood Springs, CO | C | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of engaging immigrant families in the Roaring Fork Valley to improve their lives by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium Milwaukee, WI | B | $300,000 | approved, future | build grassroots capacity, centering leaders of color, to raise awareness about the need for equitable and inclusive paid leave policies for all families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Equal Rights Advocates Inc San Francisco, CA | C | $300,000 | paid | address racial and structural inequities for children of color by conducting community-based research with Black and Latinx communities across the nation to develop responsive policy priorities, report back to and mobilize communities, and shift narratives through community storytelling | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | A New Way of Life Reentry Project Los Angeles, CA | C | $300,000 | approved, future | promote improved life outcomes for women and mothers transitioning into community after incarceration by educating policymakers about the context and consequences of women's incarceration, systemic barriers to successful reintegration and the resources needed to improve social and economic stability | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Parent Network Detroit, MI | B | $300,000 | paid | ensure kindergarten readiness and third grade reading proficiency for Michigan children by increasing awareness among families of early childhood education opportunities and Michigan's third grade reading law | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Agenda for Children Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $300,000 | paid | increase the number of children ready for school by launching a new early childhood opportunity program to accelerate continuous improvement at early childhood centers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Schools Fund Oakland, CA | C | $300,000 | paid | strengthen school system's pipeline of Black and Latino educators and leaders and support early-stage education entrepreneurs of color represented in the Diverse Leaders Portfolio | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Civic Policy Albuquerque, NM | B | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of increasing civic engagement among traditionally disenfranchised communities through strategic engagement campaigns, fostering a culture of disciplined collaboration and nurturing leadership networks by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund Washington, DC | B | $300,000 | paid | promote policies and programs that protect the economic security of families and communities by centering those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, low-wage workers and workers of color, in public education campaigns, policy analysis and coalition building | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Valley Settlement Glenwood Springs, CO | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of engaging immigrant families in the Roaring Fork Valley to improve their lives by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Borealis Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN | C | $300,000 | paid | enhance the economic security of vulnerable New Mexican families, grow low wage worker power and promote racial equity by strengthening organizational collaboration in support of concerted campaigns that improve the pay, benefits and protection of low-wage workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Insight Center for Community Economic Development Oakland, CA | C | $300,000 | paid | utilize occupational segregation analysis centered on Black women in three regions of the United States to drive narrative change and offer workforce development system solutions to improve labor market outcomes and support equitable economic recovery efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Public Health Institute Okemos, MI | B | $300,000 | approved, future | develop a collective impact network amongst providers that serve Detroit that focuses on sharing and implementing health equity best practices to reduce African American infant and maternal mortality and advances the state of Michigan's Mother Infant Health & Equity Improvement Plan | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Public Schools Foundation Detroit, MI | U | $300,000 | approved, future | engage parents and caregivers to ensure equitable implementation of educational programs and policies to support school readiness and academic success | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Young Farmers Coalition Hudson, NY | B | $300,000 | approved, future | enhance the next generation of farmers by applying racial equity principles to create the conditions for a food system reoriented to our community health while fostering a new generation of farmers as diverse as our communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Investigative Reporting Emeryville, CA | C | $300,000 | paid | develop investigative reporting around economic mobility barriers that low-income workers and workers of color face and support a fellowship program that increases the pipeline for journalists of color in local markets with strong investigative skills | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tewa Women United Santa Cruz, NM | C | $300,000 | paid | transition from funding for a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Indian College Fund Denver, CO | B | $300,000 | paid | strengthen and expand the teacher of color pipeline for Native teachers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Migration Policy Institute Washington, DC | C | $300,000 | paid | improve outcomes for immigrant children and families via supporting states with developing practices to expand jobs for parents and enhance education access for children | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage, AK | B | $300,000 | paid | train and deploy Dental Health Aid Therapists to improve oral health for vulnerable Alaska Native children in rural Alaskan communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Faithacts for Education Inc Bridgeport, CT | C | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of community power-building among people of faith to advocate for issues identified by the local community, attaining educational equity and accessing opportunities for children by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids African American Health Institute Grand Rapids, MI | D | $300,000 | paid | enable the Grand Rapids African American Health Institute to achieve its mission of promoting health care parity in the Grand Rapids African American community through advocacy, education and research by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United for Respect Education Fund Brooklyn, NY | D | $300,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fighting for big and bold policy change that improve the lives of people who work in retail by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, MI | U | $300,000 | approved, future | improve third grade reading outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan by providing linked K-3 summer learning and academic year experiences and opportunities focused on literacy instruction for children transitioning between kindergarten and third grade | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Las Cruces Public Schools Las Cruces, NM | U | $300,000 | paid | improve the quality of education for children in Dona Ana County by expanding community schools integrated services focused on academic, health and social services to improve student learning, create stronger families and build healthier communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Trueschool Studio LLC New Orleans, LA | U | $300,000 | paid | refine and scale a year-long capacity-building fellowship model for teams of both teachers and leaders in target districts within target states that utilize design-thinking processes while harnessing power of collective efficacy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Plus Fund Paid Leave for the United States San Francisco, CA | U | $300,000 | paid | win paid family and medical leave for every working person in the United States by building public support, educating members of Congress, and supporting corporate and small business leaders as advocates for a comprehensive policy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Campbell Institute Portland, OR | C | $300,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of moving research to action by promoting cost-effective public and private investments in our youngest children, prenatal through third grade, by providing general operating support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi First Inc Jackson, MS | B | $300,000 | paid | improve statewide access to high quality instruction by expanding publicly funded pre-K and improving the educator pipeline through research, communication strategies and policy implementation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services Dearborn, MI | U | $300,000 | paid | enable the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services to achieve its mission of empowering communities to improve their economic, social and cultural well-being by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Workers Lab Oakland, CA | U | $300,000 | approved, future | transition from funding for a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Battle Creek Battle Creek, MI | U | $300,000 | approved, future | encourage Battle Creek Public School teachers and administrators to live in a target neighborhood in the Battle Creek Public School district by providing financial incentives for rental and home purchase/renovation and spurring neighborhood revitalization | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Compadres Network Inc San Jose, CA | B | $300,000 | approved, future | promote culture-centered healing from present and future trauma among young children by increasing awareness of the nature of childhood trauma, developing trauma-responsive skills for elementary educators and child-serving professionals, and sharing learnings with a broad community of stakeholders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Teaching Well Oakland, CA | B | $300,000 | paid | expand racial affinity groups for educators to participate in racial healing, dialogue, and somatic practices so educators are better equipped to engage and support vulnerable children and their families and foster meaningful and authentic school-to-home connections and relationships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Neighborhood Development Center Inc St Paul, MN | B | $299,999 | approved, future | to provide technical assistance to low income communities desiring to retain existing or have new small businesses that provide goods, services, and creation of new jobs in their neighborhoods | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Family Health International Washington, DC | U | $299,989 | approved, future | improve breastfeeding, child nutrition and nutrition standards in the U.S. by educating and mobilizing community, health, government and education partners to create consistent messages and improved implementation of policies and guidelines to benefit vulnerable populations | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Universidad Tecnologica del Poniente Maxcanu, YUC | U | $299,867 | paid | contribute to enhance income for Mayan families from Yucatan, Mexico, through a training program that builds capacities aimed to optimize milpas' production and the development of food products with high added value and nutritional benefits | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | U | $299,838 | approved, future | to raise Michigan policymaker awareness of racial inequities in the state and to make the political case for racial equity with the long-term aim of addressing racial and structural inequities impacting children in the state of Michigan | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Consejo Civil Mexicano Para la Sostenible Ac Mexico City, DF | U | $298,134 | approved, future | to promote Indigenous rural youth leadership through training that allows them to develop along with peers, a self-diagnosis of youth participation in community governance that will provide input to design action plans with youth, as well as a strategy to inform the community of needs and proposals | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hope Enterprise Corporation Jackson, MS | B | $297,243 | approved, future | make access to fresh, healthy and affordable food in COVID-19 impacted and divested communities of Sunflower County possible through a pilot fresh food delivery program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS | U | $295,018 | approved, future | improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants and mothers in Mississippi by providing resources and education on obstetrical, neonatal and infant emergencies to providers at 10 rural hospitals | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Links Foundation Inc Washington, DC | B | $295,000 | paid | develop a public relations and educational campaign to increase COVID-19 testing for underserved communities and decrease COVID-19 racial/ethnic disparities in the South | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology Grand Rapids, MI | B | $294,387 | paid | create a pathway to income security for economically vulnerable families by strengthening and scaling a workforce development model that elevates worker voice to influence employer policies and systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Data and Society Research Institute New York, NY | B | $294,250 | paid | inform worker justice grassroots, legal and policy advocates of the causes and consequences of algorithmic management surveillance, technology on work structures, and the impact of COVID-19 on the future of work through rigorous participatory research and strategic communications and outreach | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Universidad Iberoamericana a C Mexico, DF | U | $294,198 | approved, future | advance indigenous children education in Chiapas, Mexico, through the implementation of a culturally pertinent model, focused on building teachers' capacity to teach with a context-based curriculum in the indigenous languages of their students, and develop adequate tools for such purpose | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Iff Chicago, IL | B | $291,250 | paid | improve the quality of early childhood education programs by assisting family, friend and neighbor providers in making improvements to facilities and operations to serve more children and families in Grand Rapids | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan Ac (pronatura Yucatan Peninsula Merida, YUC | U | $290,643 | approved, future | improve food systems in Calakmul and Hopelchen, Campeche, Mexico, by providing technical assistance to develop both sustainable agricultural and economic activities as well as support community organizing in order to increase resiliency | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National League of Cities Institute Washington, DC | B | $290,225 | paid | support systems building at the municipal and city level through strengthening the capacity of leaders to align efforts in support of young children and improve access to entrepreneurship for low income workers and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Detroit, MI | B | $288,007 | paid | expand the capacity of Detroit's newly established entrepreneurship eco-system to function as an advocate and anchor of employment equity and to strengthen its sustainability as a source for new jobs and careers for vulnerable families in all neighborhoods | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for Womens Policy Research Washington, DC | B | $287,806 | paid | create pathways to improve retention of women in the both skilled construction and manufacturing trades to mitigate the effects of occupational segregation that limits industry-wide equity and inclusion | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Transformacion Arte Y Educacion Ac Tae Foundation Ciudad de Mexico, DF | U | $283,104 | approved, future | foster youth leadership and community engagement through a pedagogical mediation model that encourages intergenerational dialogue and promotes knowledge and awareness of bio-cultural and linguistic heritage in Quintana Roo Maya communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center of Southwest Culture Inc Albuquerque, NM | B | $280,150 | paid | improve the economic well-being of low-income families and their children by incentivizing and supporting New Mexico businesses to adopt family-friendly policies and procedures, supporting job seekers' access to family friendly workplaces and scaling and sustaining the family-friendly initiative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Naca Inspired Schools Network Albuquerque, NM | C | $279,606 | paid | increasing capacity in the Dine community through a language nest, providing culturally aligned, wrap-around support for families and caregivers to connect families of young children to a community of individuals regaining the strength of language | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $279,000 | paid | support the BUILD Initiative to partner with local leaders and experts to provide technical assistance in our priority places of Battle Creek, Detroit and Grand Rapids to maximize federal relief and stimulus dollars to rebuild healthier and more equitable communities post Covid | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Organizing Project Albuquerque, NM | B | $275,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of empowering disenfranchised communities in Bernalillo County to realize racial and gender equality and achieve social and economic justice for New Mexico families by building community capacity and engagement through general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Conference Board Inc Arlington, VA | U | $275,000 | paid | engage state and local leaders to build support for investment strategies and policies that address inequities in the supply and quality of child care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Restaurant Opportunities Centers Roc United Inc New York, NY | U | $275,000 | approved, future | support expansion of workforce training programs, employer engagement, and digital organizing to improve opportunities and job quality for restaurant workers and advance workplace justice campaigns and systemic policy change in Michigan, Mississippi, and nationally | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Organizing Project Albuquerque, NM | B | $275,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of empowering disenfranchised communities in Bernalillo County to realize racial and gender equality and achieve social and economic justice for New Mexico families by building community capacity and engagement through general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Restaurant Opportunities Centers Roc United Inc New York, NY | U | $275,000 | paid | support expansion of workforce training programs, employer engagement, and digital organizing to improve opportunities and job quality for restaurant workers and advance workplace justice campaigns and systemic policy change in Michigan, Mississippi, and nationally | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Community Action Albuquerque, NM | C | $275,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to build strong, healthy communities throughout New Mexico by investing in people and families, supporting people to become strong leaders in their neighborhoods and in the state by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Community Action Albuquerque, NM | C | $275,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to build strong, healthy communities throughout New Mexico by investing in people and families, supporting people to become strong leaders in their neighborhoods and in the state by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Canyon Trust Flagstaff, AZ | B | $272,976 | paid | strengthen the ability of lower-income Native American families in and around the Navajo Nation to improve their economic well-being and create wealth by providing geographically-focused and year-round entrepreneurship and business support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | C | $271,420 | paid | eliminate inequities in breastfeeding and access to breastmilk by identifying infant feeding priorities and barriers among Black and Tribal communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ounce of Prevention Fund Chicago, IL | U | $271,363 | approved, future | promote quality early care and education programming by providing consultation services to the State Early Childhood Advisory Council to create a vision and plan for the future state of the birth to eight system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $270,789 | paid | advance racial equity in early childhood systems through the Equity Leaders in Action Network | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Food Network Inc Jackson, MS | B | $268,785 | approved, future | improve health equity and literacy rates of children by maintaining the evidence-based OrganWise Guys Program, an early childhood curriculum centered on food and nutrition education | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Nations Foundation Washington, DC | B | $268,272 | paid | accelerate the post-pandemic recovery of families and communities in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, through a multi-level resilient recovery strategy to support food systems, access to water sources and promoting economic reactivation of local organizations under the build back better principle | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center of Southwest Culture Inc Albuquerque, NM | B | $267,450 | approved, future | improve the economic well-being of low-income families and their children by incentivizing and supporting New Mexico businesses to adopt family-friendly policies and procedures, supporting job seekers' access to family friendly workplaces and scaling and sustaining the family-friendly initiative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Boat People Sos Inc Biloxi Biloxi, MS | D | $267,084 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to empower, organize and equip Vietnamese individuals and communities in their pursuit of liberty and dignity, particularly in Biloxi, by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Boston Medical Center Corporation Boston, MA | B | $266,032 | paid | improve birth outcomes and ensure early breastfeeding for the most vulnerable newborns in intensive care by structuring baby friendly neonatal intensive care unit practices in hospitals in the Foundation's priority places | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Adf Haiti Inc Fort Pierce, FL | B | $264,250 | paid | facilitate civic engagement and creation of conditions to improve access to quality education, maternal and child health, and income generation opportunities for families in Fond des Blancs, Haiti through data collection, support to the municipal government and plans for a civic center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Creative Learning Inc Washington, DC | D | $263,043 | paid | improve families' integrated development and wellbeing in Sitala, Chiapas, Mexico, by implementing a comprehensive collaboration strategy, to empower communities to center their actions on health and nutrition improvement, with a strong focus on organizing and alternatives development | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Baxter Community Center Grand Rapids, MI | B | $262,929 | approved, future | improve birth outcomes for women and infants of color in Grand Rapids by training community-based doulas, connecting them to families in need, and working to establish sustainable sources to support doula services. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute Inc Bronx, NY | C | $262,500 | paid | provide capacity building and research for coalitions in North Carolina, Michigan and a third state to advance policy reforms that will improve job quality of direct care workers and advance public understanding of the current status of the workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute Inc Bronx, NY | C | $262,500 | approved, future | provide capacity building and research for coalitions in North Carolina, Michigan and a third state to advance policy reforms that will improve job quality of direct care workers and advance public understanding of the current status of the workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Algiers Charter School Association Inc New Orleans, LA | C | $261,000 | paid | advance third grade reading by improving the quality of teachers, reducing teacher attrition rates, and providing high quality professional development that connects associate teachers and uncertified teachers to a path to certification via a school-based university preparation program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | U | $260,570 | approved, future | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts as a force for change by supporting immigrant and Black communities to build power and create greater access to quality jobs through fellowship placements and organizing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $260,000 | paid | promote health equity for all New Mexicans by researching and polling vulnerable populations to inform communications strategies and policy efforts that address vaccine hesitancy and systemic socio-economic inequities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Center for Families Learning Louisville, KY | B | $258,962 | paid | develop inclusive and equitable early childhood programs by facilitating a national cohort of parenting adults of color and early childhood practitioners in underserved communities that will co-design practices centering family representation, voice and advocacy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hope Network Grand Rapids, MI | U | $257,274 | paid | increase reading proficiency by third grade by providing training, coaching and other instructional supports for teachers and tutors within Detroit Public School Community District | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Association for Family School & Community Engagement Inc Alexandria, VA | B | $256,613 | approved, future | create a focused, integrated and inclusive national systems change approach to family, school, and community engagement by engaging, aligning, and equipping key stakeholders as advocates to support and advance equitable policies, practices and messages | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Uc Hastings Foundation San Francisco, CA | U | $256,002 | paid | promote economic security for women facing workplace discrimination tied to caregiving responsibilities by strengthening legal protections for working mothers, educating professionals and parents about employment laws, and providing legal support to workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $255,312 | approved, future | engage vulnerable workers in self-advocacy to improve their working conditions by developing the digital infrastructure needed for decentralized engagement and peer support; and producing training, research and other materials needed to support worker efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | La Semilla Food Center Anthony, NM | B | $255,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of working with children, youth and families to build awareness around food issues by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Urban League of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | B | $255,000 | paid | support the development of a strategy to close the racial-wealth gap in the Greater New Orleans area among three organizational partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Soul 2 Soul Sisters Denver, CO | B | $254,790 | paid | improve the medical, social, and economic systems in Colorado to eliminate inequities in maternal and child health outcomes by strengthening culturally cohesive programming to Black families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Anseye Pou Ayiti Portauprince | U | $254,000 | paid | achieve education equity and improve access to quality education in the central area of Haiti through a whole community approach involving parent, teachers, school administrators and school community coaches with the intentional use of data for decision-making and school improvement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Muuch Kambal Ac Hopelchen, CMP | U | $253,750 | approved, future | improve communities' health and wellbeing in Hopelchen, Campeche, Mexico, by implementing health prevention campaigns to increase awareness and by promoting transition to agroecological production to advance food sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ounce of Prevention Fund Chicago, IL | U | $253,637 | paid | promote quality early care and education programming by providing consultation services to the State Early Childhood Advisory Council to create a vision and plan for the future state of the birth to eight system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | C | $253,580 | approved, future | eliminate inequities in breastfeeding and access to breastmilk by identifying infant feeding priorities and barriers among Black and Tribal communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New York University New York, NY | B | $252,640 | paid | deepen and expand the impact of select parent leadership initiatives focused on advancing racial equity by developing a peer learning and inquiry community of practice that conducts action research and trains staff and parent leaders to self-evaluate and innovate their racial equity work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Baby Cakes and Brunch Houston, TX | C | $252,500 | approved, future | increase access to culturally congruent maternal mental health support services for Black and Brown women by strengthening the organization's financial, operational, and programmatic capacity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Baby Cakes and Brunch Houston, TX | C | $252,500 | paid | increase access to culturally congruent maternal mental health support services for Black and Brown women by strengthening the organization's financial, operational, and programmatic capacity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Bassuk Center On Homeless and Needham, MA | U | $252,207 | paid | Matching Grant | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Southern Equity Atlanta, GA | B | $250,105 | paid | increase transparency, accountability, community engagement and job opportunities related to economic development policies and practices through the development of technology-based platforms, public finance research, leadership development and the deployment of a local hiring and training program | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way for Southeastern Michigan Detroit, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | provide project support to administer a citywide Child Tax Credit Campaign to expand equitable access to the federal child tax credit for Detroit families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Food Advocates New York, NY | B | $250,000 | approved, future | engage city and statewide stakeholders to advance both good food purchasing practices and policies to increase access to healthy food for children and families, support the local food economy and address both health based disparities and racial equities through every link in the food chain | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sustainable Economies Law Center Oakland, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | provide better jobs and financial stability for families in low-income communities and communities of color by training and upskilling lawyers to provide expertise and resources critical to entrepreneurs as they transition to worker-owned enterprises | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Skills Coalition Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | plan and deploy a racial equity strategic plan focused on strengthening organizational capacity, policy development and assessment, and network building that will support the workforce development field in moving towards greater equity and tackling racial disparities in job access and mobility | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation Detroit, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | provide general operating support to help the Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation fulfill its mission of globally marketing the Southeastern Michigan region, grow economic opportunities for all, and collaboratively support our economic foundation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Lansing, MI | U | $250,000 | approved, future | impact vulnerable children in Michigan by building new, stakeholder-informed processes that ease access to health and social services and increase the numbers of poor children of color gaining access to programs that will improve their physical, economic and social well-being | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | engage local and state grassroots and community organizations in the development of a shared narrative and cross-cutting framework to expand and modernize the Earned Income Tax Credit | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Gainesville, FL | C | $250,000 | paid | reduce barriers to learning for economically-disadvantaged families and students in Florida by providing digital literacy, skills-building and support programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation Inc Jackson, MS | C | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting, defending, and extending civil liberties to all Mississippians by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Community Action Albuquerque, NM | C | $250,000 | approved, future | facilitate a multiracial, cross generational coalition of BIPOC community leaders to address systemic inequities in economic development, asset building, and access to capital in a post-Covid world | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Skills Coalition Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | approved, future | plan and deploy a racial equity strategic plan focused on strengthening organizational capacity, policy development and assessment, and network building that will support the workforce development field in moving towards greater equity and tackling racial disparities in job access and mobility | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Northern Great Lakes Initiative Marquette, MI | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of, providing loans and business services to small business owners and entrepreneurs who create jobs and enable communities to thrive, by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $250,000 | paid | improve children's readiness for and success in school by providing social emotional supports, trauma informed approaches and mental health services to young children and professional development to early childhood educators | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL | C | $250,000 | paid | advance implementation of Chicago's TRHT strategy to expand access to racial healing to new sectors, strengthen relationships with new partners, and enhance narrative change efforts to leverage strategic initiatives aimed at building community power and wealth for Chicago's most vulnerable families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | increase the effectiveness and coordination of the entrepreneurial eco-system by ensuring high quality utilization of the start-up space platform | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Akiptan Inc Eagle Butte, SD | B | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission by innovating how investments are made in Indian Country agriculture and food systems by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc Arlington, VA | B | $250,000 | approved, future | support narrative change and multiracial engagement through the development of a reporting series from the PBS NewsHour creating a national dialogue about racial equity in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | advance good food procurement polices and practices by anchor institutions in order to increase access to good food by children and families living in low income communities and create living wage jobs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Orleans Youth Alliance New Orleans, LA | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of fostering youth-centered policies and cultivating a system of high-quality, well-resourced youth development organizations grounded in racial equity and youth leadership by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Inquiring Systems Inc Santa Rosa, CA | B | $250,000 | approved, future | assess, build, and strengthen educational programming based in sustainable agriculture and Black agrarian values across the Southeast to benefit children, families and communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Arkansas Little Rock, AR | C | $250,000 | paid | improve the health outcomes of Native Indian and Alaska Native children and their families by developing a comprehensive strategy to procure nutritious, adequate and culturally appropriate food through federal nutrition and feeding assistance programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Whitney Institute Wallace, LA | B | $250,000 | paid | enable to organization to achieve its mission of educating the public about the history of slavery and its legacies through programming, outreach and research and the organization's efforts to create and distribute new, complex and complete narratives by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Enterprise Community Partners Inc Columbia, MD | B | $250,000 | paid | strengthen neighborhoods for children and families by collaboratively supporting the long-term capacity of community-based organizations in Detroit and their residents by contributing to the Community Development Organization Fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | California Farmlink Aptos, CA | B | $250,000 | approved, future | support systemic change in access to capital for limited-resource farmers growing good food for children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Native Ways Federation Inc Saint Paul, MN | C | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of strengthening the circle of giving by uniting Native organizations, supporting Native communities and observing the highest level of ethical standards by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mercy Health Chesterfield, MO | B | $250,000 | paid | increase people of color's access to health benefits in Mississippi by providing Medicaid consumer assistance and education to communities and advocates | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Women in the Room Productions Los Angeles, CA | U | $250,000 | paid | change the narrative about birth outcomes among Black families by producing a documentary film portraying the systemic inequities faced by Black women as they navigate the healthcare system in the U.S. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sesame Workshop New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | assist in mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences in young children by increasing their circle of care's awareness and acceptability of social-emotional screenings | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Build Commonwealth Inc Boston, MA | B | $250,000 | paid | protect the tax refunds of working families in the upcoming 2021 tax season through a robust public and policy education campaign | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Arkansas Little Rock, AR | C | $250,000 | approved, future | improve the health outcomes of Native Indian and Alaska Native children and their families by developing a comprehensive strategy to procure nutritious, adequate and culturally appropriate food through federal nutrition and feeding assistance programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Reschool Denver, CO | C | $250,000 | approved, future | provide learning opportunities, supports, and resources for children and their families by expanding access to employer-based learner advocate networks | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jobs to Move America Los Angeles, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | establish a community organizing, research, and advocacy agenda in Alabama and Mississippi to support community benefits agreements with manufacturers to build pipeline to well-paid, quality manufacturing jobs for workers from communities of color as well as those facing employment barriers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Asian Family Center Albuquerque, NM | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of providing culturally sensitive programs and services creating a Pan-Asian community that advocates for and supports itself by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Steps Kent Grand Rapids, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | develop and coordinate a shared services initiative among early childhood providers in Kent County to improve services for children and families by promoting innovative, research-based early childhood practices and polices across the continuum of early care programs and settings | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ole Education Fund Albuquerque, NM | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of enriching and empowering New Mexico's working families and children through developing their capacities to advance policies that improve their communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jobs With Justice Education Fund Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | approved, future | create mechanisms for increasing long-term protections for low-wage workers and workers of color by establishing essential workers taskforces and councils in three target geographies | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Community Action Albuquerque, NM | C | $250,000 | paid | facilitate a multiracial, cross generational coalition of BIPOC community leaders to address systemic inequities in economic development, asset building, and access to capital in a post-Covid world | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc Arlington, VA | B | $250,000 | paid | support narrative change and multiracial engagement through the development of a reporting series from the PBS NewsHour creating a national dialogue about racial equity in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation Detroit, MI | B | $250,000 | approved, future | provide general operating support to help the Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation fulfill its mission of globally marketing the Southeastern Michigan region, grow economic opportunities for all, and collaboratively support our economic foundation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Burmese American Initiative Inc Springfield, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of empowering Burmese Americans and the Battle Creek Community through advocacy, community engagement and education to support the whole person by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Grand Rapids, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | improve economic stability for the Latinx community by reducing barriers to employment through education, training and support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Native Ways Federation Inc Saint Paul, MN | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of strengthening the circle of giving by uniting Native organizations, supporting Native communities and observing the highest level of ethical standards by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Steps Kent Grand Rapids, MI | B | $250,000 | approved, future | develop and coordinate a shared services initiative among early childhood providers in Kent County to improve services for children and families by promoting innovative, research-based early childhood practices and polices across the continuum of early care programs and settings | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Simmons University Boston, MA | B | $250,000 | paid | provide accessible and accurate information about COVID-19 to communities at greater risk of experiencing health disparities caused by the pandemic through targeted media programming and public service announcements | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foodcorps Inc Portland, OR | B | $250,000 | approved, future | transition from funding for a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rising Tide Capital Jersey City, NJ | C | $250,000 | paid | leverage the power of entrepreneurship by providing technical assistance and accelerations services to small businesses resulting in increased financial security, self-sufficiency and economic opportunity for low-income families and children | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Special Education Leader Fellowship New Orleans, LA | C | $250,000 | paid | increase students' literacy rates by providing high-quality literacy-focused professional development to teachers and diversifying the cadre of special education and literacy-trained teachers and leaders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Gainesville, FL | C | $250,000 | approved, future | reduce barriers to learning for economically-disadvantaged families and students in Florida by providing digital literacy, skills-building and support programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Museum of Art Inc Jackson, MS | B | $250,000 | paid | advance racial equity in Mississippi through exhibitions, artist residencies, community-based projects and productive dialogue that share new narratives, harness the unique ability of art to generate constructive conversations about contentious issues and expand and build relationships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Refugee Education Center Kentwood, MI | C | $250,000 | paid | increase access to high-quality and culturally appropriate early childhood education services for children and families in Grand Rapids, Michigan by supporting and expanding both center and home-based early learning opportunities via a provider network model | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Foodcorps Inc Portland, OR | B | $250,000 | paid | transition from funding for a project to providing general operating support to enable the organization to achieve its mission | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Parents for Public Schools Inc Jackson, MS | U | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing the role of families and communities in securing a high-quality public education for every child by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Enterprise Community Partners Inc Columbia, MD | B | $250,000 | approved, future | strengthen neighborhoods for children and families by collaboratively supporting the long-term capacity of community-based organizations in Detroit and their residents by contributing to the Community Development Organization Fund | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | La Plazita Albuquerque, NM | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of engaging New Mexico's youth, elders and communities in a comprehensive, holistic and cultural approach through traditional values of respect, honor, love and family by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | H Cap Inc New York, NY | C | $250,000 | paid | establish the Center for Equity and Job Quality in Long Term Care to move systemic change in improving jobs for direct care workers as well as the advancement of both virtual training resources and platforms for the workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring respect, recognition and inclusion in labor protections for domestic workers by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partnership for Public Service Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | provide racial equity and racial healing support, networking, and tools for Intergovernmental Personnel Act placements leading anti-racism transformation in federal government departments | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Association of Cooperatives Jackson, MS | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of serving farmers, their families, and communities in increasing their livelihood security and improving quality of life by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Focus Hope Detroit, MI | B | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of education and economic success focusing on the relationship between economic equity and early childhood education by providing general operating support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque, NM | U | $250,000 | approved, future | expand the ACCESS program, providing a wholistic framework to support students in employment and family economic security with specific emphasis on food systems and indigenous food sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mercy Health Chesterfield, MO | B | $250,000 | approved, future | increase people of color's access to health benefits in Mississippi by providing Medicaid consumer assistance and education to communities and advocates | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Chalkbeat Inc Brooklyn, NY | U | $250,000 | paid | promote family and community awareness of the importance of high quality Early Childhood Education through local and statewide reporting, partnerships, and storytelling | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI | B | $250,000 | approved, future | increase the effectiveness and coordination of the entrepreneurial eco-system by ensuring high quality utilization of the start-up space platform | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $250,000 | paid | enhance economic security for families by developing a solidarity economics theoretical and policy framework with social movement and civic actors, producing written publications advancing this framework and executing a communication strategy to shift public perceptions of equitable economic policy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque, NM | U | $250,000 | paid | expand the ACCESS program, providing a wholistic framework to support students in employment and family economic security with specific emphasis on food systems and indigenous food sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ole Education Fund Albuquerque, NM | B | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of enriching and empowering New Mexico's working families and children through developing their capacities to advance policies that improve their communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | B | $250,000 | approved, future | advance good food procurement polices and practices by anchor institutions in order to increase access to good food by children and families living in low income communities and create living wage jobs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | C | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the Employment Equity Learning and Action Collaborative to expand its work focused on coordinating efforts among Detroit's employment equity and workforce development providers in support of a more effective ecosystem and improved conditions for all workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Migizi Communications Inc Minneapolis, MN | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of providing a strong circle of support that nurtures the educational, social, economic and cultural development of American Indian youth by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation Espanola, NM | B | $250,000 | paid | strengthen the capacity of the Eight Northern Pueblos and the Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council to implement comprehensive early childhood plans, mapping family and educational support systems in a culturally responsive way for each Pueblo | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Black Farmer Fund Inc Bronx, NY | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission by innovating how investments are made to Black food systems entrepreneurs in New York State by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | La Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place Albuquerque, NM | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of engaging Latino immigrant families in educational opportunities that build skills for economic and social justice by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Association of Cooperatives Jackson, MS | C | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of serving farmers, their families, and communities in increasing their livelihood security and improving quality of life by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc New York, NY | B | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring respect, recognition and inclusion in labor protections for domestic workers by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Focus Hope Detroit, MI | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of education and economic success focusing on the relationship between economic equity and early childhood education by providing general operating support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies New Orleans, LA | B | $250,000 | paid | foster strong socio-emotional support for children and families seeking asylum in New Mexico by developing a trauma responsive continuum for emergency shelter providers that promotes healthy, safety and well-being | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $250,000 | paid | enable work addressing racial and structural inequities, particularly as they impact children of color, their parents and their caregivers by providing core support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the Employment Equity Learning and Action Collaborative to expand its work focused on coordinating efforts among Detroit's employment equity and workforce development providers in support of a more effective ecosystem and improved conditions for all workers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sundance Institute Los Angeles, CA | U | $250,000 | approved, future | support Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination and racial healing by expanding career development opportunities for Native youth filmmakers, creating platforms for sharing Indigenous storytelling projects and convening spaces for Native filmmakers to work with established industry leaders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Womens Law Center Washington, DC | C | $250,000 | paid | promote solutions to build worker power for an equitable future of work that advances job quality and worker wellbeing focused on low wage workers and women of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Memphis Center for Reproductive Health Memphis, TN | C | $250,000 | paid | create a culturally competent maternity care workforce to address birth outcome disparities in the South by building the capacity of Black midwifes to deliver a community, relationship-based, person-centered midwifery model of care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Reconcile New Orleans Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of transforming the lives of young adults and the community through the ministry of reconciliation by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Native American Rights Fund Boulder, CO | B | $250,000 | paid | empower Native communities through increased civic engagement and capacity building that strengthens Native Nations to overcome structural barriers to voting rights | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ngage New Mexico Las Cruces, NM | C | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of serving as a catalyst to advance the well-being of people of southern New Mexico by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Akiptan Inc Eagle Butte, SD | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission by innovating how investments are made in Indian Country agriculture and food systems by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jackson Metro Sponsoring Committee Working Together Jackson Jackson, MS | D | $250,000 | paid | increase family economic security for low-income families through increasing outreach and enrollment of residents into MI-BEST in priority places and through working with immigrants and people of color to explore worker cooperatives to create their own wealth and do economic justice work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Five Years Fund Washington, DC | U | $250,000 | paid | educate and inform the public, advocates and leaders about the importance of additional support for high quality early childhood education | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Food Chain Workers Alliance Los Angeles, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | shift procurement purchasing toward local food systems that nourish children and families in low-income communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jobs With Justice Education Fund Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | create mechanisms for increasing long-term protections for low-wage workers and workers of color by establishing essential workers taskforces and councils in three target geographies | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Food Chain Workers Alliance Los Angeles, CA | B | $250,000 | approved, future | shift procurement purchasing toward local food systems that nourish children and families in low-income communities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Lansing, MI | U | $250,000 | paid | impact vulnerable children in Michigan by building new, stakeholder-informed processes that ease access to health and social services and increase the numbers of poor children of color gaining access to programs that will improve their physical, economic and social well-being | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Creations Collaborative Albuquerque, NM | C | $250,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission to alleviate poverty and build economic and educational opportunity for women across generations by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Earth Island Institute Berkeley, CA | B | $250,000 | paid | leverage existing Mississippi Farm to School Network, which includes small farmers, to deepen focus on Early Childcare Education providers as new market opportunities in Jackson, Sunflower County and Biloxi, through technical assistance, capacity building and further relationship building | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC | C | $250,000 | paid | conduct a consensus study to examine strategies, policies, and programs that have the potential to reduce intergenerational poverty and address inequality for youth ages five to twenty-five in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Memphis Center for Reproductive Health Memphis, TN | C | $250,000 | approved, future | create a culturally competent maternity care workforce to address birth outcome disparities in the South by building the capacity of Black midwifes to deliver a community, relationship-based, person-centered midwifery model of care | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policy Academies Washington, DC | B | $250,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of cultivating a pipeline of diverse public policy researchers so that policy solutions more effectively change narrative, expand opportunity and create an equitable and inclusive society by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA | B | $249,200 | paid | empower workers that have been shut out of labor law protections by developing recommendations and legal strategies that centers workers of color by conducting research, strengthening a state and local policy network, and providing technical assistance to local implementation efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Mexicana de Apoyo Infantil Ac Mexico, DF | U | $248,837 | paid | support capacity building of health committees in the Yucatan, Mexico, aimed at impacting local well-being while also connecting wider state-level initiatives that propel comprehensive attention and care of children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New York University New York, NY | B | $247,360 | approved, future | deepen and expand the impact of select parent leadership initiatives focused on advancing racial equity by developing a peer learning and inquiry community of practice that conducts action research and trains staff and parent leaders to self-evaluate and innovate their racial equity work | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Buffalo City School District Buffalo, NY | U | $246,000 | paid | support children's success in school by providing professional development focused on literacy to early childhood teachers in grades Pre-K to fourth | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Way of the Battle Creek Kalamazoo, MI | D | $245,619 | paid | Matching Grant | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Urban League of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | B | $245,000 | approved, future | support the development of a strategy to close the racial-wealth gap in the Greater New Orleans area among three organizational partners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $244,688 | paid | engage vulnerable workers in self-advocacy to improve their working conditions by developing the digital infrastructure needed for decentralized engagement and peer support; and producing training, research and other materials needed to support worker efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc Portland, OR | B | $243,402 | approved, future | support Native art and cultural preservation and expansion through transformative justice and racial healing programming to promote positive social change with American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples in the United States | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Association for Family School & Community Engagement Inc Alexandria, VA | B | $243,387 | paid | create a focused, integrated and inclusive national systems change approach to family, school, and community engagement by engaging, aligning, and equipping key stakeholders as advocates to support and advance equitable policies, practices and messages | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Battle Creek Battle Creek, MI | U | $240,825 | paid | encourage Battle Creek Public School teachers and administrators to live in a target neighborhood in the Battle Creek Public School district by providing financial incentives for rental and home purchase/renovation and spurring neighborhood revitalization | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Firstline Schools Inc Edible Schoolyard New Orleans New Orleans, LA | U | $240,596 | approved, future | improve student outcomes, increase parent engagement and retain more teachers by integrating a culturally responsive and social emotional approach into all elements of teaching and learning in a network of schools | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Detroit Business Association Detroit, MI | B | $240,000 | paid | establish a Small Business Advocacy Center to increase the number of Detroit-based/owned businesses certified to bid on state and federally funded projects and to assist small business hiring by removing barriers to work preventing Detroit residents' full access to jobs created | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | U | $239,430 | paid | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts as a force for change by supporting immigrant and Black communities to build power and create greater access to quality jobs through fellowship placements and organizing | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Level Sports Battle Creek, MI | B | $238,994 | paid | expand an equitable early childhood system in Battle Creek, Michigan, including organizational capacity building support to launch the Battle Creek Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative that will increase access within neighborhoods to quality early childhood opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA | C | $235,908 | paid | advance existing research and initiate new research to inform discourse about race, culture, leadership and reforms at the systems level impacting the early childhood workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | One Voice Jackson, MS | B | $234,958 | approved, future | build and support economic security for Mississippians by ensuring access to equitable employment opportunities for returning citizens, strengthening rural, electric co-ops and building budget and fiscal analysis capacity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Spectrum Health Foundation Grand Rapids, MI | U | $234,000 | paid | support the planning and pilot implementation of a Community Based Participatory Research model in the Roosevelt Park neighborhood in order to pursue community driven health equity systems change initiatives | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Cejilmesoamerica San Jose | U | $233,936 | paid | contribute to improving the well-being of indigenous peoples in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, by increasing effectiveness in human rights defense strategies and access to justice as a result of a collective reflection and healing processes among victims and human rights defenders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Soul 2 Soul Sisters Denver, CO | B | $232,614 | approved, future | improve the medical, social, and economic systems in Colorado to eliminate inequities in maternal and child health outcomes by strengthening culturally cohesive programming to Black families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | One Voice Jackson, MS | B | $232,319 | paid | build and support economic security for Mississippians by ensuring access to equitable employment opportunities for returning citizens, strengthening rural, electric co-ops and building budget and fiscal analysis capacity | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondo de Conservacion El Triunfo Ac Tuxtla Gutierrez, CHS | U | $231,999 | paid | improve children's nutrition in schools within the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, by implementing a school nutrition program, aimed to provide nutritious local food to students, based on community organizing and local procurement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Georgia Micro Enterprise Network Atlanta, GA | B | $230,000 | paid | provide formerly incarcerated African American and minority individuals with young families with access to capital, technical assistance, and training required to become small business owners in the evolving business ecosystem in Atlanta, Georgia | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Spruce Root Inc Juneau, AK | B | $230,000 | paid | support community engagement, access to capital, and narrative change through the continuation of the Sustainable Southeast Partnership | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Votes Jackson, MS | B | $230,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of cultivating and encouraging a culture of civic engagement, empowering young people, and educating communities on voting rights through place-based grassroots organizing by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Due Process of Law Foundation Washington, DC | C | $229,383 | approved, future | strengthen capacities for the promotion and dissemination of the rights to territory, development and self-determination of indigenous peoples by supporting local networks of defenders to carry out efforts in the defense of fundamental human rights in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Equis Justicia Para Las Mujeres Ac Ciudad de Mexico, DF | U | $228,900 | paid | advance racial and gender equity in Yucatan, Mexico, by promoting the transformation of justice systems to ensure indigenous women have reliable access and conditions to allow adequate exercise of their rights as well as the development of both tools and mechanisms for positive transformation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Agroecology Network Santa Cruz, CA | C | $227,967 | paid | advance food systems in the Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas, Mexico, by promoting seed resiliency through the collective action of the Mayan Network of Seeds Guardians to exchange knowledge, improve seeds, advance agroecology and consolidate food sovereignty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Level Sports Battle Creek, MI | B | $227,689 | approved, future | expand an equitable early childhood system in Battle Creek, Michigan, including organizational capacity building support to launch the Battle Creek Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative that will increase access within neighborhoods to quality early childhood opportunities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Louisiana Public Health Institute New Orleans, LA | C | $227,301 | approved, future | engage communities in New Orleans in conducting vaccine outreach among residents most vulnerable to COVID-19 and create a perinatal birth registry to track outcomes in maternal and child health in New Orleans | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Washington Institute for Financial Security Seattle, WA | U | $225,050 | paid | increase employment equity, family economic security and organizational culture change in workforce and social service agencies through implementing and evaluating the family-centered, trauma informed coaching model and organizational assessment that puts families at the center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $225,000 | paid | Matching Grant | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Childrens Museum Jackson, MS | C | $225,000 | paid | provide effective early literacy opportunities for children and their caregivers by launching the TALK from the START! mobile exhibit and educational programming | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA | B | $225,000 | paid | advance policies that enable and incentivize local and regional food systems that provide good food for all by strengthening capacity of local groups to advocate for their communities, provide analysis of both key issues and proposed solutions as well as inform key policymakers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Delta Health Center Inc Mound Bayou, MS | B | $225,000 | paid | reduce barriers in accessing quality health care, for children in Sunflower County, MS, through the establishment of school-based health clinics | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rural Advancement Foundation International USA Pittsboro, NC | B | $225,000 | paid | strengthen the capacity of the Farmer of Color Network to advance movement-building for systemic change in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina in confronting misinformation, structural prejudice, and farm viability | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | A Better Balance New York, NY | C | $225,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of using the power of the law to advance justice for workers, so they can care for themselves and their loved ones without jeopardizing their economic security by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | De Beaumont Foundation Inc Bethesda, MD | B | $225,000 | paid | develop and implement a collaborative urban health policy agenda among the thirty largest city and county health departments that will guide policy, practice, and investments to improve public health and welfare | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Congress of Communities Detroit, MI | B | $225,000 | approved, future | promote parent and community engagement in Southwest Detroit through increased access to early childhood education, advocacy, leadership and provider resources | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Asian Family Center Albuquerque, NM | C | $225,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of providing culturally sensitive programs and services creating a Pan-Asian community that advocates for and supports itself by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Educationcounsel LLC Washington, DC | U | $225,000 | paid | improve school readiness and third grade success by helping districts and states leverage opportunities within the Every Student Succeeds Act and develop long-term action plans through technical assistance and the creation of peer learning groups to ensure equitable implementation and best practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Michigan Association for Local Public Health Lansing, MI | C | $225,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to strengthen Michigan's system of local public health departments and local governing boards by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rural Advancement Foundation International USA Pittsboro, NC | B | $225,000 | approved, future | strengthen the capacity of the Farmer of Color Network to advance movement-building for systemic change in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina in confronting misinformation, structural prejudice, and farm viability | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Methodist Community House Grand Rapids, MI | B | $225,000 | paid | provide general operating support to increase organizational capacity and achieve the mission of increasing the ability of children, youth, adults and families to succeed in a diverse community | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Moore Community House Biloxi, MS | C | $225,000 | approved, future | support healthy prenatal outcomes and enhance the intellectual, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers to promote later success in school and life for East Biloxi, Mississippi, families by expanding Early Head Start slots | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | United Methodist Community House Grand Rapids, MI | B | $225,000 | approved, future | provide general operating support to increase organizational capacity and achieve the mission of increasing the ability of children, youth, adults and families to succeed in a diverse community | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Urban Core Collective Grand Rapids, MI | B | $225,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of uplifting historically marginalized communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Haven Area Community Grand Haven, MI | C | $225,000 | paid | Matching Grant | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Greater New Orleans Foundation New Orleans, LA | B | $225,000 | paid | increase racial equity practices by providing training and ongoing engagement with multi-sector leaders across New Orleans, supporting development of racial equity practices and policies in their organizations and increasing public awareness through a citywide media campaign | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Moore Community House Biloxi, MS | C | $225,000 | paid | support healthy prenatal outcomes and enhance the intellectual, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers to promote later success in school and life for East Biloxi, Mississippi, families by expanding Early Head Start slots | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Boston Medical Center Corporation Boston, MA | B | $224,960 | paid | increase breastfeeding rates and reduce racial disparities in breastfeeding rates for mothers in Mississippi by providing technical assistance to birthing facilities, collaborating with historically black colleges and universities and assessing breastfeeding supports | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Pro Mujer Inc Manhasset, NY | C | $223,229 | approved, future | improve access to financial services for indigenous women entrepreneurs in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula through the development of financial products with a gender equity lens as well as a program of training and technical assistance for market access | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families Washington, DC | B | $222,516 | paid | strengthen the capacity of leaders in target states to improve access to early childhood programs, specifically those serving infants and toddlers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Futuro Media Group New York, NY | B | $222,344 | paid | increase media and public awareness regarding authentic narratives of immigrant families and the impacts of family separation and natural disasters on vulnerable communities of color by engaging local underrepresented communities in journalism that acknowledges their experiences and points of view | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Washington Institute for Financial Security Seattle, WA | U | $221,600 | approved, future | increase employment equity, family economic security and organizational culture change in workforce and social service agencies through implementing and evaluating the family-centered, trauma informed coaching model and organizational assessment that puts families at the center | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA | B | $221,000 | approved, future | support the BUILD Initiative to partner with local leaders and experts to provide technical assistance in our priority places of Battle Creek, Detroit and Grand Rapids to maximize federal relief and stimulus dollars to rebuild healthier and more equitable communities post Covid | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Xavier Universtiy of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | D | $220,055 | paid | improve child-well being, build leaders and advance community engagement and racial equity by establishing a policy and research institute focused on building stronger connections between community, policy and practice in education, health, and other issue areas | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | 826 New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $220,000 | paid | improve student literacy outcomes by transforming literacy instruction in New Orleans through expanding access to writing in schools, supporting teacher professional development and adding writing as a component of early learning programs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Public Education Forum of Mississippi Inc Jackson, MS | U | $220,000 | paid | continue nationally recognized educational growth in Mississippi by building philanthropic partnerships across the country to support the six goals of the State Board of Education | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for Policy Studies Washington, DC | B | $219,000 | approved, future | train and mentor leaders of color by strengthening their skill set and network so they can effectively work toward equitable and effective policy solutions in New Mexico that benefit families and vulnerable children | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Calhoun County Land Bank Marshall, MI | U | $218,520 | paid | activating vacant and blighted parcels owned by the Land Bank in a low-income, primarily minority-owned neighborhood as part of a community-created neighborhood stabilization strategy including blight elimination, equitable property ownership opportunities and workforce development training | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Equis Justicia Para Las Mujeres Ac Ciudad de Mexico, DF | U | $217,300 | approved, future | advance racial and gender equity in Yucatan, Mexico, by promoting the transformation of justice systems to ensure indigenous women have reliable access and conditions to allow adequate exercise of their rights as well as the development of both tools and mechanisms for positive transformation | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Juanita Sims Doty Foundation Jackson, MS | B | $215,001 | approved, future | create more equitable systems for people of color in Mississippi by disrupting dehumanizing policies that cause racialized trauma | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Springboard to Opportunities Jackson, MS | C | $215,000 | paid | utilize a mixed method quasi-experimental evaluation to investigate the impact that guaranteed income has with no strings attached on economic security, education, and health and family well-being outcomes of mothers and their children as compared to cash supplements with conditions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Opinion Research Center Chicago, IL | C | $214,057 | paid | increase equitable access to health care and improve health outcomes for low-income children by piloting telehealth in rural Head Start facilities to Medicaid eligible families who participate in Head Start, including Native American families and migrant and seasonal farmworker families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Santa Barbara, CA | B | $213,890 | paid | amplify and unify philanthropic and investment capacity to support a more just food system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | M E B Alliance for Educator Diversity Inc Austin, TX | U | $213,804 | approved, future | strengthen and increase the impact of educator preparation at Minority Serving Institutions | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Mexicana de Apoyo Infantil Ac Mexico, DF | U | $213,060 | approved, future | support capacity building of health committees in the Yucatan, Mexico, aimed at impacting local well-being while also connecting wider state-level initiatives that propel comprehensive attention and care of children and families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Battle Creek Community Foundation Battle Creek, MI | B | $212,736 | paid | Matching Grant | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Institute for Womens Policy Research Washington, DC | B | $212,194 | approved, future | create pathways to improve retention of women in the both skilled construction and manufacturing trades to mitigate the effects of occupational segregation that limits industry-wide equity and inclusion | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio Columbus, OH | B | $211,750 | paid | advance antiracism initiatives within hospital systems in Ohio through authentic community engagement and power building | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Delta Health Center Inc Mound Bayou, MS | B | $210,000 | approved, future | reduce barriers in accessing quality health care, for children in Sunflower County, MS, through the establishment of school-based health clinics | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS | B | $210,000 | approved, future | reduce infant mortality in Sunflower County and the Delta by supporting the fetal infant mortality review agency, supporting maternal partner involvement and expanding strategic partnerships and networks while promoting community leadership and engagement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc Washington, DC | B | $210,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing racial and economic justice and resolving critical economic challenges by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Covenant House New Orleans New Orleans, LA | B | $208,444 | approved, future | expand their comprehensive services for whole families by providing individualize case management, physical/behavioral healthcare, educational/vocational services, parenting/life skills workshops, early childhood development, and trauma-informed family strengthening counseling for parent and child | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Womens Foundation of Mississippi Jackson, MS | B | $208,417 | approved, future | increase persistence and credentials at community colleges in Mississippi for low-income moms through wrap-around services, including quality early childhood care and education, while also creating pathways to employment through implementing employer engagement and a family-friendly toolkit | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Polaris Project Washington, DC | B | $207,813 | paid | improve working conditions for all workers on farms that utilize the H-2A visa program through worker engagement, worker outreach and education, and strategic communication to key decision makers and stakeholders | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Agroecology Network Santa Cruz, CA | C | $207,376 | approved, future | increase income generation of families in Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula, through the improvement of agricultural models and the connection of short value chains, strengthening production groups and marketing collectives that impact solidary economies under an agroecological framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fondo Para la Paz Iap (fund for Peace Private Assistance Ciudad de Mexico, DF | U | $207,042 | paid | improve families' well-being in Pantelho, Chiapas, Mexico, through an integrated capacity building program for leaders as intergenerational legacies that can propel development initiatives towards health improvement, income generation opportunities, community organizing and sustainable practices | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Jackson Medical Mall Foundation Jackson, MS | B | $204,301 | approved, future | create healthier outcomes for children and better economic opportunities for small farmers of color by leveraging the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program in support of the Double Up Food Bucks program in Mississippi | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Ms Coalition On Black Civic Participation Jackson, MS | U | $203,499 | approved, future | increase family economic security for women of color by educating the community and policymakers about issues regarding pay equity, women's wages, paid family leave, pregnancy accommodation, expanded access to affordable healthcare, access to affordable child care, and other issues affecting women | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Education Law Center Inc Newark, NJ | B | $202,989 | paid | support a multi-state network of grassroots organizers and legal organizations working to improve state financing of public education and building collaborative network structures that attend to power dynamics and other education systems change drivers | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Community Change Washington, DC | B | $202,952 | paid | promote solutions to elevate the need for high-quality child care and support for the workforce through building grassroots organizing infrastructure to sustain a national movement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Firstline Schools Inc Edible Schoolyard New Orleans New Orleans, LA | U | $202,217 | paid | improve student outcomes, increase parent engagement and retain more teachers by integrating a culturally responsive and social emotional approach into all elements of teaching and learning in a network of schools | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Fundacion Por Una Nueva Solucion Ac Foundation for a New Solution Ciudad de Mexico, DF | U | $201,204 | paid | increase income for Mayan families in the Yucatan Peninsula by supporting activities aimed at strengthening collaboration, organization and networks that improve local economy, monitor nutrition in children and create access to better food for families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Law and Social Policy Washington, DC | C | $200,316 | paid | support state and local advocates pursuing child care and paid family and medical leave initiatives via technical assistance and knowledge development in the state and federal context | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, MI | U | $200,068 | paid | embed racial equity into the operations and structures at the City of Grand Rapids by creating an equity analyst position within the Office of Equity and Engagement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Public Education Support Fund Washington, DC | C | $200,044 | approved, future | increase youth organizing groups' engagement in nationwide, value-aligned, network efforts to tackle racial and economic inequities in public education systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Seiu Education & Support Fund Hadley, MA | U | $200,001 | paid | increase opportunities for early educators to access high quality, worker-centered professional development and support by harnessing the voices of early educators | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Rutgers the State University of New Jersey Piscataway, NJ | U | $200,001 | paid | advance the implementation of worker owner lead organizations using technical assistance, education and innovations to create a just economic ecosystem that benefits low income communities of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Latino Community Fund of Washington State Seattle, WA | D | $200,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of improving the well-being of Latinos in Washington, especially those most in need, by supporting local organizations that improve the health, education, community and economic development of the Latino community by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Neo Philanthropy Inc New York, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | strengthen capacity, representation and civic engagement of Asian American Pacific Islander communities in movement for racial equity through grants, leadership development, trainings and cross-racial partnerships | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | provide technical assistance to minority women business owners in targeted markets to increase financial literacy awareness (including access to capital) and entrepreneurship skills that will contribute to reduced childhood and family poverty | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Economic Development Association of Michigan Lansing, MI | B | $200,000 | approved, future | advance state policies that increase the economic security of Michigan families through education and advocacy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Mexico Community Foundation Santa Fe, NM | B | $200,000 | approved, future | advance racial equity in Bernalillo County by engaging youth ages 13- 25 in a leadership curriculum that builds their multi-media skills, and increases their knowledge and understanding of critical race theory, civic engagement and power analysis | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Civic Policy Albuquerque, NM | B | $200,000 | paid | advance diversity, equity, and inclusion among key civic engagement organizations in New Mexico while simultaneously supporting a process of learning that builds a collective understanding of the root causes of oppression | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation Inc Jackson, MS | C | $200,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of promoting, defending, and extending civil liberties to all Mississippians by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Health & Education Alliance of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | C | $200,000 | paid | promote health equity for vulnerable children by ensuring they have remediating services to overcome early health deficits to ensure ability to learn | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | One Voice Jackson, MS | B | $200,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of working to give voice to marginalized and vulnerable communities across the South by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | First Childrens Finance Minneapolis, MN | B | $200,000 | approved, future | advance innovative solutions to finance early care and education through alignment within state-level systems that directly support child care businesses | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Momsrising Education Fund Bellevue, WA | B | $200,000 | paid | eliminate barriers to breastfeeding and better maternal and infant health among families of color by supporting strategic communications, centered on community voices, on family-centered workplace policies to educate policymakers and the public about birth outcome disparities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Hopewell Fund Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | support the strategic communications work of a coalition working in states and nationally to educate policymakers and the public about the critical importance of paid family and medical leave policy | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Nonprofit Knowledge Works Inc New Orleans, LA | C | $200,000 | paid | increase employment equity opportunities for children and families in New Orleans by supporting the collection, analysis and distribution of data on economic, youth, and education outcomes | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc Detroit, MI | C | $200,000 | paid | promote positive outcomes for Detroit young children and families through implementation of the Detroit Strategy Process, a neighborhood-based arts and education program, and production of a community-centered musical event and early childhood toolkit | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | support states transformational partnerships to dismantle programs and narratives that perpetuate inequities in funding as well as advance Maternal and Child Health via engaging Title V Maternal and Child Health Directors through an action learning collaborative | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Wayne County Community College Detroit, MI | U | $200,000 | paid | provide funding for the Horizontal Infrastructure Training Center to coordinate and deliver workforce programs and identify opportunities to better connect employment equity and early childhood education efforts | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | U | $200,000 | approved, future | reduce the incidence of community gun violence in New Orleans through the creation of an Office of Gun Violence Prevention within City Hall so that children have opportunities to live in a city free from the lasting trauma of gun violence | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | U | $200,000 | approved, future | improve student and family outcomes by enhancing efforts to connect data across different state agencies to better understand how a number of factors contribute to academic achievement | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Center for Civic Policy Albuquerque, NM | B | $200,000 | paid | build a multi-racial, multi-ethnic movement of young people who are organizing and advocating at local and national levels for the dignity and justice of immigrants and communities of color | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Action Center for Race and the Economy Chicago, IL | U | $200,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of providing research and communications infrastructure and strategic support to organizations working on campaigns to win structural change by providing general operating support. | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Benola Inc New Orleans, LA | B | $200,000 | approved, future | provide professional development that connects Black educators in New Orleans with a supportive community and targeted, research-informed practices that will give them the skills and knowledge needed to develop thriving Black learners | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson, MS | C | $200,000 | paid | reduce barriers to employment and increase economic stability at scale for low-income families of color through advancing expungement and consumer debt reforms | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Initiatives Oakland, CA | B | $200,000 | paid | support wider public engagement and dissemination of the Race and Rural Equity report to partners, providers and leaders in Ohio in service of building a robust early childhood system | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | March of Dimes Inc Arlington, VA | B | $200,000 | approved, future | eliminate racial disparities in birth outcomes by implementing policy, research, systems, funding and programmatic solutions identified on the March of Dimes' National Equity Framework | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc New Orleans, LA | C | $200,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of advancing policies to ensure that Louisiana's young children are ready for success in school and in life by working to sustain the ECE sector throughout the COVID 19 pandemic by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI | U | $200,000 | paid | increase media, public awareness and engagement on inclusion/racial equity issues in Grand Rapids by developing content and providing media training/resources to organizational partners and individuals to engage in action-orientated activities to improve child well-being and communities for families | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Child Care Services Association Chapel Hill, NC | U | $200,000 | paid | address inequities in higher education opportunity, compensation, and career mobility of the early childhood workforce | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | National Black Child Development Institute Inc Silver Spring, MD | B | $200,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of improving and advancing the quality of life for Black children and their families by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education Inc Albany, GA | B | $200,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of educating, engaging and empowering communities around food, farm and human rights as a platform for economic and community development by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Development Fund Detroit, MI | B | $200,000 | paid | provide post-loan technical assistance to entrepreneurs of color who are borrowers under the Entrepreneurs Of Color Fund and who need training, skill sets and business expertise to keep their business growing and knowledgeable | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Children at Risk Inc Houston, TX | C | $200,000 | paid | conduct, publish and disseminate racial equity audit of statewide quality rating and improvement system, survey workforce, improve information on child care deserts, and work in coalition with parents and providers to advance equitable access to high quality child care in Texas | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, MI | U | $200,000 | paid | improve school readiness outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transitioning from pre-school to kindergarten by supporting a summer enrichment and learning program that emphasizes exploratory learning, play, discovery, social emotional learning and the development of classroom skills | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit Detroit, MI | C | $200,000 | paid | advance employment of low- and moderate-income individuals and advance company growth and personnel retention in Detroit, Michigan, by establishing an employer-led membership program to assist employers with best practice knowledge, collaboration, services and support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Council of Development Finance Agencies Columbus, OH | C | $200,000 | paid | advance opportunities to leverage existing capital financing streams to scale local and regional food systems to increase access to good food for children and families living in low income communities and create new living wage jobs | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Market Umbrella Org New Orleans, LA | U | $200,000 | approved, future | enable the organization to achieve its mission of cultivating the field of public markets for public good by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Council for a Strong America Washington, DC | U | $200,000 | paid | expand access to high quality early learning programs in Mississippi by building a diverse membership of business leaders across the state who will champion on behalf of children's early development and learning | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Cnote Group Inc Oakland, CA | U | $200,000 | paid | unlock long-term capital opportunities for charitable CDFIs mobilizing relief efforts for underserved and disadvantaged communities, by establishing and assessing a place-based model that bridges racial and economic justice to support small businesses and entrepreneurs of color in New Orleans | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | City of Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM | U | $200,000 | approved, future | increase the economic well-being of lower income families in Bernalillo County through better alignment and integration of the workforce and economic development systems | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Neo Philanthropy Inc New York, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | support the work of Solidarity Council on Racial Equity members to advance racial equity and transformative solidarity efforts as a collective force for global change by strengthening the capacity of MPower Change to educate and engage Muslim Americans in social justice remedies for systemic change | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Farmington Municipal Schools Farmington, NM | U | $200,000 | approved, future | increase the number of bilingual teacher candidates entering the educator workforce by building strong partnerships and deploying an equity strategy with intentional community outreach | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Community Foundation for Mississippi Jackson, MS | B | $200,000 | paid | partner with organizations and community to improve outcomes in education and health equity by continuing transformation efforts of Jackson Public School, developing a principal evaluation tool and implementing a home visiting program to ensure infants have a strong start on life | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Partners for Common Good Washington, DC | C | $200,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission to advance economic justice and opportunity by partnering with organizations that provide access to capital for low-income people and communities by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson, MS | C | $200,000 | approved, future | reduce barriers to employment and increase economic stability at scale for low-income families of color through advancing expungement and consumer debt reforms | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Detroit Educational Television Foundation Wixom, MI | D | $200,000 | paid | build educational assets for young children, families and informal providers through community engagement, programming, partnerships and professional development | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Latino Community Foundation San Francisco, CA | B | $200,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of unleashing the power of Latinos in California by building a movement of civically engaged philanthropic leaders and investing in Latino-led organizations by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Denver, CO | C | $200,000 | paid | enable the organization to achieve its mission of influencing and engaging Latinos and others to be leaders and philanthropic investors to develop strong and vibrant Latino communities in Colorado by providing general operating support | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | Families USA Foundation Inc Washington, DC | U | $200,000 | paid | explore and identify community-based models of care in states that will improve maternal and child health, promote health equity and reduce disparities | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Orleans College Preparatory Academies New Orleans, LA | D | $200,000 | approved, future | support the sustainability of the Hoffman Early Learning Center by providing critical support to the program and high quality early childhood access | 202241679349100104 |
| 2021 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | B | $200,000 | paid | build capacity of communities of color to combat the use of harmful preemption policy through legal research, technical assistance, communications and messaging research | 202241679349100104 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
The same organization elsewhere in the program: exempt status and filing health · federal awards · grant guidance · open opportunities.
This is informational only, derived from public data on the dates shown. It is not an eligibility determination, and not legal, tax, or accounting advice. Verify against the official source before relying on it.