The Mastercard Foundation recently announced one of the largest private pandemic response donations, a $1.3 billion partnership with Africa CDC. We unpack the program, and how this huge global funder works.
Read MoreJPMorganChase is wrapping up a $17 million youth employment initiative. The funder shares what works, and what the future holds for its programs, which have provided 40,000 students with jobs in the past five years.
Read MoreRacial discrimination and wealth inequality have deep, tragic roots in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here’s how the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation is supporting local food industry entrepreneurs to advance racial equity.
Read MoreThe Skoll Foundation places a large focus on social entrepreneurs and social innovators. Going forward, it intends to continue doing so within five priority areas that reflect key challenges of the current era.
Read MoreThe East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative puts property ownership in the hands of community members. It’s an innovative model, but runs up against the limits of what most 501(c)(3) funders support. Can that change?
Read MoreCarlyle Group co-founder Bill Conway and his wife Joanne have been leading funders of nursing education since they entered the space a decade ago. Here’s how their Bedford Falls Foundation is supporting this essential profession.
Read MoreHarnessing data can help drive an inclusive recovery from a pandemic that widened economic divides. Here’s how a global challenge kickstarted development projects and created a network of data scientists to help rebuild equitably.
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 MoreWomen are bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s economic, health and social harms. The Gates Foundation’s latest COVID-related commitment seeks to gain a better understanding of these impacts and support an inclusive recovery.
Read MoreThe Truist Foundation’s first year of funding was met by a pandemic and a rising racial justice movement. A grant to Purpose Built Communities shows how a bank’s philanthropic arm seeks to advance equity and economic mobility.
Read MoreGuest contributors Donna Gambrell and Catherine Berman make the case that small, Black-led Community Development Financial Institutions offer a critical pathway toward social, racial and economic justice.
Read MorePepsiCo and its foundation join other major companies dealing with the ways issues of racial injustice impact their employees and customers. In this case, the company is zeroing in on hard-hit Black restaurateurs.
Read MoreFinancial services company USAA serves a diverse military community, which makes up the majority of its members and a significant part of its workforce. The company recently made a $50 million commitment to advancing racial equity.
Read MoreEarly on, corporations directed billions toward COVID-19 response, and made big donations in response to a growing racial justice movement. Capital One is building on its initial efforts with a $200 million initiative. Where’s the money headed?
Read MoreA new initiative to support Native American communities hit hard by COVID-19 will offer direct cash relief, a funding strategy that’s growing in popularity. We spoke to Edgar Villanueva about the Decolonizing Wealth Project’s latest move.
Read MoreMicrosoft recently announced a $15 million investment in nonprofits that provide digital skills and workforce development programming to the Black community. To be considered, nonprofits will have to act fast and apply by September 30.
Read MoreOne year after a group of philanthropies met to discuss ways to address fair labor issues, the resulting collaborative, FORGE, has launched a pooled fund aiming to lift worker voices. The fund’s first round of grants focuses on COVID response.
Read MoreMacKenzie Scott’s first moves in international funding aim to empower marginalized people in the Global South to build their own paths to resiliency. That includes millions in direct cash transfers.
Read MoreA coalition of major impact investors seeking to build out the field made its first round of grants, funding initiatives that focus on public policy and increasing the flow of private capital to urgent social problems.
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