A year ago, the Meyer Foundation announced the Fund for Black-led Change. In 2021, we’ve been able to make initial awards to a total of 17 Black-led organizations in the Greater Washington area.

We are thrilled to formally (re-)introduce Meyer Foundation’s interim CEO, Janice Thomas! In her role, Janice works with the board and staff in setting and leading the strategic direction of the Foundation. What most excites Janice about her role as interim CEO? “The opportunity to step into the Foundation’s programmatic work.”

We’re excited to share news about recent staff promotions and to announce the appointment of Faith P. Leach and Diego Uriburu to our board!

The Meyer Foundation is proud to be a member of Resourcing Radical Justice, a funders collective centering Black liberation as the path to a thriving Greater Washington region.

Today, we are announcing the Fund for Black-led Change, a $20 million commitment of core support to Black-led organizations in the Greater Washington region that are building power, advancing permanently organized communities, and transforming systems toward liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

Our Grants Director and PEAK Grantmaking Board Member, Jane Robinson Ward, was recently invited to serve as co-guest editor of the PEAK Grantmaking Journal’s Fall 2020 issue, focused on reimagining grantmaking.

Organizers, advocates, and the philanthropies that aim to support them are faced with difficult choices when the needs and injustices around us are so many, so deep, and so crucial. Do you…

There is often outcry about the Black Lives Matter Movement and it’s perceived preoccupation with state violence over intracommunity violence that causes so much death and pain in our communities. There are a few myths that need to be debunked in this conversation…

Our community partners and grantee partners inspire us every day. In the midst of a global pandemic, ongoing racial injustice and unrest, along with general economic uncertainty for many, our partners have only leaned in closer to uncover the opportunities that could emerge out of these crises and to amplify the voices of the people, to make their demands heard.

White people, we have work to do. I have work to do.