Yield Giving Open Call
The Yield Giving Open Call was focused on elevating organizations working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. On March 19, 2024, Yield Giving and Lever for Change announced 361 awardees.
About the Open Call
In March 2023, Yield Giving launched an Open Call for community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit purpose is to advance the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles. Community-led, community-focused nonprofit organizations from across the United States and U.S. Territories were invited to apply and share the impact they have had on the abilities of individuals and families in their communities to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being.
Awardees
On March 19, 2024, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced that 361 organizations received $640 million for their work with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States.
See the AwardeesThe Open Call received 6,353 applications and initially planned for 250 awards of $1 million each. In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause, and underwent a final round of due diligence. In light of the incredible work of these organizations, as judged by their peers and external panelists, the donor team decided to expand the awardee pool and the award amount. The 279 organizations in the top tier of scores received $2 million each and the 82 organizations in the next tier received $1 million each.
This cohort of 361 outstanding teams from 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico will enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources. These community-led, community-focused organizations work in urban and rural settings, with individuals of all ages, focusing on a wide range of issues. Yet, they share a common sense of purpose: the Open Call awardees are all making positive change in their communities by reducing disparities in economic outcomes, education, health, and other critical issues.
Donors interested in learning more about the Open Call or supporting organizations making positive change in their communities should contact Dana Rice, Vice President, Philanthropy at Lever for Change.
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