The Weingart Foundation partners with communities across Southern California to advance racial, social, and economic justice for all.
Of Special Interest
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NEW: Grant Opportunity—Disability Inclusion Fund
NEW: U.O.S. Grantmaking - Interview with Joanna Jackson, V.P. Programs
Standing Together for a Just and Inclusive California
LA Regional COVID-19 Recovery Fund: Grants Available
How Race, Class, and Place Fuel a Pandemic
Committee for Greater L.A.’s No Going Back Report Calls for Sweeping Systemic Change
September 11, 2020
In a groundbreaking report issued this week, No Going Back: Together for an Equitable and Inclusive Los Angeles, the Committee for Greater L.A. is proposing a sweeping regional agenda for systems change. Rooted in new data and analysis, the report attacks systemic racism at the root—identifying the policies and institutions that were designed to oppress, exclude and marginalize people of color for centuries—and lays out a roadmap for transformation centered in racial equity. Funded by philanthropy, the independent No Going Back report contains critically important data and context about how COVID lifted the veil of structural racism in Los Angeles; guiding principles to reinvent and reimagine a more equitable L.A.; and a policy blueprint for system change. Please click here to read the report and join us in making the #NoGoingBackLA promise, a pledge to build a more inclusive and equitable Los Angeles together.
Fred Ali, President & CEO:
Announcing the Weingart Foundation’s F.Y. 2021 Program Plan
July 21, 2020
Fred Ali
In August 2020, I will begin my 22nd year as the President of the Weingart Foundation—and the work has never been harder.
Simply stated, we had too much inequality and injustice before the pandemic, and now we have more. COVID-19 has put deep-rooted structural racism on full display, and the disproportionate impact of the crisis on our most vulnerable and marginalized communities has been devastating.
Simultaneously, the growing and potentially transformative movements around Black lives and racial and socioeconomic justice are creating historic opportunities for change. We pledge to use our privilege, resources, and influence to address structural and systemic issues, and to deeply invest in and follow the leadership of impacted communities.
The Foundation’s immediate response to the pandemic focused on providing emergency response funding, providing direct assistance to individuals. In the current fiscal year, which started July 1, we will focus on nonprofits’ longer-term needs.
Our F.Y. 2021 Program Plan outlines our goal to distribute over $20 million in Unrestricted Operating Support grants to core partners in order to help them maintain and strengthen capacity and—most importantly—to build power. To read more, click here.