The Mitchell Kapor Foundation was founded by Mitchell Kapor in 1997 in Massachusetts to support programs and activities that address the urgent needs and issues in our society. The Foundation was re-incorporated in California in 2000.
During our early years, the Foundation made grants to organizations addressing issues related to the social impact of information technology and for global environmental health concerns.
The Foundation provided initial funding in 2001 for the Level Playing Field Institute, an organization devoted to revealing and removing hidden barriers to fairness in the classroom and the workplace. We continue to provide core support to the LPFI as it has grown and stabilized over the years.
In 2005, we began a gradual shift toward supporting work that brought environmental health and environmental justice groups together, and that enhanced racial and ethnic diversity among grantee staff and program constituencies.
After an analysis of our social and philanthropic priorities, in 2007 we unveiled a new strategic grants program strongly focused on Green Access and Voting Integrity & Civic Engagement. Learn more about our Strategic Grants.
Spurred into action by an ongoing achievement gap and larger crisis with the well-being of young black men, we launched the College Bound Brotherhood in 2008. Learn more about the Brotherhood.
We recognized an opportunity to supplement the vital work of organizations through Assistance & Advising resources in addition to grants in early 2009. Learn more about Assistance & Advising.
We hope to continually learn from social movements and appropriately adapt our programs as we continue to work in pursuit of equality and justice for all.
