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Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.

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Jul 5, 2025

Communities in Schools Helps Build Future Leaders

Investee Communities in Schools at Clover Park High helps students grow into leaders by offering mentoring and support programs.

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Jun 30, 2025

Consortium of six HBCUs launches new digital learning platform

Six HBCUs have created eHBCU, a new online platform offering degrees, certificates, and career support to make HBCU education more accessible.

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Jun 26, 2025

Foundation Feature: The Anti-Recidivism Coalition Builds Pathways to Reclaim Freedom

The NBA Foundation spotlights the Anti-Recidivism Coalition and their work uplifting justice-impacted individuals through mentorship, career development, and reentry support.

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Jun 24, 2025

PDFs are the tip of the spear for Code for America’s new AI studio

Investee Code for America creates a free AI tool that helps governments find and fix accessibility issues in PDFs on their websites.

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Jun 17, 2025

A new way to help some college students: Zero percent, no-fee loans

The Hechinger Report highlights investee Social Finance and their pay-it-forward funds that help students afford their education.

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Jun 12, 2025

Program to help CHA residents build savings, financial freedom comes to Chicago

In a new pilot, investee Compass Working Capital will help eligible families participate in a federal program that turns rent into savings.

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Jun 2, 2025

Local and National Solutions

Blue Meridian Partners believes in philanthropy’s possibility and responsibility to drive transformative, long-term social and economic mobility for all communities nationwide.

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May 30, 2025

Inside Tennessee’s foster care system

Investee Youth Villages helps Tennessee's foster youth and families amid challenges like high entry rates and instability.

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May 29, 2025

Breadth and Depth: The Importance of Investing in Solutions at National and Local Levels

Allana Jackson discusses the synergies between Blue Meridian’s nationwide scaling and place-based approaches, her personal history and professional experience which connects her to the mission, and how social sector leaders who ‘fall in love with the problem’ are successful at scaling solutions.

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May 23, 2025

Together We Lead: A New Era of HBCU Transformation

The HBCU Transformation Project is accelerating systemic improvements at HBCUs as leaders share their vision for the future.