(Image, from left to right: Speaker-Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, Dr. Monique Couvson, G4GC President & CEO and author of “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, Rebecca Amadi, Federal Policy Manager at GLSEN., Fatima Goss…
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Black Girl Freedom Week highlights hot-button issues
Black Girl Freedom Week (BGFW) is in its fourth year of spreading awareness on topics pertinent to the lives of Black girls while continuing its overall mission to mobilize the financial support needed to protect their futures. As the 2024 election season heats up, BGFW is hosting a weeklong series from Feb. 12-18, complete with…
Read MoreBlack Girl Freedom Week Seeks to Amplify Underrepresented Voices
On February 12, the fourth annual Black Girl Freedom Week begins. The week of virtual events hosted by the #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign and the Black Girl Freedom Fund are all part of efforts to address the underinvestment in Black girls and gender-expansive youth by intentionally mobilizing a $1 billion investment in these groups by 2030. To…
Read MoreWe are in solidarity with the movement to end violence against girls, women, and relatives.
Today I invite you to recognize the National Day of Action, and learn about the projects some of our grantee partners are leading.
Read MoreWhen Black Girls Are Free – Celebrating Two Years of Black Girl Freedom Fund and #1Billion4BlackGirls Campaign
WHEN BLACK GIRLS ARE FREE – CELEBRATING TWO YEARS OF BLACK GIRL FREEDOM FUND AND #1BILLION4BLACKGIRLS CAMPAIGN Dear community, We are thrilled to be celebrating two years of Black Girl Freedom Fund (BGFF) and the impact we have contributed to the #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign. Black girls deserve to be safe, and free, to grow up healthy…
Read MoreGoldman Sachs One Million Black Women invests $500,000 in the Future Economy Lab: Abundantly Investing in Girls* of Color
In partnership with girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of Color, the project will create new financial tools to drive investments into communities of Color NEW YORK —Aug. 1— The Future Economy Lab: Abundantly Investing in Girls, Femmes, and gender-expansive Youth of Color, a joint lab between Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) and SecondMuse Capital,…
Read MoreUKG funds G4GC grantee partners through Close the Gap Initiative
Dear Community, Grantmakers for Girls of Color is excited to have been selected as one of four grant recipients for UKG’s Close the Gap Initiative — a campaign to drive awareness and action to resolve pay disparities between men, women and underrepresented groups. This partnership enables us to directly support seven organizations working to increase…
Read MoreAnnouncing our BGFF grantees
Dear community, G4GC’s Black Girl* Freedom Fund (BGFF) is thrilled to announce our second round of grantees! In this round of grants, we’ve invested over $4 million in 68 organizations from across 23 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico that focus on the leadership and organizing capacity of Black girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth. Our…
Read MoreGrantmakers for Girls of Color’s Call for the Philanthropy Sector
GRANTMAKERS FOR GIRLS OF COLOR’S CALL FOR THE PHILANTHROPY SECTOR March 24, 2022 Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) strives to create a philanthropic home for girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color, many of whom have been traditionally excluded from the philanthropy sector. A sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, G4GC was first founded as…
Read MoreThe Chronicle of Philanthropy: Let’s Celebrate Black Women After Black History Month Ends by Giving Them More Funding
THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY: LET’S CELEBRATE BLACK WOMEN AFTER BLACK HISTORY MONTH ENDS BY GIVING THEM MORE FUNDING March 11, 2022 As another Black History Month wraps up, we need to take stock of what has actually been accomplished during this annual event — especially when it comes to supporting Black women. Report after report…
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