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#1Billion4BlackGirls

#1Billion4BlackGirls

A collective effort to mobilize $1 billion for Black girls and gender-expansive youth

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Advocate feature: Celebrating #BlackGirlFreedomWeek with Joanne N. Smith & Damala Denny

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Essence feature: “Black Girl Freedom Fund Shows we need investment, and not just words, for Black girls”

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Girls United feature: “Black Girl Freedom Week Calls For Investment In Gen-Z”

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Philanthropy News Digest op-ed: “Let Black women-led funds and Black girls lead the way: Centering Black women-led funds to lead social justice efforts”

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Forbes feature: “Black Girl Freedom Fund Invests Over $4 Million In 68 Organizations, Part Of #1Billion4BlackGirls Campaign”

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Afrotech feature: Black Girl Freedom Fund Announces $4M In Grants For 68 Organizations Supporting Black Girls

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Black Enterprise feature: Grantmakers for Girls of Color’s Black Girl Freedom Fund invests over $4M in 68 organizations focused on black girls’ leadership

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Word in Black op-ed: There’s a Black Girl Funding Gap – But Black Futures Are Worth Billions

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The Root feature: “Rashida Jones, Naomi Wadler and. Rep. Ayanna Pressley Kick Off Inaugural Black Girl Freedom Week”

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The #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign is a philanthropic initiative designed to invest $1 billion in the leadership, wellbeing, and joy of Black girls and gender-expansive youth. The Black Girl Freedom Fund (BGFF) is an initiative of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, (G4GC) and leads and hosts Black Girl Freedom Week. G4GC is a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), a 501c3. The EIN number for RPA is 13-3615533.

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