2019 First Quarter Grant Awards

By Leslie SchoenFebruary 10, 2019February 10, 2019 Grant Awards

The Steelcase Foundation awarded seven grants to the following organizations for the Foundation’s Q1, 2019. Education Affinity Mentoring was awarded $75,000 over three years to expand its programming to recruit, train, and match more caring adult mentors with students, provide mentors with online literacy training, and implement a comprehensive, evidence-based program evaluation to gauge program…

Messy Work – Broad-based Organizing for Social Change

By Brittany DernbergerFebruary 1, 2019February 10, 2019 Foundation News

When non-profits talk about community organizing efforts, the purposes can seem vague. What does it look like to build capacity in people? How does engagement actually happen? What does system change look like, and how can it be measured? At its January 2019 board meeting, the Steelcase Foundation awarded a three-year $294,000 grant ($102,000 for…