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Jul 22, 2020
Here’s how Bank of America is trying to improve economic opportunity in Charlotte
The Charlotte Observer highlights how a partnership between Charlotte-based Bank of America and Blue Meridian investee Year Up is boosting economic mobility in the city.
Media
Jul 21, 2020
Latest Effort to “Decolonize Wealth” Moves Cash to Hard-Hit Native Communities
Inside Philanthropy explains how direct cash transfer programs – such as the Native American Community Response Fund, a program of Decolonizing Wealth – are supporting disproportionately impacted Native American communities across the country.
Media
Jul 21, 2020
‘It really helps’: This program gives cash amid coronavirus to formerly incarcerated in New Orleans
A local New Orleans news outlet reports on how the Center for Employment Opportunity’s Returning Citizen Stimulus is supporting formerly incarcerated New Orleanians who are returning home in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Media
Jul 15, 2020
‘I am the future’: During COVID-19, low-income students fight to defy college dropout stats
USA Today reports on the heightened barriers to graduation for low-income college students during COVID-19 and highlights College Possible as an organization working to overcome those barriers.
Media
Jul 7, 2020
Year Up’s Shift To Virtual Operations
Forbes reports on how Year Up provided necessary supplies, financial assistance, and other support to students and interns during the transition to remote learning.
Media
Jun 10, 2020
Child Care and Early Education Providers Are in Crisis. How Are Funders Responding?
Inside Philanthropy shares how philanthropic funding is filling child care and early education gaps across the US and cites Blue Meridian’s support for Waterford UPSTART as an example.
Media
May 15, 2020
A New Normal? Amid COVID-19, Criminal Justice Reform Funders Dare to Hope
Inside Philanthropy reports on how the Justice and Mobility Fund - a philanthropic collaboration which includes Blue Meridian Partners - is making investments to support recently incarcerated individuals in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.
Media
May 13, 2020
Domestic workers face significant hurdles during COVID-19
The American Independent highlights the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on domestic workers, and the importance of programs like National Domestic Workers Alliance which supports this population .
Media
Apr 30, 2020
‘Bail Disruptors’ Work to Curve COVID-19 Crisis in Jails
The Bail Project is working tireless to free legally innocent individuals from detention in jail where risk of exposure to COVID-19 is substantial.
Media
Apr 23, 2020
Giving Cash to the Neediest Becomes Newly Popular With Wealthy Donors and Foundations
The Chronicle of Philanthropy details how direct cash assistance is critical to aide vulnerable families affected by the current crisis and how funders like Blue Meridian have pivoted to support organizations who provide cash transfers.