Boston Non-Profit Decides Diversity Is More Important Than $250,000 Federal Grant

CBS Boston

May 1, 2025

A Boston-based nonprofit is rejecting a $250,000 federal grant so it can maintain its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in its hiring practices.

826 Boston, an education-focused nonprofit in Roxbury offering tutoring, creative writing, and publishing programs for students, announced its decision in light of President Donald Trump's executive order banning the practice. The organization said that prioritizing DEI is non-negotiable, even at the cost of significant federal support.

"It wasn't a difficult decision because we have to stand by our students and we have to also model standing up for what you believe in," said Jenna Leschuk, 826 Boston's Senior Director of Program Development. "We can't do this work without DEI."

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