Foundations Join to Fund Innovative Civil Rights Work
PND - Foundations Join to Fund Innovative Civil Rights Work
The New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grantmaking collaborative that will focus on a range of civil rights issues faced by minorities and immigrants in the United States.
The Racial Justice Collaborative will award grants to organizations that bring lawyers and community groups together to address the economic and social disparities faced by minority groups and immigrants, paying special attention to education, voting rights, environmental and land-use policies, access to welfare benefits, and labor rights. The collaborative expects to award $2 million annually over the next three years to national and community-based organizations, with the first grants — ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 — coming as early as this fall.
"This unique collaborative will bring the resources of some of the preeminent foundations to communities that are struggling for opportunity and justice," said Berta Colon, program officer for the Racial Justice Collaborative. "By fostering greater partnerships between lawyers and community groups, we hope to expand the available tools to address long-standing barriers."
In addition to Rockefeller, the collaborative has received funding to support national initiatives from the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Levi Strauss Foundation, and the JEHT Foundation. Funding for innovative work in California has come from the California Endowment, the James Irvine Foundation, the Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund, and the Akonadi Foundation, while the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and the Warner Foundation have provided support for efforts in North Carolina.
“Leading Foundations Collaborate to Support Innovative Civil Rights Work.”
Rockefeller Foundation Press Release
4/16/03.
Primary Subject: Civil and Human Rights
Secondary Subject(s): Minorities, African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians/Pacific Islanders, Native Americans
Location(s): California, National, North Carolina
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