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California Funders Announce New Fund To Support Youth Organizing for Social Change

December 1, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO -- Today a group of Northern California foundations launched the Youth Power Fund, which supports nonprofits that organize young people in the region and advocate for social change. In the current political climate in our nation, the fund recognizes that this is a critical time to...

What We're Reading: November Equity and Social Justice Edition

November 12, 2020

November kicked off with the end of daylight savings time and an election, both of which signify change in our lives. The articles this month lift up questions of power, self-determination, interdependence, and curiosity.

Five Ways Funders Can Support Movements Building True Multiracial, Feminist Democracy

November 12, 2020

What role can philanthropy now play to restore some guardrails and resource these movements? We offer some reflections on the current moment as well as a few recommendations to guide social justice, human rights, and democracy funders.

It’s Time to Decriminalize our Education Systems for Youth of Color

November 12, 2020

All children deserve to have access to a quality education. They deserve to feel safe and supported in a place that exists to prepare them for their futures. Yet, for Black youth and other youth of color, this is far from the reality. Every day, Black children and other youth of color, some as...