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The Next Test of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Race-Based Foundation Grants

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By Alex Daniels Sarah Jones for The Chronicle The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm, and its associated foundation face a lawsuit arguing that its grants targeted to Black women entrepreneurs violate civil-rights laws.

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Gates Foundation Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

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Prest Gates Archive/Brandon Hill June Yoshinari Davis will become the new chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Also, Junior Achievement USA has tapped its next leader, and Mike Geiger will step down this year as CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

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The Departing Chief of One of America's Biggest Foundations Talks Inequality, Climate Change, and Megadonors

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Larry Kramer, longtime president of the Hewlett Foundation, reflects on his early support of the fight against climate change and how grant makers can persuade other foundations to work together.

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Soros' Open Society Foundations Say Restructuring Is Complete, Pledge $400 Million for Green Jobs

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By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press NEW YORK Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press Open Society Foundations made its first new commitment after a years-long internal reorganization, pledging $400 million over eight years to support green economic development.

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HBCUs Get 178 Times Less in Foundation Grants Than Ivy League Institutions

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By Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press Jacquelyn Martin, AP A recent study found that in a single year eight Ivy League universities received $5.5 foundations compared with $45 million for the 99 historically black colleges and universities. billion from the 1,000 largest U.S.

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Ode to Chuck Feeney Sets the Tone for Gates Foundation

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By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Markus Schreiber/AP The Gates Foundation recently announced it would spend $8.6 Feeney, who died in October having given away $8 billion during his life, was an inspiration to Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett.

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Waverley Street Foundation Taps First Head of U.S. Programs

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programs at Waverley Street Foundation. Also, the Associated Press Foundation for Journalism has named its inaugural executive director, and Georgetown U.’s Prest Courtesy of Joya Banerjee Joya Banerjee will be head of U.S. s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership will install a new director in January.