Grant Maker Bolsters Human Connection as a Way to Take on Polarization
Lily-Anne Trainor
One of Einhorn’s early relationship building grants was a $50 million award to establish Engaged Cornell, an effort that brings undergraduates together for community service.
More than a year of lockdown has taught many Americans about the importance of social distancing and the effects of vaccines. But perhaps the biggest lessons are about people we’ve held close and those whose company we miss, says Jenn Hoos Rothberg, executive director of the Einhorn Collaborative.
The need for human connection drives a new strategy that the philanthropy, founded by hedge-fund manager David Einhorn, introduced late last year. In collaboration with other foundations, it is creating a $100 million fund to support nonprofits that help people who are dug in on opposite sides of an issue see the humanity in their counterparts.
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In the Trump era, news and poll aggregation website RealClearPolitics took a rightward, aggressively pro-Trump turn, according to
The New York Times.
As it did so, its funding from ideological, right-wing foundations increased considerably.
The result? Real Clear became one of the most prominent platforms for elevating unverified and reckless stories about the president s political opponents, through a mix of its own content and articles from across conservative media, per
The Times.
During that time, RealClearPolitics owner, RealClear Media, secretly operated a far-right website and a connected Facebook page that churned out racist and pro-Trump memes.
The publication s nonprofit, the Real Clear Foundation, funds its investigative stories, some of which have been so unsubstantiated or so ethically concerning that other outlets, including conservative ones, and social media giant Facebook steered clear.
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Few things are sadder than witnessing a person lose hope.
Hope is the belief that tomorrow will be better than today. It’s the chance to rebuild, to create a future that is not defined by the past. For the
650,000 people released from prison each year (more than 12,000 each week), hope is short-lived without opportunity.
Former inmates face a 27% unemployment rate, higher than the total unemployment rate at any point in U.S. history, including the Great Depression. In the first year after release, only
These are not just statistics. These are single mothers, teenagers, veterans, and recovering addicts. They have made mistakes and are working toward redemption. They want to become productive members of society, but nobody will give them a chance.