Anti-Racist Children’s Books Education Fund

To counter racism and racial bias, experts recommend having conversations with children about race and racism as early and as often as possible (Baron & Banaji; Derman-Sparks). Children’s books are one of the most effective and practical tools for supporting these conversations and can also be used to model what it looks like to take action against racism.

All donations made here go to a dedicated fund for us to get children’s books from our list of “40 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance” into classrooms across the country. All books by Indigenous authors were curated by critical Indigenous scholar Dr. Debbie Reese of American Indians in Children’s Literature.

Beyond addressing issues of race and racism, these children’s books focus on taking action. They highlight resistance and activism, and seek to empower youth to participate in the ongoing movement for racial justice. Children not only need to know what individual, systemic, and internalized racism looks like, they need to know what they can do about it.

Thank you for your support in making these books accessible to educators and their students, and special thanks to Kendra Scott for donating $20,000 to launch this fund.

We also would like to thank Hope Dworaczyk Smith and MUTHA™, her skincare brand, for raising awareness for our education initiatives with the creation of a unique campaign which has sold hundreds of candles to fund our efforts.

General Fund

As a nonprofit we rely on your support to make our work around anti-racist education sustainable. Donations made here go towards supporting our partnerships with Title I schools and other nonprofits, providing free education and content on our social media platforms, and continuing to advance our mission of supporting healthy racial identity development and disrupting racism.

Please note we are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit and our federal tax ID (EIN) is: 81-4204447

COVID-19 Rent Relief Fund for Families

Since April 1, 2020, we have raised over $1,400,000 in COVID-19 rent relief for families across the country, including over $700,000 for Black families and $50,000 for the Black Trans community. Thank you to the 16,000+ donors who have made this possible, and to the individuals and companies who have made significant contributions, including Kristen Bell for donating $50,000, Mona Chalabi for donating $20,000, même for donating $20,000, and Clarins USA. We are honored to be partnered with GoFundMe on this mutual aid effort. Please visit our fundraising page for more information.