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From: Philanthropy Today
Subject: Policy Changes That Could Reshape the Nonprofit World
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Eyeing recent antidiscrimination lawsuits and court rulings, large companies are rolling back or recasting grant programs originally intended to help minority groups. “Of more than 60 small-business grant programs that in 2023 included race or ethnicity in their criteria, more than 40 percent no longer exist or appear to be moribund,” according to one analysis, while “another 27 percent no longer use race or ethnicity in making awards.” Meanwhile, Black- and Hispanic-owned small businesses remain less likely to receive full funding than white-owned ones, and “startups led by Black and Latino founders have each received less than 1 percent of U.S. venture-capital funding this year, according to Crunchbase.” (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
Background from the Chronicle: Nonprofits, Legal Experts React to the Fearless Fund Decision to Shutter Grant Program to Black Entrepreneurs
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Racial Justice: The Catalyst Grant Program is a collaboration between the Urban Institute and the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative to support the efforts of nonprofit organizations in the United States to use data and technology to advance racial equity and reform in the adult criminal legal system. Support is provided for local projects that advance the focus areas of the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative, which include supporting policies, programs, and practices that prevent unnecessary system involvement and decrease racial and ethnic disparities at the front end of the criminal legal system. Application deadline November 22; grants are $40,000.
Service Members and Veterans: The Bob Woodruff Foundation supports programs in the United States that help service members, veterans, and their families and caregivers thrive. The focus is on programs that improve the health and well-being of service members, veterans, and their families and caregivers; improve social determinants of health; decrease barriers to accessing physical and mental healthcare; increase accessibility to programming that fosters a healthy lifestyle; and enhance opportunities for veterans to thrive after service. Applicants that wish to be considered for the Foundation’s first review of the calendar year should apply by January 8.
