William Darity

Awarded Grants

Grant

Assessing Black Reparations as a Policy Mechanism for Reducing Racial Inequality in Young Adult Outcomes

This award will support a nuanced examination of the potential for Black reparations to reduce racial inequality in youth outcomes in the United States.

William Darity

Duke University

2026 – 2027
$75,000

Grant

Making Black Reparations in America

This grant will support research and outreach to address questions about the feasibility of paying reparations to Black American descendants of persons who were enslaved in what is now the United States.

William Darity

Duke University

2021 – 2023
$300,000

Articles & More

Blog Post

President’s Comment: Effective Programs are Not Enough, We Need Structural Change to Reduce Inequality

Since 2015, the William T. Grant Foundation has funded research on programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes. We have supported a diverse pool of highly accomplished researchers, ...

Adam Gamoran

President’s Comment: Effective Programs are Not Enough, We Need Structural Change to Reduce Inequality

News

• Jul 27, 2021

Announcing a $300,000 Grant to Support Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

In what may be a historic first for a national foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation today announced a $300,000 grant to the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at ...

Foundation Staff

Digest, Issue 04: Winter 2018-19

A New Agenda for Eliminating Racial Inequality in the United States: The Research We Need

A genuine confrontation with racial inequality will require a new way of thinking that challenges the structural roots of racial disadvantage and the consequences of generations of anti-Black discriminatory policies.

William Darity

A New Agenda for Eliminating Racial Inequality in the United States: The Research We Need

The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.

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Funding

Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in Our Focus Areas

Announcing the 2026 Institutional Challenge Grantees: Foundations Award $2.6 Million for Research-Practice Partnerships

Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

Focus Areas

Reducing Inequality

Improving the use of Research Evidence

Field Building Areas

Research-Practice Partnerships

Mentoring & Career Development

Research Methods

About

President Adam Gamoran to Retire in 2027

Awarded Grants

Assessing Black Reparations as a Policy Mechanism for Reducing Racial Inequality in Young Adult Outcomes

Making Black Reparations in America

Articles & More

President’s Comment: Effective Programs are Not Enough, We Need Structural Change to Reduce Inequality

Announcing a $300,000 Grant to Support Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

A New Agenda for Eliminating Racial Inequality in the United States: The Research We Need

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