Five years from its founding, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is offloading its criminal justice and immigration grantmaking and pushing the accelerator on racial equity. We unpack what all this reshuffling means for a funder in flux.
Read MoreIn the midst of a raging pandemic, the IKEA Foundation and IRC launched a new program to help nearly 20,000 refugees and locals find employment and grow businesses in Uganda and Kenya.
Read MoreOut of the flurry of grants awarded by MacKenzie Scott in 2020, a handful support Latino communities, including $15 million for Hispanics in Philanthropy. The group’s president tells us about their work and how the funding came about.
Read MoreImmigrant advocates are gearing up for long-haul advocacy to hold the Biden administration to its promises and roll back Trump-era policies. For the funders backing them, the past four years have been as illuminating as they’ve been grim.
Read MoreThe first round of a prize loosely modeled after MacArthur’s “genius” grants awarded $1 million to New Yorkers with visions for solving the city’s toughest problems. We take a closer look at the winners and the family behind the prize.
Read MoreLatino nonprofits have historically been underfunded by philanthropy. LCF is working to change that by mobilizing a network of Latino philanthropists and directing grants to neglected organizations.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court ruling on DACA was a victory, but the fight is far from over. NCRP’s Ben Barge argues that after years of insufficient, inconsistent funding, philanthropy must stand with immigrants and refugees when the courts won’t.
Read MoreWhile the political climate has shifted dramatically in the past two decades, the Vilcek Foundation's commitment to recognizing immigrants' contributions hasn't wavered. What lessons has this grantmaker learned? And what’s next?
Read MoreGaps in federal and state COVID-19 relief have funders scrambling to shore up vulnerable communities. Immigrants are among the hardest-hit. Will groundbreaking new collaborations to fund direct relief fuel longer-term change?
Read MoreAs the coronavirus crisis spotlights and amplifies deep inequities in U.S. society, a growing number of emergency philanthropic funds have sprung up to provide targeted help for people of color.
Read MoreBack in the 1990s, the Proteus Fund helped pioneer a collaborative funding model that’s become vital to progressive movement building. Now, as its grantmaking hits record highs, Proteus is thinking about its next moves in a volatile era.
Read MoreThe Western Union Foundation has long focused its international grantmaking on education. Now, it’s launching a new program to help people who’ve been forcibly displaced get a fair shot at integrating into the global economy.
Read MoreConversations about the workforce “skills gap” often skip over the fact that millions of educated immigrants are un- or underemployed. A new grantmaker is supporting efforts to get them on track to fill open roles. Where’s the money going?
Read MoreMike Fernandez is another top Republican turned off by Trump and the GOP’s rising xenophobia. Through his philanthropy, he’s been supporting immigrants under pressure in Florida. He‘s also deeply committed to education.
Read MoreAt Borealis Philanthropy, taking cues from movement leaders is paramount. Its new fund to back justice reform organizers just awarded its first grants, and it’s renewing the call for applications for its immigration litigation fund.
Read MoreThe Marguerite Casey Foundation has been paying attention to immigration issues at the border for years, starting long before the 2016 election. We talk to its CEO about what it's doing now and philanthropy’s role in this urgent area.
Read MoreWith a mission to help nonprofits extend free legal aid to immigrants, the L.A. Justice Fund launched in 2017 with support from both philanthropy and government. Two years on, it’s built up crucial infrastructure. But the scale of need remains vast.
Read MoreThe National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has been a consistent advocate for movement-friendly grantmaking. In a new initiative, it’s examining how funders are (or aren’t) supporting social movements today—and how they could do better.
Read MoreThe Open Society Foundations launched its Soros Arts Fellowships last year to support the work of artists in repressive regimes. This year’s fellowship builds on this approach by focusing on an issue that’s deeply personal for OSF’s founder.
Read MoreJews know what it is to be immigrants and refugees, chased out of countries over many centuries. So it’s not surprising that some Jewish philanthropists—like Jill and Peter Kraus—are giving to push back against the Trump administration’s policies.
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