This Coalition of Funders Aims to Cool the Culture War Flames and Protect Public Schools

This Coalition of Funders Aims to Cool the Culture War Flames and Protect Public Schools

A coalition of seven funders has been working to support grassroots resistance to organized attacks on public schools. Are they having an impact?

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An Innovative Storytelling Platform Is Bridging Divides — and Landing Big Name Funders

An Innovative Storytelling Platform Is Bridging Divides — and Landing Big Name Funders

Narrative 4 offers a unique storytelling program that teaches compassion and empathy in schools around the world. The program has drawn funding from MacKenzie Scott, the Bezos family and more.

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How a Family Foundation Backs a Multifaceted Approach to Lifting Families Out of Poverty

How a Family Foundation Backs a Multifaceted Approach to Lifting Families Out of Poverty

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.

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Bill Drayton on Ashoka’s Work to Make “Everyone a Changemaker”

Bill Drayton on Ashoka’s Work to Make “Everyone a Changemaker”

Ideas like “social entrepreneurship” and “changemaking” show up everywhere today, and that has a lot to do with Drayton and the global organization he founded. Here’s a look at Ashoka’s work and backing, and what’s next.

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Melinda French Gates Backs a Funding Challenge to Help Teens Navigate a Tech-Driven World

Melinda French Gates Backs a Funding Challenge to Help Teens Navigate a Tech-Driven World

Pivotal Ventures has teamed up with the Susan Crown Exchange and The Goodness Web to support Young Futures, a new nonprofit hosting funding challenges focused on digital wellbeing for youth. The first is already in progress.

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Five Questions for Jared Armstrong, a Hoops Player in Israel Working to Bridge Understanding

Five Questions for Jared Armstrong, a Hoops Player in Israel Working to Bridge Understanding

Growing up in Maryland and now playing for an Israeli basketball team, Jared Armstrong has a foot in two worlds. He’s bringing his unique background to bear as he seeks to forge ties between Black and Jewish youth.

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What Does Cogenerational Funding Look Like? These 10 Grantees Paint a Picture

What Does Cogenerational Funding Look Like? These 10 Grantees Paint a Picture

Funding that supports people of different generations to solve an array of social problems is a small but growing niche in philanthropy. A round of grants from CoGenerate demonstrates how this type of giving works.

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More Than a Check: Inside a Place-Based Funder Where Donors Offer Non-Monetary Support

More Than a Check: Inside a Place-Based Funder Where Donors Offer Non-Monetary Support

Chicago’s Springboard Foundation Fund’s Grantee Champions are donors that provide extensive non-financial support to nonprofits. Executive Director Sejal Shah-Myers walks us through its unique operational model.

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Back to School in New Shoes: A Simple but Powerful Way to Support Kids Experiencing Homelessness

Back to School in New Shoes: A Simple but Powerful Way to Support Kids Experiencing Homelessness

For children in need, something as basic as a new pair of shoes can make a huge impact. With support from an array of funders, Soles4Souls distributes free footwear to start the school year off on the right foot.

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Former Foster Youth Are Too Often Left With Nowhere to Go. This Foundation Is Trying to Help

Former Foster Youth Are Too Often Left With Nowhere to Go. This Foundation Is Trying to Help

Many young people leaving the foster system in Los Angeles County find themselves lost, without the kind of financial support or guidance needed to navigate early adulthood. This local funder is working to close the gap in care.

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NFL Legend Marcellus Wiley on His Philanthropy and Giving Back Across the Next Generation

NFL Legend Marcellus Wiley on His Philanthropy and Giving Back Across the Next Generation

Marcellus Wiley tells us about how his early experiences shaped his philanthropy, what he’s excited about now, and how next-generation NFL players are using their platforms to give.

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Three Ways the Gates Foundation is Supporting the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

Three Ways the Gates Foundation is Supporting the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals are closely tied to some of the Gates Foundation’s core priorities, including maternal health. Here are three moves the foundation has made recently to help get stalled progress back on track.

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With a Big New Commitment, Ballmer Group Promotes Place-Based, Multisector Partnerships

With a Big New Commitment, Ballmer Group Promotes Place-Based, Multisector Partnerships

Steve and Connie Ballmer’s philanthropy is further leaning into place-based partnerships with a seven-year, $175 million commitment to StriveTogether. It’s one of Ballmer Group’s largest grants ever.

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Who Is Funding Efforts to Support the Nation’s 1 Million Homeless Students?

Who Is Funding Efforts to Support the Nation’s 1 Million Homeless Students?

Attending school while experiencing homelessness poses a mountain of obstacles for young people and their families. A handful of funders are backing efforts to help, including a new collaborative effort.

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Why This Billionaire Investor Was Moved to Give “Songs of Love” to Sick Kids

Why This Billionaire Investor Was Moved to Give “Songs of Love” to Sick Kids

Songs of Love connects children facing serious health conditions with musicians who compose original songs for them. We talked with Leon Cooperman about why he backs the organization, and his wider philanthropy.

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Kindness Wins: How This Tennis Star’s Early Philanthropy Focuses on Fostering Empathy

Kindness Wins: How This Tennis Star’s Early Philanthropy Focuses on Fostering Empathy

Madison Keys is among the next generation of American stars dominating the tennis courts. She’s also joined the ranks of athletes using their platforms to give back, in her case focusing on young people.

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Why This L.A. Funder Created a Children’s Library at Men’s Central Jail

Why This L.A. Funder Created a Children’s Library at Men’s Central Jail

Gordon Philanthropies focuses on education and literacy, including by funding a new children’s library at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles. The library aims to strengthen bonds between incarcerated men and their children.

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In an Age-Segregated Society, New Support for Cogenerational Leaders

In an Age-Segregated Society, New Support for Cogenerational Leaders

In an aging America where people of different ages often lack opportunities to interact, there’s lots of pent-up demand for cross-generational engagement. This philanthropic initiative seeks to deliver on that.

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Hands-On Help: The Other Side of MacKenzie Scott’s Recent Early Childhood Ramp-Up

Hands-On Help: The Other Side of MacKenzie Scott’s Recent Early Childhood Ramp-Up

In her early childhood giving this year, MacKenzie Scott is pairing advocacy with direct service funding, including support for programs that provide one-on-one, in-home maternal and infant healthcare.

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