Over 300 grantmaking executives from across the county – an unprecedented number – joined together to call for removal of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census survey.
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Dear Ms. Jessup,
We write in response to the June 8 notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the 2020 Census proposed information collection. We urge the Department of Commerce to withdraw the citizenship question from the 2020 Census questionnaire because we believe it will significantly undermine efforts to achieve a fair and accurate census in 2020.
We are leaders of nonpartisan philanthropic institutions from across the country, large and small, giving hundreds of millions of dollars each year to advance the common good and improve the quality of life in the United States. We have different funding priorities, are ideologically diverse, and do not always agree with each other. But we wholeheartedly agree that the citizenship question should not be part of the 2020 Census…
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Letter from U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Calling for Removal of Citizenship Status Question
Over 300 grantmaking executives from across the county – an unprecedented number – joined together to call for removal of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census survey.
Excerpt
Dear Ms. Jessup,
We write in response to the June 8 notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on the 2020 Census proposed information collection. We urge the Department of Commerce to withdraw the citizenship question from the 2020 Census questionnaire because we believe it will significantly undermine efforts to achieve a fair and accurate census in 2020.
We are leaders of nonpartisan philanthropic institutions from across the country, large and small, giving hundreds of millions of dollars each year to advance the common good and improve the quality of life in the United States. We have different funding priorities, are ideologically diverse, and do not always agree with each other. But we wholeheartedly agree that the citizenship question should not be part of the 2020 Census…
Click here or the button above to read the full letter and all signing organizations.
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