Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE)
ABFE’s mission is to encourage increased grantmaking to address social, economic and educational issues facing Black communities and to strengthen the effectiveness of professionals in the grantmaking arena who support Black communities. www.abfe.org
Echoing Green
Echoing Green provides first-stage funding and support to visionary leaders with bold ideas for social change. As an angel investor in the social sector, Echoing Green identifies, funds and supports the world’s most exceptional emerging leaders and the organizations they launch. Through a two-year fellowship program, Echoing Green helps passionate social entrepreneurs develop new solutions to some of society’s most difficult problems. These social entrepreneurs and their organizations work to address deeply rooted social, economic and political inequities to ensure equal access and help all individuals reach their potential. www.echoinggreen.org
Generation Schools
Generation Schools is dedicated to whole-school and systemic innovation in urban education. Their work fundamentally restructures a school’s existing resources, particularly human capital and time. The result: a successful public school model that cuts core class size in half for all students and offers a 200-day year without increasing the teacher work year or increasing school costs. www.generationschools.org
Hispanics in Philanthropy-Funders Collaborative
Hispanics in Philanthropy is transnational network of funders, academics, community leaders, business people and government officials committed to strengthening the capacity of the Latino non-profit sector across the United States and Latin America. HIP’s mission is threefold: to increase investments in Latino communities, to increase Latino participation and leadership in philanthropy and to foster policy change through philanthropy to enhance equity and inclusiveness. The award-winning HIP Funders’ Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities brings together foundation, corporate, government and individual dollars to provide grants and technical assistance to Latino non-profits. www.hiponline.org
Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO)
Workshop in Business Opportunities provides programs, training and support for emerging entrepreneurs in underserved communities. WIBO programs enable small-business owners to obtain financial success by starting, operating and building successful businesses that develop economic power, provide jobs and improve communities. www.wibo.org
Year Up
Year Up is a one-year intensive education and apprenticeship program for urban young adults ages 18 to 24. The organization currently operates in Boston, Providence, Washington D.C., Atlanta and San Francisco. Year Up’s high-support, high expectation model combines marketable job skills, stipends, apprenticeships, college credit and several levels of support to place these young adults in a viable path to economic self-sufficiency. www.yearup.org