This letter was submitted as public comment to Shannon Wink, Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce, in January 2022 by Gary D. Bass, GDB Consulting & Executive Director Emeritus, Bauman Foundation, Chair, Census Equity Initiative; LaShanda A. Jackson, Executive Director, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation; Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones, Program Director, Long Island Community Foundation, Chair, Funders’ Committee Census Initiative (FCCI); and David Martinez III, Director of Community Engagement, Vitalyst Health Foundation, Vice Chair, Funders’ Census Initiative, FCCP.
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Dear Ms. Wink,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed revisions to the Population Estimates Challenge Program and improvements to the Population Estimates Program in general, in order to ensure the most accurate data for the nation’s localities throughout the decade.
The Census Equity Initiative (CEI) is a philanthropic collaborative of hundreds of funders that came together to spearhead a nationwide campaign to ensure a fair and accurate 2020 Census, particularly in historically undercounted communities, and continues its work looking towards the 2030 Census. The grantmakers that participate in CEI, large and small, come from across the country, giving hundreds of millions of dollars each year to advance the common good and improve the quality of life in the United States. These foundations have different funding priorities, are ideologically diverse, and do not always agree with each other. But we share a common interest in a fair and accurate census, eliminating the persistent, disproportionate undercount of certain population groups, and providing access to demographic data, particularly data that can address equity issues. CEI is steered by a committee of some of the nation’s most prominent national and regional foundations: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bauman Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, Joyce Foundation, The JPB Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Unbound Philanthropy, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (Note: These comments are being submitted on behalf of the CEI as a whole and not on behalf of any of the individual members noted here)…
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Letter: November 22, 2022 Federal Register Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments on the Population Estimates Challenge Program
This letter was submitted as public comment to Shannon Wink, Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce, in January 2022 by Gary D. Bass, GDB Consulting & Executive Director Emeritus, Bauman Foundation, Chair, Census Equity Initiative; LaShanda A. Jackson, Executive Director, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation; Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones, Program Director, Long Island Community Foundation, Chair, Funders’ Committee Census Initiative (FCCI); and David Martinez III, Director of Community Engagement, Vitalyst Health Foundation, Vice Chair, Funders’ Census Initiative, FCCP.
Excerpt
Dear Ms. Wink,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed revisions to the Population Estimates Challenge Program and improvements to the Population Estimates Program in general, in order to ensure the most accurate data for the nation’s localities throughout the decade.
The Census Equity Initiative (CEI) is a philanthropic collaborative of hundreds of funders that came together to spearhead a nationwide campaign to ensure a fair and accurate 2020 Census, particularly in historically undercounted communities, and continues its work looking towards the 2030 Census. The grantmakers that participate in CEI, large and small, come from across the country, giving hundreds of millions of dollars each year to advance the common good and improve the quality of life in the United States. These foundations have different funding priorities, are ideologically diverse, and do not always agree with each other. But we share a common interest in a fair and accurate census, eliminating the persistent, disproportionate undercount of certain population groups, and providing access to demographic data, particularly data that can address equity issues. CEI is steered by a committee of some of the nation’s most prominent national and regional foundations: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bauman Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, Joyce Foundation, The JPB Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Unbound Philanthropy, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (Note: These comments are being submitted on behalf of the CEI as a whole and not on behalf of any of the individual members noted here)…
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