Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change, but less than 0.2% of foundation funding is explicitly targeted at women and the environment. A new effort, Daughters for Earth, hopes to change that.
Read MoreObstetric fistula is a devastating condition that impacts millions of women, but it’s not a high priority in global health funding. CEO Kate Grant tells us how she grew the largest private funder supporting the cause.
Read MoreWomen and girls in Ukraine will face the brunt of the war’s consequences. In this guest post, leaders from two women’s funding networks encourage donors to provide powerful support through women’s funds.
Read MoreSince its 2016 launch, the Rosenberg Foundation’s Leading Edge fellowship program has backed some of California’s most promising social justice leaders. Here’s what some fellows in the 2022-2024 cohort are working on.
Read MoreThe groundbreaking grantmaker left it to her latest grantees to publicize their gifts—or not. Since then, there’s been a steady stream of gift announcements, some of them massive. Here’s what you need to know.
Read MoreWe recently caught up with philanthropy and history scholar Tyrone McKinley Freeman, author of a new book about early black millionaire Madam C.J. Walker, who paved the way for Black philanthropy today.
Read MoreLaunched in 2020, the Ford Global Fellowship supports leaders working to address the drivers of inequality around the globe. As a response to the pandemic, Ford has increased the number of fellows in its sophomore cohort.
Read MoreWhile access to abortion care is on the line like never before, women of color have the tools to respond, according to the co-presidents of All* Above All. They make the case for how and why philanthropy should support this work.
Read MoreDespite a swiftly rising global female prison population, funding remains scarce for work with and for incarcerated women and girls. Guest authors Isabella Cordua and Sabrina Mahtani unpack the problem.
Read MoreFour years after #MeToo went viral, nonprofit Me Too International’s work continues to expand, picking up new foundation, individual and corporate donors, and expanding a partnership with Global Fund for Women.
Read MoreWhile WNBA stars are paid much less than their NBA counterparts, they have engaged in impactful philanthropy by using their dollars and their voices to advocate for causes that matter to them. Here’s a quick rundown.
Read MoreHispanics in Philanthropy acts as an affinity group, a donor network, a grantmaker, a crowdfunding platform, and more, and a big portion of its work serves communities in Latin America. Here’s how this work is evolving.
Read MoreMacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates have partnered once already, and seem to be influencing each other’s giving. We hypothesize about what a more extensive team-up could accomplish, and what it would take to get there.
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 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 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 MorePart of an ongoing series on family philanthropy, we take a closer look at the giving of Tegan and Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp. After an acquisition windfall, the Actons are giving extensively in the Bay Area and nationally.
Read MoreBacked by the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Kasa! will address a deeply under-resourced problem: sexual and gender-based violence in countries like Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal.
Read MoreWhat’s all this philanthropy talk for, if big philanthropists aren’t willing to pay it any heed? Thankfully, some do seem open to a more reciprocal dialogue, including the most prominent giver of the past few years.
Read MoreA collaboration led by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is providing millions to U.S. medical schools to ensure that early-career faculty, particularly women, can balance the demands of family caregiving and biomedical research.
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