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Jul 23, 2020

The Long and the Short of Emergency Cash Grants

Philanthropy Roundtable highlights Family Independence Initiative as one of the more effective strategies for moving financial resources quickly to those who need them.

Media

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.

Voices

Jun 5, 2020

Unshackling the potential of every American in the wake of George Floyd killing

The tragic death of George Floyd & so many other Black Americans underscores the longstanding problem of systemic injustice. Jim Shelton shares his visions for rebuilding an equitable future & unleashing potential for all Americans with CNBC.

Voices

Jun 5, 2020

We Must Invest in Systems that Close Inequity Gaps

In an interview with CNBC, Jim Shelton discusses how Blue Meridian pools funds and invests in problems at scale in order to increase economic mobility, giving every Americans the opportunity to earn more than the generation before them.

Updates

May 21, 2020

Accelerating Blue Meridian’s Emergency Response to COVID-19

To accelerate our response to the current crisis, Blue Meridian has mobilized to pay out over $90 million in grants to organizations providing relief through two major avenues: direct cash assistance and increased access to public benefits.