Echoing Green is a lifelong community. We are making follow-on investments into alumni Fellows making strides toward racial justice.

This year, in addition to investing in early-stage innovators, Echoing Green has provided over $1 million in follow-on funding grants to alumni Fellows. Awarded after their active Fellowship term, this investment has supported 60 alumni to date whose social enterprises advance racial justice globally. Take a look at how these additional investments in our community are helping fuel the growth and impact of leaders dedicated to building a future free from racism.

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Collective action is required to drive systemic change and tackle a growing number of social and environmental challenges. In 2021, Echoing Green collaborated across sectors to strategically support Fellows, connect them with local leaders and organizations, create new and shared value, and move the needle forward on transformational social change. By forming new partnerships and building upon existing collaborations, the Echoing Green ecosystem supported hundreds of leaders and ideas at the intersection of social justice and social innovation.

Echoing Green has funded nearly 1,000 Fellows since its founding. The early-stage investments made in these leaders are often pivotal moments for their social enterprises, personal leadership journeys, and the world. Collectively, Echoing Green Fellows have raised more than $7.5B for the public good. Learn more about some of the game-changing work that our alumni Fellow community accomplished in 2021.

The year 2021 was transformational for Echoing Green and our closest supporters. We launched new partnerships with institutions to accelerate the impact of emerging and established social impact leaders this year that will take root and blossom in 2022. We are excited for continued growth—from expanding social innovation workshops with students at Spelman College to new partnerships to support and invest in proximate leaders working on a range of issues like immigrant rights and supporting Black women and girls. We are committed to the ongoing journey to build a just, sustainable world.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing and global inequality on the rise, major sectoral shifts are vital to this effort to advance racial equity. Our work to improve access to capital and amplify the voices and narratives of people committed to disrupting inequity and building opportunity will remain central to Echoing Green’s activities in the months ahead. The past 35 years of our impact have been fueled by the courage, wisdom, and optimism of the leaders we support. We hold steady in our belief in this community’s potential to make waves and drive big, bold change long into the future.