initiatives

tolerance.fund is proud to provide financial support to the following organizations and projects:

Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Facing History provides educational resources that address racism, antisemitism, and prejudice at pivotal moments in history and help students connect choices made in the past to those they will confront in their own lives. Through its partnership with educators around the world, Facing History and Ourselves reaches millions of students in thousands of classrooms every year. Facing History’s content and methods have been proven to significantly increase engagement, empathy, critical thinking skills, and civic responsibility among young people.

Tennessee Holocaust Commission was created by the Tennessee State Legislature in 1984 to educate Tennesseans about the history of the Holocaust and remind citizens that prejudice, hatred and violence, as manifested in the Holocaust and other genocides, leads to the destruction of a humane society.  As part of that work, the Commission sponsors The Mira Kimmelman 'Learning from the Holocaust' Contest.  Information about the contest for 2022 can be found here. 

Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, works to prevent the spread of hate by helping teachers and schools educate young people to be active participants in a diverse democracy. Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use its materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities. Its program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias, encouraging young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be agents of change in their own lives. 

Equal Justice Initiative is committed to changing the narrative about race in America.  It works to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment, challenge racial and economic injustice, and protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. EJI publishes reports, discussion guides, and other educational materials that explore our nation’s history of racial injustice, and its staff conducts educational tours and presentations for thousands of students, teachers, faith leaders, professional associations, community groups, and international visitors every year. EJI is advancing an ambitious national effort to create new spaces, markers, and memorials that address the legacy of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation, which shapes many issues today.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. The Museum teaches millions of people each year about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the need to prevent genocide. It sponsors traveling exhibitions, educational outreach for teachers and students, Holocaust commemorations, and the continued growth and vitality of the field of Holocaust studies. Its Center for the Prevention of Genocide works to educate, engage, and inspire the public to learn more about past genocides — such as those in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur — and to consider what they can do to prevent these atrocities in the future. 

Life After Hate helps people leave violent extremist movements.  Its primary goal is to interrupt violence committed in the name of ideological or religious beliefs. Founded and run by former hate group members, its ExitUSA program provides support to individuals who are looking to leave racism and violence behind. Life After Hate uses a variety of strategies, including public awareness campaigns, individualized education and job training programs, and leveraging strategic community partnerships to help individuals get their lives back on track and on their way to making positive contributions to society.

Interfaith Youth Core is a national non-profit working towards an America where people of different faiths, world views, and traditions can bridge differences and find common values to build a shared life together. IFYC has made college and university campuses the center of its strategy; working where the minds and values of emerging leaders are shaped and conversations take place that steer broad cultural change. 

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition is an immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are recognized as positive contributors to the state. TIRRC brings together diverse immigrant communities to examine root causes, find common interests, and organize for better conditions. It strives to lift up the voices of directly affected people and invest in leaders at the grassroots level. 

International Refugee Assistance Program organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid, litigation, and systemic advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.