Fearless Fund, DEI
Here's What the Fearless Fund Settlement Means for DEI Efforts Nationwide
Fearless Fund's year-plus-long fight against an anti-DEI lawsuit is over -- and its grant program for Black women entrepreneurs has ceased. Here's what that could mean for the DEI landscape.
Fearless Fund settles DEI fight and shuts down grant program for Black women
Fearless Fund is ending its Fearless Strivers grant program for Black women to settle a closely watched case challenging corporate DEI efforts.
Fearless Fund settles with DEI foes, ends grant program for Black women
The deal marks a setback for diversity, equity and inclusion advocates, who saw the lawsuit as an attack on efforts to address racial disparities in investment.
What The Fearless Fund Settlement Might Mean For The DEI's Future
DEI faced another setback last week, as the Fearless Fund announced it would drop its grant program for Black women founders?part of a settlement agreement with the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER),
Fearless Fund ends program for Black women, settling discrimination lawsuit
Fearless Fund, a venture capitalist firm that invests in female entrepreneurs of color, has ended a grant program for Black women to settle a discrimination lawsuit.
Fearless Fund ends grant program for Black women
The Fearless Fund, a venture capital initiative dedicated to investing in women of color, has terminated its Strivers Grant Contest for Black women business
What’s Next for Black Women Entrepreneurs after Fearless Fund Settlement?
Black women entrepreneurs have been dealt yet another blow. The Fearless Fund was a groundbreaking venture capitalist firm that provided grants specifically to Black female founders. However, it recently announced the end of its Fearless Strivers Grant Contest due to a lawsuit from the American Alliance for Equal Rights.
Fearless Fund CEO Arian Simone on why she sees legal settlement as a win and what's next
Despite agreeing to shut down the Strivers Grant Contest, CEO Arian Simone says the Fearless Fund remains committed to ...
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What the Fearless Fund Settlement Means for Philanthropic Freedom
A notable defeat for DEI occurred last week when the Fearless Foundation, the charitable arm of the Fearless Fund ...
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Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business owners in lawsuit settlement
The settlement came two months after a US federal court of appeals panel ordered the Atlanta-Based Fearless Fund to suspend the Strivers Grant Contest, which provided $20,000 to businesses that ...
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Fearless Fund Settles: Settlement Will Shape Law on Race-Based Grantmaking in Eleventh Circuit While Leaving Issue Unresolved Nationally
Over the last year, we have monitored a lawsuit in Georgia that alleged a hedge fund (“Fearless Fund”) violated 42 U.S.C. § ...
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Nonprofits, Legal Experts React to the Fearless Fund Decision to Shutter Grant Program to Black Entrepreneurs
The settlement of a case that would have tested whether charities can make grants based on race — and perhaps put the ...
Settlement reached over lawsuit against Atlanta-based Fearless Fund grant program
ATLANTA — A settlement was reached in the lawsuit against an Atlanta Black women-led grant program. The agreement includes ...