Disability-Led Nonprofit RespectAbility Receives $1 Million Grant From the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
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The funds will be leveraged through an existing 1-1 matching campaign to enable RespectAbility to achieve the paradigm-shifting goals of its new strategic plan .
Key Points:
- The funds will be leveraged through an existing 1-1 matching campaign to enable RespectAbility to achieve the paradigm-shifting goals of its new strategic plan .
- "In 2020, the Hilton Foundation established the Equity Fund to combat bias and injustice across multiple dimensions, including for people with disabilities," said Peter Laugharn, president, and CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
- The Foundation is proud to support RespectAbility, a disability-led organization doing transformative, comprehensive work to fight stigmas for people living with disabilities."
- RespectAbility's founder and CEO Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi said, "We are deeply grateful to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for this significant game-changing donation.