New Fund for Inclusive Recovery to serve Seattle s BIPOC communities, create more equitable region By Becca Savransky, SeattlePI © Gregory Bull
A new effort is being launched in Seattle to direct funds to BIPOC communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic over the past year.
The initiative called the Fund for Inclusive Recovery is a pooled fund created by the Seattle Foundation and partner funders with a goal to raise $50 million over the next five years. The funds will go toward BIPOC organizations, communities and movements and aim to bring the region together to address the widening inequities placed on BIPOC community members, the Seattle Foundation said in a news release.
New Fund for Inclusive Recovery to serve Seattle s BIPOC communities, create more equitable region
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New Initiative Will Drive Investments To Black, Indigenous, And Communities Of Color In The Greater Seattle Region
The Fund for Inclusive Recovery will take actionable steps toward an inclusive recovery from COVID-19
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SEATTLE, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A coalition of funders is announcing a new, pooled fund that will drive investments to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led and -rooted organizations, coalitions, and movements as a pathway for inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fund for Inclusive Recovery aims to raise $50 million over the next five years.
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Tony Mestres will leave the Seattle Foundation in May to join Truveta.
Tony Mestres, a former Microsoft vice president who has been president and CEO of the Seattle Foundation for seven years, will leave the position in May to become president of Truveta, the health data startup led by former Microsoft Windows chief Terry Myerson as CEO.
David Bley, a Seattle Foundation board member who was previously Pacific Northwest director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will become interim CEO of the nonprofit community foundation while it searches for a permanent replacement.
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