Minority Grants Program Settles With Edward Blum Anti-DEI Group

Oct. 17, 2024, 5:40 PM UTC

A minority grants program has agreed to settle a suit brought by anti-DEI activist Edward Blum’s group, American Alliance for Equal Rights, after a federal judge sided with AAER by temporarily prohibiting the program from considering race when it issues grants via its Texas program.

San Diego-based Founders First Community Development Corp. will pay $125,000 to reimburse AAER for attorney’s fees and related costs, the parties said in a stipulation of settlement filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Resolution of the Founders First case comes a month after a venture capital firm agreed ...

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