We are thrilled to share that G4GC President/CEO Dr. Monique Couvson is featured on TIME’s 2025 list of ‘The Closers’! A list of Black leaders working to end the racial equity gap. In the TIME article with the headline ‘Monique Couvson Wants Society to Better Understand Black Girls,’ she expresses the importance of young people…
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The Takeaway: Gender Affirmation and Intergenerational Conversations
A Facebook Live conversation November 5, 2021 Hosted by The Takeaway’s Melissa Harris-Perry, this Facebook Live conversation featured Dr. Monique W. Morris, President and CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, Bré Rivera, Program Officer at Black Trans Fund, and Imara Jones, journalist/founder of TransLash Media. The panel discussed strategies and resources for young people…
Read MoreInside Philanthropy: How Philanthropy Can Follow the Lead of Girls of Color
Inside Philanthropy / Julian Leshay / Shutterstock How Philanthropy Can Follow the Lead of Girls of Color Oct 9, 2021 My family has always been philanthropic—from my grandparents hosting everyone on holidays, to volunteering with our church for back-to-school fairs and holiday drives, to the ways we show up for each other in both celebration…
Read MoreThe Takeaway: The Importance of Mentoring for Black Girls
Sep 30, 2021 Susan L. Taylor founder and CEO of the National Cares Mentoring Movement and Dr. Monique Morris, CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, joined me to discuss the importance of mentoring young Black girls at the individual level and at the community level to provide the proper foundation for them to succeed….
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 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 MoreYouth Today, Maheen Kaleem is New Deputy Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color
Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) recently announced Maheen Kaleem as its new deputy director. Kaleem arrives at G4GC from the NoVo Foundation, where she worked as a program officer leading the foundation’s efforts to curb violence against girls and women. She managed a grantmaking portfolio focused on ending commercial sexual exploitation and spearheaded the…
Read MoreInside Philanthropy: Staffing Up and Moving Money, Grantmakers for Girls of Color Charts a New Course
Inside Philanthropy, July 15, 2010. Girls of color face a variety of hurdles in the United States and around the world, but they receive a minuscule portion of philanthropic support—recently found to be less than 1%. Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) aims to remedy this imbalance. The five-year-old philanthropic network and resource recently…
Read MoreEssence: COVID-19 Highlights The Harsh Reality Facing Black Girls, Girls Of Color (OpEd by Monique W. Morris, , Ed.D.)
By Monique W. Morris, , Ed.D., Published in ESSENCE, May 19, 2020 NOW IS THE TIME TO RE-EXAMINE OUR HEALTH CARE AND HEALING SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE THEY NEED. Skylar Herbert, 5, liked to jump in her mother’s arms…
Read MoreCOLORLINES: Grantmakers for Girls of Color Offers Youth $1 Million in Funding
“The Love is Healing fund seeks to support coalitions and organizations that have been fighting historical inequities and the marginalization of girls of color well before COVID-19,” says executive director, Monique W. Morris. To address COVID-19’s impact on “girls, fem(mes), and nonbinary/gender expansive youth of color,” Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) recently launched a…
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