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2022 News
Update from The Weingart Foundation December 2022
New Leadership Brings New Opportunities; 10 Ideas for Fixing Los Angeles; New Report Finds Significant High Levels of Burnout, Mental Health and Financial Challenges Amongst Staff in Immigrant Rights Movement
Read Our F.Y. 2022 Annual Report
We’re delighted to share with you our F.Y. 2022 annual report highlighting our partnership with frontline community leaders, funder colleagues, and cross-sector collaboratives in addressing structural racism throughout Southern California.
An Open Letter Regarding Los Angeles City Council Members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo from Latino Civic Leaders
We write today in our personal capacity as Latino civic leaders and Angelenos who believe in a just, equitable and inclusive Los Angeles for all. The hateful, racist, and divisive comments heard in the recording released this weekend have no place in public or behind closed doors.
The Weingart Foundation Awards Over $13.5M to Nonprofits Advancing Racial Justice
The Weingart Foundation awarded 54 grants totaling over $13.5 million to organizations providing critical services to communities most impacted by systemic racism, advancing racial equity, and building power in historically disinvested neighborhoods.
Update from The Weingart Foundation
Feedback from Our Grant Partners: 2021 Survey Findings & New: Read Program Officer Anthony Ng’s Perspective Piece “Rolling Back Progress: Why SCOTUS Decisions Matter”
Meet Our New Program Officer, Anthony Ng and Join Us for the Immigration Summit (June 1 – 2)
We are excited to see Anthony continue this work in social justice as our new program officer for special projects and communication, where he focuses on our areas of special interest including immigrant/refugee integration and rights, housing justice, and strengthening nonprofit effectiveness.
Weingart March Round of Funding & Invitation to Meet L.A. Candidates
The Weingart Foundation Awards Over $14 Million to Organizations Committed to Advancing Racial Justice & The Weingart Foundation is Proud to Support the Committee for Greater LA’s Voter Education Initiative
2021 News
December 2021 News
Weingart Foundation Announces $8 Million in New Racial Justice Grants and Impact Investments
November 2021 News
Five Key Learnings from Listening to Frontline Organizations & People of Color on Boards: Beyond the Numbers
October 2021 News
Nonprofit Spotlight: The Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
September 2021 News
The Weingart Foundation is proud to announce our first round of grants and impact investments for fiscal year 2022.
August 26, 2021 News
Ending Anti-Black Racism in LA: A New Report and Action Plan from the Committee for Greater L.A.
June 2021 News
Paying Nonprofits Fairly—Q&A with Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Black Equity Initiative of the Inland Empire—Nonprofit Spotlight and Investing in Latinx and Diverse Tech Entrepreneurs
April 2021 News
Message From Miguel A. Santana, President & C.E.O.: Reflection, Announcing the 2021 John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows, Los Angeles Must Commit to an Equitable Recovery and Private Equity Impact Investing for Supportive Housing
March 2021 News
Expanding Vaccinations in Impacted Communities of Color, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities – Nonprofit Spotlight & Staff Leadership
January 2021 News
Message from Fred Ali, President & C.E.O.: With Gratitude and Thoughts for the Future & Q&A with Two John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows
2020 News
November 2020 News
A Conversation with Fred Ali and Miguel A. Santana, the Weingart Foundation’s Incoming President and C.E.O.
October 2020 News
Applications Now Being Accepted for the 2021 John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows Program
September 29, 2020 News
President and C.E.O. Fred Ali to Step Down from the Weingart Foundation
September 24, 2020 News
Justice for Breonna Taylor
September 11, 2020 News
Committee for Greater L.A.’s No Going Back Report Calls for Sweeping Systemic Change & Help Communities Access Federal Relief Dollars by Oct. 15, 2020
August 2020 News
Announcing $4.2 million in new Unrestricted Operating Support grants
July 21, 2020 News
Message from Fred Ali, President & CEO: Announcing the Weingart Foundation’s F.Y. 2021 Program Plan
July 9, 2020 News
Standing Together for a Just and Inclusive California: An Open Letter from California Philanthropic Organizations
June 1, 2020 News
Fred Ali, President & CEO, and Joanna Jackson, Vice President, Programs: Silence is Betrayal
May 29, 2020 News
Time-Limited Opportunity for Paycheck Protection Program & CRF Application for Paycheck Protection Program
May 28, 2020 News
Unrestricted Operating Support Will Help Nonprofits Weather the COVID-19 Crisis
May 11, 2020 News
Committee for a Greater Los Angeles Will Inform COVID-19 Response and Recovery
April 14, 2020 News
Unrestricted Operating Support Will Help Nonprofits Weather the COVID-19 Crisis
March 31, 2020 News
COVID-19 Response: Important Changes to the Unrestricted Operating Support Program
March 18, 2020 News
COVID-19 Grantmaking Announcement
February 2020 News
New Catalyst for Community Development Investing, The 2020 Census is Around the Corner & Q & A with Vera de Vera, Director of Leadership for Movements: “Beyond the Grant”
2019 News
November 2019 News
Shared Space LA & Upcoming Webinars
October 2019 News
Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy, Board News & Staff Leadership
August 2019 News
Protecting Immigrant Families – Final Public Charge Rule, Announcing the John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows & Upcoming Webinar
June 18, 2019 News
Weingart Foundation Tightens Criteria for Unrestricted Grants, Full Cost Funding: Foundations Have Yet to Move from Theory to Practice & Grantees Rate the Work of the Foundation
June 2019 News
Announcing Youth Organizing Capacity Building Initiative Grantees, Q&A with Joyce Ybarra, Director of Learning: The Case for Unrestricted Operating Support & Weingart Foundation Aligns Investments with Social Justice Mission
April 2019 News
Announcing the John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows
Pilot Program
March 2019 News
Message from Joanna Jackson, Vice President, Grant Operations
Are Nonprofits Prepared for a Possible Recession?, Be Counted, California! & LA County Explores Indirect Cost Negotiations