The Joyce Foundation invests in policies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region.
Donor Name: The Joyce Foundation
State: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/01/2022
Details:
The Joyce Foundation seeks through its grantmaking to improve public policy in, and for the benefit of residents in, the Great Lakes region.
Through its grantmaking and other policy-focused efforts, the Foundation seeks to:
- Racial Equity: Incorporate the voices of, and achieve more equitable outcomes for, Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities in the Great Lakes region.
- Economic Mobility: Improve the ability of individuals in the Great Lakes region to move up the economic ladder within a lifetime or from one generation to the next.
- Next Generation: Incorporate the voices of, and improve outcomes for, the next generation of Great Lakes residents, defined as young people born after 2000.
Foundation grantees help improve public policy through a range of efforts detailed on the Foundation’s Policy Continuum. Those efforts include:
- research and analysis;
- policy development;
- communications, media outreach and public engagement strategy;
- policy advocacy;
- coalition and constituency building and grass-roots organizing;
- implementation and enforcement; and
- evaluation
The Foundation funds
- Culture
- Democracy
- Education & Economic Mobility
- Environment
- Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform
- Journalism.
For more information, visit The Joyce Foundation.
