Topic: Race & Social Justice

A story recounting many accusations, from rigged elections to the meddling of big private money in grassroots organizing.

Applying a vast fortune to the American race problem, but with decades of false assumptions and well-intended approaches that fell short.

Moving scholarship by and about women from margin to center.

A foundation’s early criticism of the all-male conference panel, before #nomoremanels

How did a US foundation manage to work under apartheid?

The global conversation about women’s issues takes a big step forward.

How philanthropy helped carve out a public space for the expression of race, culture, and critical perspectives.

A foundation struggled to make one of America’s oldest youth organizations more racially inclusive. But it only got so far under Jim Crow.

How a foundation provided the final ingredient to an era-defining novel.

The inside story of the study that first questioned binary sexuality and spurred outcry and controversy.