Image: G4GC Love Is Healing COVID-19 Response Fund grantee partner, PEARLS for Teen Girls When we invest in girls and femmes who identify as Black, Indigenous and other youth of color, we invest in our future leaders and our collective liberation. This Giving Tuesday, if you are in a position to make a donation…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Fifth Round of G4GC Love is Healing COVID-19 Grantees!!
We’re thrilled to announce our round five grantees for the G4GC Love Is Healing COVID-19 Response Fund today! We’ve now awarded more than $2 million dollars to more than 100 organizations serving girls of color and gender expansive youth of color across 28 states and the District of Columbia. G4GC’s Love is Healing COVID-19 Response…
Read MoreInvest in Girls of Color, Invest in a Nation
Image: S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective This weekend, with the apparent victory of the Biden-Harris presidential campaign, Senator Kamala Harris became our Vice President-Elect, stepping into history as the first woman, first Black and South Asian woman, to hold this position. As the daughter of immigrants and alumna of Howard University, one of our nation’s premier…
Read MoreProtecting our Communities Against COVID-19: A Conversation with Dr. Lane Rolling
This webinar aired live on November 18,2020. Watch again here: This spring and fall, we sent surveys to the G4GC network to learn more about how COVID-19 is impacting the offices and work spaces of organizations leading the work to support girls of color and gender expansive youth of color. We heard your questions and…
Read MoreWe’re Growing! Announcing New Hires and New Job Postings.
We are growing! Today, we are thrilled to announce that three incredible women have officially joined the G4GC team. We also are currently seeking applications for two key senior director-level hires! Our new team members, Cidra M. Sebastien, Manager of the Black Girl Freedom Fund, Kyndall Clark Osibodu, Manager of Organizational Health and Learning, and…
Read MoreWe’ve Got a Lot to Celebrate this Weekend
We’re heading into a weekend with a lot to celebrate and reflect on. Sunday, October 11, is International Day of the Girl, and Monday, October 12, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Both days provide us with important opportunities to lift up and listen to the girls and gender-expansive youth of color who are paving…
Read MoreThe power of Hispanic and Latinx girls’ leadership
During National Hispanic Heritage Month and throughout the year, Grantmakers for Girls of Color is committed to uplifting the power of Hispanic and Latinx girls and gender-expansive youth to create change. The wisdom and leadership of our Hispanic and Latinx girls has never been more needed. One remarkable leader we want to lift up…
Read MoreDr. Monique W. Morris’ 2018 TED Talk: Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school — and how to change that
Around the world, black girls are being pushed out of schools because of policies that target them for punishment, says author and social justice scholar Monique W. Morris. The result: countless girls are forced into unsafe futures with restricted opportunities. How can we put an end to this crisis? In an impassioned talk, Morris uncovers…
Read MoreChecking back in our COVID-19 Office Space Survey (Deadline for updated responses: September 25, 2020)
In May, we sent a survey out to the G4GC network in an effort to learn more about how COVID-19 would impact office and work space for organizations leading the work to support girls of color and gender expansive youth of color. In the last few months, we’ve all learned more about the coronavirus, how…
Read MoreWhat We’ve Been Up To
We’ve been busy. Our mission and our calling is to grow Grantmakers for Girls of Color as a philanthropic home to cultivate investments and philanthropic resources so that all girls of color can achieve equity and justice. Given the breadth of everything our girls are facing, and how much we need to support their wisdom…
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