After 200 Years, the Reparations Fight Is Gaining New Traction and Philanthropy Is Slowly Getting on Board

After 200 Years, the Reparations Fight Is Gaining New Traction and Philanthropy Is Slowly Getting on Board

For more than 200 years, advocates have been calling for reparations to Black Americans for the harms of slavery, Jim Crow and more. For the first time, some major foundations are backing them up.

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How the William T. Grant Foundation Gives Locally in New York City

How the William T. Grant Foundation Gives Locally in New York City

Here’s a nationally focused foundation with a New York City-specific program that is looking for youth-serving grantees in the Bronx. What’s more it’s keen to help nonprofits improve how they operate to have more impact.

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Beyond the Ivory Tower: A Research Funder Aims for More Traction on Public Policy

Beyond the Ivory Tower: A Research Funder Aims for More Traction on Public Policy

Too often, social science research doesn't make it out of academia and into the hands of decision-makers. The William T. Grant Foundation wanted to know why. Now, it has some answers—and two new grant programs.

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