A handful of funders heard that researchers in Texas needed money to finish developing a low-cost COVID vaccine. Now, it's poised for mass distribution in India and other under-vaccinated countries worldwide.
Read MoreGuest authors Milena Bacalja Perianes and Odette Hekster make the case that philanthropy is neglecting menstrual health, to the detriment of the health and well-being of half the world’s population.
Read MoreThree million children die annually from malnutrition, and billions lack access to a healthy diet. A new coalition of private funders has formed to combat the global crisis. Here’s who is involved and what they’re funding.
Read MoreThe UPS Foundation has the advantage of drawing on UPS’s extensive global capacity in its grantmaking. Under new leadership and following a strategy update, here’s how it’s moving money and aid in the pandemic era.
Read MoreSerious injuries exert a worldwide toll that often escapes the spotlight, with poorer countries bearing the brunt of the problem. Here’s how a group of funders is bankrolling an effort to train surgeons to respond.
Read MoreEven as philanthropic and public health organizations work to boost supplies of COVID vaccines in low-income countries, funders of COVID vaccine equity face an uphill battle.
Read MoreWe sit down with former WNBA player Clarisse Machanguana, Mozambique’s most storied basketball player. She talks about going back home to start a foundation focused on girls and youth, and why she’s back in the U.S.
Read MoreSince 1997, the Eleanor Crook Foundation has had a single mission—to eradicate global malnutrition. CEO Will Moore explains how the family foundation has evolved over three generations and how its work is ramping up.
Read MoreHealth misinformation is on the rise, and it’s hampering efforts to stop the pandemic. Leading health funders are backing a project that will fund research on misinformation, how it spreads, and what we can do about it.
Read MoreSince 1986, the LEGO Foundation has been supporting children based on a core belief in the “power of play.” When the pandemic hit, the funder had to reconfigure its giving to meet new, urgent needs.
Read MoreWith omicron looming, foundations like Ford, Rockefeller and Gates are spearheading an international funders’ alliance for vaccine equity. It’s worthy work, but why aren’t more big funders stepping up on global health equity?
Read MoreCan funders back research conducted by Global North institutions in the Global South without becoming extractive? Guest contributor Terry McGovern gives us five ways that work can take place more equitably.
Read MoreCivil 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 MoreCOVID-19 was a wake-up call to the world that we are insufficiently prepared to identify and stop emerging diseases. It’s a niche cause in philanthropy, but here are a few funders backing early warning systems.
Read MoreFounded by Matt Damon and Gary White 12 years ago, Water.org is a leading provider of micro-loans to expand water access and work toward fulfilling the U.N.’s SDG 6. But in an already complex space, COVID has shaken things up.
Read MoreJeff Skoll was one of only a handful of philanthropists backing pandemic prevention before COVID-19. That helped the Skoll Foundation hit the ground running on a global response last year, but vastly more resources are needed.
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 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 MoreAs COVID underscores the need for a far more ambitious agenda on global development, new data from the OECD shows some positive signs around philanthropic engagement—amid the ecosystem’s continuing vulnerabilities.
Read MoreFood insecurity has become a popular cause for corporate funders during COVID-19, but the PIMCO Foundation has been in this fight for a while, taking on world hunger from a number of angles. Here’s what you need to know.
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