The Jessie Ball duPont Fund is a foundation that gives money to help communities. But they have a problem: their founder, Jessie Ball duPont, supported racial segregation and only wanted to help white people. She stopped funding organizations when they started helping Black people too.
Today, the foundation's leaders say this was completely wrong. They decided to keep her name but use their money differently. Now they focus on fixing the harm she caused.
They support places like Stratford Hall (Robert E. Lee's birthplace) to tell the full truth about slavery and the Civil War. They help historically Black colleges and universities.
They also support schools that were originally created to avoid integration but now work to be inclusive. The foundation believes they must acknowledge the racist past, listen to affected communities, and actively repair the damage through their current work. This shows how organizations can face difficult histories and work to make things right.