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New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund Grants Additional $3 Million to Over 50 Massachusetts-Based Organizations
Disruptive funding model will advance the impact-driven missions of Black and Brown-led non-profits across the commonwealth
New Commonwealth Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants to Fight Systemic Racism
20 organizations throughout Massachusetts to receive $50,000 in one-year grants
Black and Brown Business Leaders Want to Drive a Movement to End Racial Inequities.
In this moment of racial awakening and anguish, the question on many minds is: “What can I do?” For 19 Black and brown business leaders in Boston, it was the question, too. They felt compelled to respond, and they’ve come up with a big idea: the creation of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund. If […]
New Commonwealth Fund Announces $2M in Grants to Fight Systemic Racism
Inaugural, biannual grant awards funded by $30 million raised-to-date, $681,000 from former Boston Racial Equity Fund
A Statement from the New Commonwealth Fund on Anti-Asian Racism
We, at the New Commonwealth Racial Equity & Social Justice Fund, stand in solidarity with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities across the nation, condemning the hate crimes perpetuated by systemic racism and white supremacist thinking and actions. We acknowledge that these hate crimes did not begin with COVID-19 and have existed in this country […]