The Westly Foundation, bankrolled by venture capital wealth, is looking to back "novel" ideas to community challenges that have "strong potential to scale." Who wins its awards and why?
Read MoreMichael and Xochi Birch have turned their members-only club in San Francisco, The Battery, into a platform for encouraging philanthropy. We get the inside story of how this outfit has evolved.
Read MoreCZI is a science funder with some unique attributes that resemble a tech company. It's now teaming up with UMass to build an AI-powered tool that will help researchers analyze published findings.
Read MoreWith four kids and a writing career, MacKenzie Bezos has been in no hurry to take on the challenges of large-scale giving. Is this about to change? And what do know about her interests?
Read MoreThere’s a hotly debated effort to bring species like the woolly mammoth and the passenger pigeon back from extinction. While it’s not heavily funded, a small band of donors and advocates have made a big impact.
Read MoreDoes a big gift for "Dreamers" by Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos mark the start of their emergence as active major philanthropists? There are a few reasons to suspect that it does.
Read MoreSilicon Valley veteran John Wakerly has been engaged in philanthropy since the 1990s. We spoke with Wakerly to find out more about what his family foundation is up to.
Read MoreThanks to a $165 million gift to the Nature Conservancy, a prized tract of California coastland is protected. Will tech’s elite look to the gift as a model for giving? Should it?
Read MoreAirbnb's young billionaire founders signed the Giving Pledge last year. We look at where their interests lie and what their philanthropy might look like once serious money starts moving out the door.
Read MoreTwo years after the founding of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, there's a lot to like about the couple's giving, including their risky push into advocacy. Less appealing is their embrace of an uncritical techno-optimism.
Read MoreWe talk to Scott Kriens, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who has bankrolled a new "multiversity" to teach people how to lead more integrated, meaningful lives. That's not a cause you'll see techies embracing very often.
Read MoreFresh from announcing a five-year, billion-dollar philanthropic game plan, Google.org is doubling down on evidence-based criminal justice reform. Racial equity is one big priority.
Read MoreIt's a good thing when socioeconomically diverse kids get into college. But graduating can be the hard part. A recent gift from Hastings—best known for funding charter schools—addresses this challenge.
Read MoreIn recent years, Best Buy has been funding tech centers for underserved teenagers using a successful learning model developed by the MIT Media Lab. Now, it's giving millions to dramatically expand the centers.
Read MoreAs part of CZI’s rapid expansion, it's created a community fund that it says will be guided by those struggling in Silicon Valley. Is this another sign of a more responsive tech philanthropy?
Read MoreAs the tech industry’s power swells, a multidisciplinary grant to Cornell University hopes to give the future leaders in innovation a stronger footing in liberal arts and sciences.
Read MoreIn another sign that community-focused approaches to K-12 philanthropy are gaining steam, Silicon Valley's most prominent new education funder is teaming up with Ford to promote student-centered learning.
Read MoreSix weeks after the New America Foundation ousted a project that criticized Google, it's an open question whether dissenting voices that challenge the power of big tech can find the funding they need.
Read MorePromising $1 billion in grants, the tech giant—lately under fire from a growing chorus of critics—has laid out big plans for advancing economic inclusion. What should we make of this move?
Read MoreWhatsApp's Brian Acton is turning to philanthropy full-time, tapping a $6.6 billion fortune and Silicon Valley chops to start a nonprofit focused on nonprofits and tech. A guest contributor offers some wise words.
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