It's good to see leading companies like Walmart and Google making grants to train workers for better jobs. Some of these firms, though, are complicit in America’s low-road, low-wage economy.
Read MoreToo often, social science research doesn't make it out of academia and into the hands of decision-makers. The William T. Grant Foundation wanted to know why. Now, it has some answers—and two new grant programs.
Read MoreThe fight against homelessness in Silicon Valley keeps gaining momentum, most recently with what may be the largest-ever corporate contribution to address this issue, by Cisco. What's the game plan here?
Read MoreWhile living donors and legacy foundations often eye other warily, they have a lot to gain from collaborating and more such efforts are emerging. Here's an example of that, focusing on economic equity.
Read MoreThe Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) believes that supporting fair local economies means questioning the larger status quo. Which funders are behind its approach?
Read MoreThe play movement recently scored a big investment from a relatively new billion-dollar foundation. This isn't the only deep-pocketed funder that backing a drive to expand play opportunities for low-income kids.
Read MoreWith many experts agreeing that automation threatens to alter the American workforce, some donors are backing work to gauge its economic and societal fallout. Here's an example.
Read MoreWith plans to spend a billion dollars in twenty years, the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation has charged into the struggle to revitalize Rust Belt cities. Eyeing new digital opportunities, one of its partners is MIT.
Read MoreThe digital divide is real is many parts of America where there's uneven access to high-speed Internet. One community foundation in Alabama is looking to bridge these gaps, with seed funding from Google.
Read MoreAs a mega-donor, Peterson—who died yesterday—made all the right moves: staying laser-focused on just a few causes and investing in high-leverage public policy work. But the results were decidedly mixed.
Read MoreSwaths of the American heartland are plagued by an absence of jobs and hope. What can a giant foundation do to turn things around in rural parts of its home state?
Read MoreIn this 2018 post, IP founder David Callahan called out the abject failure of mainstream foundations to fight back against a decades-long attack on everything they cherish and urged funders to move away from a dated technocratic mindset.
Read MoreThere's a lot of new wealth in Atlanta and plenty of civic pride. But despite the city's progressive reputation, deep inequities endure, and grantmakers could do much more to close the gaps.
Read MoreIn the face of powerful structural forces arrayed against Flint, Michigan, the Mott Foundation has kept trying new ways to spur prosperity. We look at its latest initiative, focused on a former auto complex.
Read MoreMovement building and advocacy are the name of the game for a new housing funders collaborative backed by heavy-hitters. We hear how this effort came together and explore its strategy.
Read MoreA competition through NYU's Tandon School of Engineering seeks to debut some of the most promising technologies to support the future of New York City. Who's providing the funding?
Read MoreJPMorgan Chase's giving has gotten a lot more strategic lately, and boosting minority-owned small businesses, starting in Detroit, is one focus. Now that effort is expanding to two more cities.
Read MoreDo Bill and Melinda Gates, along with the foundation they command, really have either the bandwidth or appetite to take on a sprawling challenge that has long thwarted government and philanthropy alike?
Read MoreBacked by the founder of Starbucks, a corporate coalition is gunning for a million youth hires by 2021 with a pragmatic initiative focused on a key zone of racial and economic inequity.
Read MorePhilanthropic funding for people with disabilities is often focused on basic needs and setting adults up with accessible jobs. But in New York, there’s an effort kicking off that goes a bit further.
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