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The Fletcher Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that supports civil rights, education, and environmental education. The foundation supports efforts to develop a more just society with more equal opportunities for more of the population primarily by leveraging the financial and non-financial contributions of Fletcher Asset Management, the Fletcher Family including New York financier and philanthropist Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.,[1] and others. Fletcher Asset Management has been accused of fraud related to its management of funds and the value of pledges Fletcher's charitable pledges are in dispute.[2]

A 1987 graduate of Harvard University, Fletcher worked in investment banking and in 1991 founded Fletcher Asset Management. A Harvard Class Marshal, Fletcher endowed a University Professorship at his alma mater, first held by philosopher Cornel West and now held by literary critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In 2004, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, the Fletcher Foundation announced the creation of the Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship program, described by foundation chair Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as "Guggenheims for race issues."[3] The inaugural class of Fletcher Fellows, each awarded $50,000, was selected in 2006.

2005 Inaugural Fletcher Fellows

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2006 Fletcher Fellows

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2007 Fletcher Fellows

Fletcher Fellows Press Release

2008 Fletcher Fellows

2009 Fletcher Fellows

2010 Fletcher Fellows

2011 Fletcher Fellows

2012 Fletcher Fellows

Further reading

  • The Root, 21 June 2012 (article about 2012 Fletcher Fellowships) [6]
  • Wall Street Journal, 15 April 2005 (article about Fletcher Fellowships)
  • Boston Globe, 20 May 2005 (article about Fletcher Fellowships)

Notes

  1. ^ http://fletcherphilanthropy.org
  2. ^ Waterford success story Buddy Fletcher accused of fraud 12/15/2014 The Day
  3. ^ Fletcher Fellowship Awarded to Bob Moses Archived 2007-11-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Carolina Art News". Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  5. ^ "Fellows study effects of major civil rights ruling". Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  6. ^ "Fellowships Honor 'Brown v Board' Legacy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)