The foundation pursues and invests in solutions that build an equitable Greater Washington, DC community in which economically vulnerable people thrive.As articulated in its Advancing Equity strategy, the foundation has four interconnected goals in the areas of housing, education, employment, and asset building. With the help of its community and grantee partners, the foundation has defined four types of systems change efforts in which it seek sto invest within its goal areas. The foundation believes that systems change efforts are most attainable and effective when organizations and collaboratives apply a mix of these strategies based upon what’s most responsive to their constituents. The foundation seeks to invest in these systems change efforts to ensure long-lasting, measurable improvements in housing, education, employment, and asset building for economically disadvantaged people, particularly people of color:Culture Change – Shifting the attitudes, values, beliefs, and aspirations of the Greater Washington region toward racial equity.Institutional Change – Using the best available data, evidence, and models to generate sustainable improvements in ideas and practices that govern institutions and currently have a disproportionate negative impact on people and communities of color.Policy Change & Reform – Influencing policymakers to reform or enact laws to mitigate and eradicate the consequences of systemic racism and promote racial justice and equity.Power Change – Shifting the balance of power so people of color are designing, leading, and ultimately accomplishing change in their own communities..
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Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter? A National Study of Philanthropic Practice, 2014
Nov 20, 2014
Publisher(s): Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

Next Gen Donors: Respecting Legacy, Revolutionizing Philanthropy
Jul 19, 2013
Publisher(s): 21/64; Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University

Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
Jul 8, 2011
Publisher(s): CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

State Trends: Legislative Victories From 2005 to 2010 Removing Youth From the Adult Criminal Justice System
Mar 24, 2011
Publisher(s): Campaign for Youth Justice

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation - 2009 Annual Report
Jun 3, 2010
Publisher(s): Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Outsourcing Back Office Services in Small Nonprofits: Pitfalls and Possibilities
Aug 20, 2009
Publisher(s): Management Assistance Group

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation - 2008 Annual Report
Jun 30, 2009
Publisher(s): Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
Jul 8, 2011
Publisher(s): CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation - 2009 Annual Report
Jun 3, 2010
Publisher(s): Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation - 2008 Annual Report
Jun 30, 2009
Publisher(s): Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation - 2007 Annual Report: Trailblazing
Jul 1, 2008
Publisher(s): Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation - 2006 Annual Report: Lifelines
Jan 1, 2007
Publisher(s): Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation