Tag: Philanthropy
Copeland, Ingram among winners of Blues Music Awards
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Singer Shemekia Copeland and guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram are among this year's top winners at the Blues Music Awards.
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Donations strengthen California police accountability work
Roger Brown, 33, a Black Fresno rapper and mentor, was driving home from a candlelight vigil in March when he noticed a police car...
23 writers nationwide will serve as Poets Laureate Fellows
NEW YORK — From Charleston, South Carolina, to San Mateo County in California, poets from around the country have been chosen to serve as...
Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children
News about the police killing of George Floyd was everywhere. Officials at the Berkeley, Calif., school, where Perfecta Oxholm’s son attended kindergarten last year,...
Foundation gifts $100,000 to 3 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa-based nonprofit announced Thursday it’s gifting $100,000 to each of the three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race...
A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving
One year ago, as protesters filled America's streets demanding justice after George Floyd’s murder by police, corporations and major philanthropists pledged an outpouring of...
MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings gifts extend beyond grantees
MacKenzie Scott stormed the philanthropy world last year with $5.7 billion in unrestricted donations to hundreds of charities. The seven- and eight-figure gifts were...
Party of 4? Your trail is ready. Busy parks try reservations
ST. HUBERTS, N.Y. — Nick and Matthew Golebiewski climbed to the summit of Gothics mountain in the Adirondacks with packs, water, good boots and...
Michael Jordan donates $1M to Morehouse journalism, sports
ATLANTA — Basketball great Michael Jordan and Nike's Jordan Brand are giving $1 million to Morehouse College in Atlanta to boost journalism and sports-related...
BLM’s Patrisse Cullors to step down from movement foundation
A co-founder of Black Lives Matter announced Thursday that she is stepping down as executive director of the movement's foundation following what she has...