Threewalls Announces 2022 RaD Lab+Outside the Walls Fellows
THREEWALLS ANNOUNCES 2022 RAD LAB+OUTSIDE THE WALLS FELLOWS Five ALAANA-Identified Artists Receive Research Support for Racial Justice Work Artists Will Receive $400,000 to Support Five…
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Historically, artists, culture-bearers, designers, and media-makers of color have been at the forefront of innovation and social justice movements. However, artists of color face the greatest…
Mass Decarceration and COVID-19
How can we meet this moment? We must begin by solving the crisis of imagination. In this Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Deanna Van Buren, co-founder and design director of Designing…
Building an Inclusive Economy by Supporting Entrepreneurs of Color
Surdna has committed $100 million and deployed over $50 million in impact investments thus far to build a more inclusive economy. Our investments include supporting entrepreneurs of color so they…
NY Small Business Funders Collective Moves $500,000 to Local Entrepreneurs
In 2023, the NY Small Business Funders Collective awarded planning grants to five collaborative initiatives across the New York City area to support the development of innovative initiatives that…
Lincoln Mondy Appointed Program Officer, Andrus Family Fund
The Andrus Family Fund (AFF), a program of the Surdna Foundation, today announced the appointment of Lincoln Mondy as Program Officer, starting August 2023. Lincoln will help guide a $5…
The Visionary Freedom Fund Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients
Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System NEW YORK — The Visionary Freedom Fund (VFF) today announced its inaugural cohort of grant recipients,…
Risks for the Future We Want
How can philanthropists learn from protesters and reimagine the formula for making change on racial justice? In this Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Mekaelia Davis, director of…
Listen: Surdna’s Don Chen on Mobilizing Resources and Redefining Risk
In this podcast, Surdna President Don Chen and ImpactAlpha Editor David Bank discuss Surdna's early response to the pandemic, the foundation's increase in grantmaking for racial justice, mission…
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Ideas are only as good as the audiences they reach. We partner with artists, culture-bearers, designers, and media makers of color to create narratives with organizers, movement leaders and…