Please read the new commentary by Cedric Brown, director of the Mitchell Kapor Foundation, posted to Philanthropy News Digest. Cedric discusses the various factors that led the foundation to launch its Black Boys College Bound Initiative, a multiyear, $1 million effort aimed at increasing the number of Bay Area black male youth who are prepared for college. You can also see and hear from Cedric who was one of the panelists at our Meet the Grantmakers: Focus on Young Foundations, originally presented in May 2008.
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