With Big Backing From MacKenzie Scott and More, Co-Impact Targets Global Gender Inequality

With Big Backing From MacKenzie Scott and More, Co-Impact Targets Global Gender Inequality

Co-Impact seeks to improve health, education and economic outcomes for women across the Global South by tackling underlying forces at play. Here’s why the philanthropic collaborative has been a big draw for funders.

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A New Fund With Some Major Backers Plans to Direct $1 Billion Toward Global Gender Equity

A New Fund With Some Major Backers Plans to Direct $1 Billion Toward Global Gender Equity

Philanthropic collaborative Co-Impact recently announced its new 10-year, $1 billion Gender Fund, the latest in a recent series of big commitments for gender equity. Here’s where the money’s coming from and where it’s headed.

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To Meet Urgent Needs, Philanthropic Partnerships Are a Must. Here’s How We Made Ours Work

To Meet Urgent Needs, Philanthropic Partnerships Are a Must. Here’s How We Made Ours Work

What makes a successful partnership? Why are they necessary? In this guest post, the heads of The Philanthropy Workshop and Co-Impact give a behind-the-scenes look at a team-up born out of trust, ambition and frustration.

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How a Pritzker-Backed Philanthropy Channels Impact Investing Toward Private Schools in Ghana

How a Pritzker-Backed Philanthropy Channels Impact Investing Toward Private Schools in Ghana

The IDP Foundation is the philanthropy of Liesel Pritzker Simmons and her mother, Irene Pritzker. We take a closer look at its impact investing approach to education in Africa, including at how it responded during COVID.

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Whatever About the World: Top Donors Move Slowly to Engage Global Issues

Whatever About the World: Top Donors Move Slowly to Engage Global Issues

The world may be getting more dangerous, and millions of children may die of preventable causes, but global issues just aren’t a big draw for today’s new class of billionaire donors. Why is that? And what can be done to engage them?

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Beyond Band-Aids: For a Funder Collaborative Taking on Global Poverty, It's All About Changing Systems

Beyond Band-Aids: For a Funder Collaborative Taking on Global Poverty, It's All About Changing Systems

Backed by billionaire donors and the Rockefeller Foundation, Co-Impact launched in 2017 aiming to take a collaborative and systemic approach to global development. With grantmaking now underway, how are these lofty ambitions playing out?

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