Marguerite Casey Foundation

Marguerite Casey Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking foundation located in Seattle, Washington. Created in 2001 by Casey Family Programs, the foundation "exists to help low income families strengthen their voice and mobilize their communities in order to achieve a more just and equitable society for all."[1] In 2007, Marguerite Casey Foundation was 20th on the Foundation Center's list of the "Top 50 U.S. Foundations Awarding Grants for Civil Rights and Social Action."[2] The foundation was also ranked 9th among foundations in the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy "Criteria for Philanthropy at its Best" in terms of Support for Marginalized Communities; 6th among Funders of Economically Disadvantaged Communities (as a proportion of total giving); 2nd among Funders of Ethnic and Racial Minority Communities (as a proportion of total giving); and 3rd among foundations for its Social Justice Grantmaking (as a proportion of total giving).[3]

History

Casey Family Programs created Casey Family Grants Program in 2001 as a grantmaking complement to its work as an operating foundation. Casey Family Programs provides direct services to foster youth and families to "provide and improve--and ultimately prevent the need for--foster care."[4] By contrast, Casey Family Grants Program was intended to target the macroscopic social and economic factors that contribute to the dissolution of American families, through strategic grantmaking.[5] Today the foundations are independent entities. Casey Family Grants Program was renamed Marguerite Casey Foundation in 2003 to honor the sister of Jim Casey, founder of UPS and benefactor of several philanthropic foundations, including Annie E. Casey Foundation and Casey Family Programs.

Grantmaking

For the year ended December 31, 2011, Marguerite Casey Foundation reported $587,358,053 in total assets and dispersed $25,772,795 in grants.[6] The foundation makes grants to national organizations and also in four distinct geographic regions: Midwest, South, Southwest, and West.[7] The foundation's funding priorities largely follow the 13 areas identified in the National Family Platform (created in 2012 by and for low-income families).[8] The platform was created as part of the Equal Voice for America's Families campaign, launched by Marguerite Casey Foundation in 2008.[9]

Equal Voice for America's Families

Equal Voice Newspaper

Created in 2009, Equal Voice Newspaper "breaks news, follows issues, investigates and sheds light on the lives of families living in poverty in the United States."[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Who We Are," Marguerite Casey Foundation
  2. ↑ "Top 50 U.S. Foundations Awarding Grants for Civil Rights and Social Action," The Foundation Center's Statistical Information Service
  3. ↑ "Criteria for Philanthropy at its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact," National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
  4. ↑ Casey Family Programs
  5. ↑ 2003 Marguerite Casey Foundation Annual Report
  6. ↑ "Marguerite Casey Foundation 2011 Form 990-PF,"
  7. ↑ ""Grantmaking Region Profiles, Marguerite Casey Foundation
  8. ↑ "2012 National Family Platform," Marguerite Casey Foundation
  9. ↑ "Movement Building"
  10. ↑ "About," Equal Voice Newspaper

External links

(1) Marguerite Casey Foundation Official Website

(2) Equal Voice Newspaper Official Website

(3) "National Family Platform" Marguerite Casey Foundation

(4) "Advocacy, the Media and You: Change in a Time of Uncertainty," Marguerite Casey Foundation

(5) "Equal Voice for America's Families," Marguerite Casey Foundation

(6) "Lift Every Voice: Movement Building as a 21st-Century Philanthropic Strategy," Marguerite Casey Foundation

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