Media

In this article written by our President and CEO, Dr. Carmen Rojas suggests that the next step for philanthropy (at MCF and across the sector) is hyper-focusing on moving money to create a terrain that is more fair for organizers, activists, and scholars to fight for a representative multiracial democracy.

Join our President and CEO, Dr. Carmen Rojas, in a discussion with Anasa Troutman (Founder and CEO of The Big We), facilitated by Taj James (Full Spectrum Capital Partners). This discussion is about different ways the public and private integrated-capital is being returned to the communities that have been hit with economic hardships the most.

In ioby's 2022 celebration of civic leadership, join Dr. Carmen Rojas in a keynote conversation and Q&A session with fellow leaders in philanthropy, policy, community leadership, and civic innovation. Following the conversation will be breakout groups featuring powerful (ioby) project leaders from across the country.

Inside Philanthropy features an article about Marguerite Casey Foundation's recent efforts to bridge social justice scholarship and social movements, including the Freedom Scholars Initiative.

Dr. Carmen Rojas is quoted in this NBC coverage of the Raizado Festival in Aspen, an area in which The Aspen Ideas Festival has historically been the epicenter of conferences but has not reflected its surrounding Latino community.

Nonprofit Quarterly breaks down the history and practice of abolition feminism, framed around our event with Seattle Arts & Lectures on Abolition. Feminism. Now. which is featured as part of the MCF Book Club's Reading for a Liberated Future series.

In this op-ed, President & CEO Dr. Carmen Rojas details how philanthropies and its leaders can actively invest in the efforts to protect our democracy.

Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) announced a new Investment Policy Statement (IPS) established to ensure the management of its assets aligns with the Foundation’s racial equity goals and objectives.

Marguerite Casey Foundation, Kaepernick Publishing, and Haymarket Books, partner up together to release, "Our History Has Always Been Contraband", a book in defense of Black studies. This book will be composed of writings from various scholars and thinkers of the Black radical tradition.

Marguerite Casey Foundation names Ian Fuller as Board Chair and appoints Megan Ming Francis to the board.

Marguerite Casey Foundation announces its Class of 2022 Freedom Scholars.

Investment Will Support Leaders, Researchers and Publishers Committed to Shifting Balance of Power in Our Communities

The press release covers how signatories, including leaders at the Marguerite Casey Foundation, are calling on major asset owners to align their proxy voting with matters concerning racial equity and justice.

Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) and Group Health Foundation (GHF) announce the recipients of the $1.5 million Freedom Scholars Awards for 2021, which will support six leading thinkers and scholars whose work can help transform our economy and our society for the better.