our funders

We are grateful to the organizations below, which have generously provided financial support to the Institute and its research:

• Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Brookings Institution
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• Japanese Community Youth Council & San Francisco Human Rights Commission
• JPMorganChase Foundation
• Marguerite Casey Foundation
• National Urban League

• Omidyar Network
• Open Society Foundations
• PolicyLink
• Polk Bros. Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Robin Hood Foundation
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• The California Endowment
• The Chicago Community Trust
• The Commonwealth Fund
• The Families & Workers Fund

• The James Irvine Foundation
• The Kresge Foundation
• The Rockefeller Foundation
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Universal Music Group’s Taskforce for Meaningful Change
• Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
• WhyNot Initiative