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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 Edward W. Hazen Foundation has a new mission and a new 2010 -2014 strategic plan, focused on organizing and racial justice. Please visit our Resources page, or download the summary of our new grantmaking strategy here, to learn more.

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

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Restorative Justice stops fights, keeps kids in school

Thursday March 04, 2010

Padres Unidos has staged rallies and protests to push Denver Public Schools to change its discipline policy over the years away from "zero tolerance."

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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.