Community Foundations Building Bridges and Capacity to Strengthen Immigrant Race Relations

Part I of this document shares the knowledge that the Ford Foundation and Mott Foundations, six participating community foundations, and consultants have developed during the first year of the Community Foundations/Intergroup Relations Program. Part II of this document provides a tool for funders to use when they consider and evaluate grant projects that are intended to strengthen intergroup relations between recent immigrants and long-time residents. This tool was developed from a review of the social science research literature on intergroup relations and management research on diversity training, and a review of reports by organizations and foundations supporting intergroup initiatives.