In June 2020, Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott launched the first-ever "Equality Can't Wait Challenge." This project initially intended to award $40 million in grants to organizations or coalitions with the most convincing proposals submitted. The four winning projects were announced in July, and each earned $10 million to launch their ideas into action. Two runner-ups were awarded $4 million apiece.
The Equality Can't Wait Challenge is the first of its kind in the United States. No other competition focused on gender equality has offered such a high reward for women. The project aims to expand the power and influence of females in the United States by 2030, and the goal is that the funds will promote progress toward gender equality.
The Goals of the Challenge
Pivotal Ventures, French Gates' company, partnered with MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies for the first time to provide funding for the Equality Can't Wait Challenge. The initiation of the Black Lives Matter movement spotlighted the injustices faced by Black Americans every day. The COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously struck the country, which has brought attention to the barriers that millions of Americans, including women and people of color, face to achieve success.
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The Equality Can't Wait Challenge is the first of its kind in the United States. No other competition focused on gender equality has offered such a high reward for women. The project aims to expand the power and influence of females in the United States by 2030, and the goal is that the funds will promote progress toward gender equality.
The Goals of the Challenge
Pivotal Ventures, French Gates' company, partnered with MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies for the first time to provide funding for the Equality Can't Wait Challenge. The initiation of the Black Lives Matter movement spotlighted the injustices faced by Black Americans every day. The COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously struck the country, which has brought attention to the barriers that millions of Americans, including women and people of color, face to achieve success.
Continue reading: https://code.likeagirl.io/what-is-the-equality-cant-wait-challenge-and-how-does-it-empower-women-4a9ae9bd1641
