Deadline: 11-Jul-25
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation is accepting applications for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Giving Circle Program.
The DE&I Giving Circle is committed to social justice and anti-racism.
- While diversity refers to all the ways in which people differ, this Giving Circle will focus on people of color and ways to change systems that perpetuate racism.
- Equity means receiving what one needs to succeed in terms of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement regardless of cultural, racial, or socioeconomic status. While equality gives everyone the same rights/activities, equity gives individualized support so that all people can access and participate in those rights/activities.
- Inclusion is the act of creating environments in which any individual or group is safe, respected, supported, and valued as full participants.
Focus
- The Giving Circle will prioritize grantees that:
- Address root cause issues of inequity
- Support efforts to reduce the racial wealth gap (promoting minority entrepreneurs and access to high quality education opportunities)
- Cultivate and support minority leadership
- Bolster minority non-profit capacity building
- Improve health outcomes for minorities (for example, access to fresh food and mental health programs)
- Promote criminal justice reform (eliminating biases and promoting restorative justice efforts)
Geographic Focus
- Excellent ideas and programs regardless of location in the United States
Eligibility Criteria
- Types of Organizations/Projects
- Community-driven organizations working with the understanding that the people most affected by problems need to be involved in the solutions and in decision-making positions
- Overall organizational budgets in the low to mid six figures or projects within larger organizations which have smaller budgets
- They will consider innovative, pilot projects of larger organizations that aren’t well-funded but show promising early results
For more information, visit Roy A. Hunt Foundation.