Civil war has created a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, killing thousands, including hundreds from starvation. A U.K.-based charity recently formed a $30 million partnership of three funders to support nutrition over five years.
Read MoreWith philanthropic backing, EducationSuperHighway helped get the majority of U.S. classrooms online. Now, it’s working to close the wider broadband gap, with funding from Laurene Powell Jobs, Ken Griffin and others.
Read MoreDental therapy was virtually unknown in the U.S. until Alaskan tribal leaders—with the help of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and other funders—introduced it to provide dental care to remote and low-income communities.
Read MoreThe Oak Foundation, working with Together for Girls, is amplifying the voices of survivors to end childhood sexual violence. But other funders will need to step up in the face of an ugly problem that COVID has exacerbated.
Read MoreEric and Wendy Schmidt give to a wide range of causes, from research to marine conservation. Their new program Rise provides a lifetime of support to talented teens. Wendy Schmidt and Rise leadership fill us in on the initiative.
Read MoreEstablished by the hotel tycoon, the foundation tackles issues like early childhood development and homelessness. A 2019 bequest from its namesake's son more than doubled its endowment to $7.5 billion.
Read MoreInvestor Warren G. Lichtenstein has made youth sports a major focus of his philanthropy. We talk with him about how he arrived at this mission, and the personal forces driving it.
Read MoreWith a net worth of $6.5 billion, Giving Pledge signatory Judith Faulkner is ramping up her philanthropy through her Roots and Wings Foundation. We check in with Shana Dall’Osto, foundation executive director.
Read MoreThe Educare Learning Network, a public-private partnership between governments and foundations, is working to close the opportunity gap—and pursue transformative change in our troubled early education system.
Read MoreLast week’s U.N. Food Systems Summit drew thousands of stakeholders and major financial commitments, including from the Gates Foundation. But it also stoked a heated debate over solutions to global hunger.
Read MoreIn this guest post, Carla Thompson Payton of the Kellogg Foundation looks back on a five-year funding initiative that introduced young children to local food production. Payton cites cascading economic and educational benefits.
Read MoreThe Mastercard Foundation is a big-time funder in Africa, committing $1.3 billion there to fight COVID and another $1.3 billion to support students. Its new $55 million partnership with the University of Rwanda furthers that work.
Read MoreBen Chestnut and Dan Kurzius are netting $5 billion apiece from the sale of Mailchimp to Intuit. Who are these Atlanta-based tech winners, and what might we expect from their philanthropy in the years ahead?
Read MoreSalesforce stands apart from many K-12 funders in that it’s heavily focused on direct support for public school districts. As schools face daunting challenges while reopening, the tech giant made another $19 million in grants.
Read MoreThe St. Louis-based Deaconess Foundation funds efforts to support the health and well-being of young people in the region, using an array of grants, mission-related investments and advocacy.
Read MoreIn our latest Funder Spotlight, we look at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, among the nation’s oldest. Built on the fortune of a “cereal king,” the foundation supports children, families and communities.
Read MoreThe world is a different place than it was the last time Haiti suffered a major earthquake, with the pandemic and other disasters taking up donor attention. Who has stayed the course, and which new players are coming to Haiti’s aid?
Read MoreCOVID has shone a light on how far the U.S. lags when it comes to child care. Backing five state-level coalitions, Child Care NEXT seeks to solve a thorny problem: how to implement comprehensive, quality early childhood education.
Read MoreEstablished in 2020, the NBA Foundation focuses on driving economic opportunity and empowerment in the Black community. We talk to its leadership about how the foundation came about and what it supports.
Read MoreBuilding back better means providing economic opportunity for youth, but it also means engaging them in serving their communities. Here’s how the former Starbucks CEO’s family foundation is trying to do both.
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