The mission is to create equity by working with those affected and inspiring everyone to end racism and poverty. This organization is committed to combating White Supremacist, sexist, xenophobic, and homophobic actions and language, aiming to replace hatred with love and action, divisiveness with community-building and inclusion, and ignorance with education and support.
The Equity Program Grants focus on advancing educational equity by supporting work in anti-racism curriculum, teacher training, equitable early childhood education, school climate, school financing, and recruiting teachers of color. The program also supports efforts to address broader social determinants linked to education, such as criminal justice, economic justice, health equity, housing equity, and immigration justice. The fund has revised its Program Focus Areas to prioritize grantees working to transform key systems through building community power and disrupting institutional inequity, indicating a strategic emphasis on systemic change in education and related areas. Grant decisions are made twice a year, with specific criteria guiding the selection process and levels of support provided to successful applicants.