For over a decade, the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation has backed LIFT, which works to combat generational poverty by providing funds, coaching and support — and its model is showing results.
Read MoreModeled on NYC’s Robin Hood Foundation, this grantmaker draws support from high-profile California donors as it takes on problems around housing, early childhood, education and employment in the Bay Area.
Read MoreIn a year-end update, the Gates Foundation announced $100 million in new stateside antipoverty commitments. But amid sky-high wealth inequality, the chances that billionaire giving will get to the roots of the problem remain slim.
Read MoreChocolate magnate Milton Hershey and his wife Catherine left behind a fortune to provide a K-12 education for low-income children. Now, the Hershey Trust is opening a fleet of new schools for younger students.
Read MoreIn Philadelphia’s Norris Square neighborhood, the nonprofit Xiente is putting philanthropic dollars to use partly in pursuit of an ambitious goal: tapping well-off newcomers’ social networks to help existing residents rise.
Read MoreUpTogether is one of a number of philanthropic efforts supporting local guaranteed income pilots across the country. In the wake of the pandemic, funders remain interested in direct cash, no longer quite so radical an idea.
Read MoreThe Robin Hood Foundation is one of New York’s leading antipoverty funders. We spoke with its CEO, Richard Buery, about his experiences growing up in the city and how they led to his current role.
Read MoreBhargava, a longtime insider and former grantee of the JPB Foundation, will take over from founding donor and president Barbara Picower in February 2024. We connected with him to learn more about the transition.
Read MoreOver the past few years, Steve and Connie Ballmer have continued ramping up their commitments in Los Angeles. We took a deep dive into how a vast tech fortune is being put to use to scale up local economic mobility.
Read MoreThe Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is supporting a plan to provide direct cash payments to expectant mothers and their newborns in Flint, Michigan. Organizers are asking other funders to step up and back the program.
Read MoreSince 1988, the Robin Hood Foundation has channeled Wall Street wealth to Gotham’s needy to the tune of $3 billion. Here’s a peek at the funder’s current outlook as it focuses on relief, recovery and rebuilding after COVID.
Read MoreBlue Meridian’s big investment in HealthySteps demonstrates the funding collaborative’s commitment to early childhood and interventions that disrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
Read MoreCommunity schools, which support academic and nonacademic needs of students and their families, have taken the spotlight. Philanthropy has played an important role in the development and spread of this education model.
Read MoreEducating people about tax credits can be an effective way for funders to leverage their dollars for a great deal of poverty-fighting power. And there’s a dedicated funder network out there helping to lead the charge.
Read MoreThe Ballmer Group is a longtime funder of efforts to improve economic mobility, including support for K-12 and early childhood. It’s also been sharing more details about its grantees lately. Here’s what we know.
Read MoreA new grants database offers further insights into the giving of billionaire couple Steve and Connie Ballmer, who have moved hundreds of millions to a wide variety of anti-poverty efforts. But are they still playing it too safe?
Read MorePhiladelphia’s chapter of the GreenLight Fund works to tackle poverty at the local level. Here are a few details to consider for organizations interested in getting involved.
Read MoreAs the original GreenLight Fund, GreenLight Boston is an active funder of youth and education in the city. Here are some details about GreenLight Boston and how to approach this grantmaker.
Read MoreSmall family foundations are key players in the fight against Bay Area poverty, including the Friedman Family Foundation. Here’s an update about Friedman’s approach for local grantseekers.
Read MoreSome of the nation’s wealthiest philanthropists have lately swung behind new work to make city economies more equitable and inclusive. We look at a data-driven initiative that is attracting big grant money.
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