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FCCP-CEI Comment on Population Estimates Challenge Program

    • Census
  • January 4, 2023
On December 21, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) and the Census Equity Initiative (CEI) submitted comments in response to the Federal Register Notice on the Population Estimates Challenge Program.

FCCP & CEI Share 2030 Census Recommendations

    • Census
  • November 17, 2022
The 2030 Census may seem in the distant future, but by 2024, the U.S.

Philanthropy Must Engage as Bureau Begins 2030 Planning

    • Census
  • October 4, 2022
The next census may seem in the distant future, but the Census Bureau is already inviting the public to share their input and ideas for an improved 2030 Census through a Federal Register Notice.

Philanthropy Letter on Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity

    • Census
  • October 3, 2022
In June, President Biden signed Executive Order 14075, which required the co-chairs of the Interagency Working Group on Equitable Data to establish a subcommittee focused specifically on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics (SOGISC) data.

Philanthropy Letters to Census Bureau Director on Population Estimates

    • Census
  • July 19, 2022
On July 19, 2022 census philanthropy leaders sent a letter to the Director of the US Census Bureau on the need to expand the Population Estimates program.

FCCP Joins 160 Census Advocates on Letter to Administration

    • Census
  • March 17, 2022
On March 4, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) joined 160 funders, practitioners, and census advocates on a letter to the Office of Management and Budget related to federal data collection on race and ethnicity.

A Message from the Funders Census Initiative: The Census Isn’t Over!

    • Census
  • April 1, 2021
Census Colleagues: Today marks one year from the 2020 Census reference date.

FCI Statement – Shortened Census

    • Census
  • October 19, 2020
For Immediate Release Contact: Jocelyn Bissonnette, Director, Funders Census Initiative jbissonnette@funderscommittee.org 

Philanthropic Letter to Commerce Secretary

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    • Census
  • August 5, 2020
On August 5, 506 philanthropic leaders, representing nearly every state across the country, issued a letter to the US Department of Commerce with a clear message: Don’t cut the census short.

A Message from the Funders Census Initiative

    • Census
  • April 1, 2020
April 1, 2020 Census Colleagues: Today is 2020 Census Day! The Census Bureau’s massive outreach operation is in full swing, self-responses are coming in (and being reported) daily, and despite the impact of COVID-19 on in-person outreach, organizations in every state are working hard to Get-Out-the-Count.

FCCP Statement on Citizenship Question Case

    • Census
  • June 27, 2019
For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                                          Contact: Jocelyn Bissonnette, Director, Funders Census Initiative, jbissonnette@funderscommittee.org

FCCP Joins Supreme Court Brief in Citizenship Question Case

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    • Census
  • April 4, 2019
On April 1, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) joined 29 national, regional, state, and community-based philanthropic institutions on an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in Department of Commerce v.

A Message from the Funders Census Initiative

    • Census
  • April 1, 2019
Dear Census Funder Community: Today is the one-year mark from the 2020 Census reference date, April 1, 2020.

Press Release

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    • Census
  • August 7, 2018
Unprecedented: More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census   National, state and local philanthropies across 38 states and District of Columbia join in unanimous opposition; more than 30 philanthropy-serving organizations also speak out Contact: Gary Bass, 202/328-2040, gbass@baumanfoundation.org

Thirty-five Philanthropic Institutions Sign on to Census Bureau Rulemaking Comments

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    • Census
  • August 31, 2016
Thirty-five philanthropic institutions signed a letter of public comment urging the Census Bureau to count incarcerated persons at their home residence in the 2020 Census, instead of at the prison facility in which they are housed on Census Day.

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