The Action Center on Race and the Economy supports racial, economic, and environmental justice organizations with strategic planning and advocacy coordination on political campaigns. The Action Center also leads campaigns to spotlight the political influence that corporate and financial profiteers wield as they erode the basic racial and economic rights of communities of color.
Program Area: Public Square
University of Oregon Foundation
Gather is a project that supports community-minded journalists and other engagement professionals through an online platform that’s a hub for critical tools, resources, and conversations for journalists.
Borealis Philanthropy
The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ) seeks to strengthen a future where communities of color are powerful. They do this by nourishing and building up the capacity and sustainability of both news organizations and journalism ecosystem partners led by people of color.
Foundation for Minority Interests In Media Inc.
The Emma Bowen Foundation helps place students of color in a variety of media outlets across the U.S. to increase the diversity of newsrooms. They provide early career support for journalists of color, and track the retention of their fellows in the industry over time.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law activates the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy, advocacy and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.
Colorado Media Project
The Colorado Media Project, a fiscally sponsored project of the Rose Community Foundation, supports people and organizations working to build a more connected, collaborative and sustainable local news and information ecosystem in Colorado.
Public Knowledge
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. They work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.
Charlottesville Tomorrow
Charlottesville Tomorrow is a community-driven, socially conscious news organization. They serve their neighbors by connecting them to each other and to the issues that affect them most.
Bold Impact
Be Bold Media is a global strategy and innovation agency that works with leaders and organizations on transformation initiatives, inclusive innovation, and movement-building. They believe technology, data, and media can help tackle the biggest social issues of our time.
Morgan State University Foundation Incorporated
The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University trains new cadres of black journalists through fellowships, runs Social Justice Reporting Collaboratives between students at Morgan State and other journalism institutions, and produces research on the needs of black communities residing in news deserts or facing otherwise biased or insufficient news.