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"I am deeply sorry for these links," Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says in a statement.
"It is now time to take action to address our shameful past."
The Church of England's predecessor, the Church Commissioners, received funds linked to slavery worth more than $1 billion, according to the Pioneers Post.
The new fund will be used "to invest for a better and fairer future for all, particularly for communities affected by historic slavery," Welby says.
The Church Commissioners manage some $10 billion in assets, including real estate and company shares, and use the returns to support the church's ministry.
The new fund will be overseen by a new oversight group with "significant membership from communities impacted by historic slavery," the Church of England says.Selected Grant News Headlines
"The youth mental health crisis is more prevelant and acute than it has ever been," says Katherine Hay, CEO of Kids Help Phone.
"And we know this is not going away, unless we all disrupt this...more
The Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation is a philanthropic arm of the library district in Washington state's Snohomish and Island counties, working to " extend the library's reach by supporting library...more
Students at DePauw University in Indiana will soon be able to get a business degree without having to leave campus.
The school of business and leadership is set to open this fall, making it the...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation
"Today, we find ourselves in the midst of an 'AI boom,' and the red flags keep appearing," writesWilneida Negr in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
The co-founder of Startups & Society...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Tides Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order designed to streamline the process for registering to vote and purging voter rolls, the New York Times reports.
The order is the result of a...more
For the first time in its history, the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin has a full-time chief people officer, the Star Tribune reports.
Dr. Kevin Xiong, who started on Sept.
18, will be...more
The founder of a Canadian charity that encourages people to donate their money in the form of "flow-through shares" has died at the age of 84, the Ottawa Citizen reports.
Peter Nicholson, who...more
A record-breaking $225,112 was donated by Lee Health employees in Southwest Florida this summer, the Naples Daily News reports.
That's up 10% from last year.
According to the News-Press,...more
"Halfway to the 2030 deadline, the Sustainable Development Goals are in deep trouble," the UN declared at the start of its SDG Summit this week, with only 15% of the goals set under the 17-year-old...more
An Indian startup is using artificial intelligence to help farmers solve some of the world's biggest problems, the BBC reports.
Apurva AI has partnered with the University of Illinois at...more
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