The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. These grants each relate to our Five Promises. If you have questions about these opportunities, please follow the links provided in each item.

The nation is in the midst of an ongoing conversation about how the country’s history of racism is—or is not—taught in schools. Many states and communities are considering formal legislation or other policies to limit these discussions, while others are working to more proactively educate students about the country’s roots of oppression. America’s Promise sat down with three high school students who attend three different schools in an area that has been directly affected by a recent incident of police violence to learn their perspectives on this question.

America’s Promise Alliance Youth Trustee Maria Salmeron-Melendez sat down with CEO Mike O’Brien to learn more about his background, values, and vision for the Alliance’s next chapter. Read the interview here.

In mid-March, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.