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The Edward W. Hazen Foundation, a private foundation established in 1925, is committed to supporting organizing and leadership of young people and communities of color in dismantling structural inequity based on race and class.

THE HAZEN FOUNDATION NO LONGER ACCEPTS UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS OR LETTERS OF INQUIRY; INSTEAD THE FOUNDATION WILL BI-ANNUALLY ISSUE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND CALLS FOR LETTERS OF INQUIRY

The Hazen Foundation announces over $1.74 million in grants made to community organizations and youth organizing groups in 2008. Please visit our grantslist to view recent grants or our Resources page to download previous years grantlists.

Download transcripts from Hazen's 2009 Teleconference on Youth Organizing: A Teleconference with Shawn Ginwright

The Edward W. Hazen Foundation is pleased to announce new Trustees and Board Chair

Click here to read news from Hazen Foundation Grantees for the Fall 2009

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Southern Schools Mark Two Majorities

Wednesday January 06, 2010

The South has become the first region in the country where more than half of public school students are poor and more than half are members of minorities, according to a new report.

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Teachers face mass layoffs as stimulus runs out

Tuesday December 22, 2009

Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend with when that money runs out, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Monday.

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School Grades Reflect Persistent Disparity

Tuesday November 17, 2009

Over the last three years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.