After the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests in the spring and summer of 2020, RSF announced that it would fund research examining systemic racial inequality and the social movements protesting such inequalities. Since that announcement, RSF has funded 46 grants on systemic racism across all RSF program areas, about 29% of all projects funded during this period. Six grants were co-funded by the JBP Foundation and seven grants were funded in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Grantees include communications scholars, economists, historians, political scientists, psychologists, public policy scholars, and sociologists.

Grantees have examined topics such as policing, criminal justice, the racial wealth gap, segregation, the 2020 protests, voting rights, and diversity and inclusion.

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