Jul 7, 2021 A partnership that centers and supports Indigenous girls Esteemed community, It is with great joy and honor that we announce the New Songs Rising Initiative, a partnership between Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples and Grantmakers for Girls* of Color to mobilize resources towards work that centers and supports Indigenous girls…
Read MoreWNYC: The Takeaway, Closing the Philanthropy Gap
Jun 21, 2021 The needs of Black girls and women have long been ignored by the philanthropy world. In 2017, less than 1 percent of the $67 billion foundation contributions went to organizations focused on women and girls of color. That’s according to a report from the Ms. Foundation for Women. Just $15 million went…
Read MorePhilanthropy Women: Announcing the Black Girl Freedom Fund’s First Six Grantees
“We affirm that Black girls are sacred, and are deserving of love and abundant resources to heal, grow, and thrive,” says Dr. Monique W. Morris, President and CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, and cofounder of the #1Billion4BlackGirls Campaign. “Black girls present some of the boldest, wisest, most creative articulations of justice in our…
Read MoreEssence: Black Girl Freedom Fund Focuses First Round Grants to Organizations Serving Black Girls Across the U.S.
Who runs the world? Girls. Now, they’re getting a little more help. The Black Girl Freedom Fund, an initiative of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, has announced its first grant recipients. Guided by an advisory committee of seven Black girls and Black gender-expansive youth between the ages of 13-17 years old, the first round of…
Read MoreBGFF Grantees Announcement
We are thrilled to announce our first round of grantees for Black Girl Freedom Fund (BGFF) and to extend gratitude to the youth who invested time, wisdom, and love to make the selections! The #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign and The Black Girl Freedom Fund were launched in September 2020 in order to resource the braintrust, innovation, health,…
Read MoreNew York Times: ‘More Than Just Tragic’: Ma’Khia Bryant and the Burden of Black Girlhood
To unpack these issues, In Her Words caught up with Dr. Jamilia Blake, a co-author of the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality report and a psychology professor at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Monique Morris, president and chief executive of Grantmakers for Girls of Color and author of the book “Pushout: The Criminalization…
Read MoreMSNBC American Voices: You see a lot of people doing acrobatics to show why Ma’Khia deserved to die, not why she deserved to live’
The fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant is sparking demands for accountability and igniting conversation about how race and gender played a role in the way law enforcement interacted with her. Dr. Monique W. Morris, President and CEO of “Grantmakers for Girls of Color” and Author of “PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in…
Read MoreA year of equity in action with Dr. Morris
As part of the Advisory Board for Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) I am thrilled to recognize the meaningful impact G4GC has made in this past year of pandemic and racial uprising. We know that this could not have happened without the steadfast and visionary leadership of Dr. Monique W. Morris, which is why effective April…
Read MoreResilience and reciprocity during a year of pandemic
Last March our lives were severely altered by the pandemic, and classrooms, as well after-school programs, were migrated from gathering spaces to squares on a screen. Resilience and reciprocity during a year of pandemic It’s hard to believe that we’ve spent an entire year battling multiple pandemics. Last March, as schools went virtual, organizations…
Read MoreResourcing the liberated futures of trans girls of color
Trans Day of Visibility has been celebrated since 2009 on March 31. At G4GC, we recognize the importance of investing in futures where trans girls and young women of color are healthy and thriving. Trans youth deserve our support and recognition At Grantmakers for Girls of Color when we say that we support girls…
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