The Africa Frontline First Catalytic Fund is setting its sights on compensating and training community health workers, who play a crucial role in addressing public health problems. Two major foundations have already signed on.
Read MoreThe latest round of Carnegie Medals for Philanthropy included the first recipient from Africa, Kenyan-born businessman Manu Chandaria. IP spoke with the donor about his upbringing, his business and his giving.
Read MoreIP reports from Africa on Buffett’s $435 million investment and lofty ambitions for transforming agriculture in Rwanda and beyond. The push includes a new university, a large irrigation project, and close government partnership.
Read MorePhilanthropic funding has played a major role in a highly successful international effort to combat a disease that was once widespread across the globe. But the fight isn’t over yet.
Read MoreWasting is a low-body-weight condition that’s the deadliest form of malnutrition for children. There are low-cost solutions, and a group of private and public funders is pledging $250 million to the cause.
Read MoreThe WES Mariam Assefa Fund supports efforts in the U.S. and Canada to give immigrants and refugees a leg up — and a decent paycheck.
Read MoreOngoing crises and political developments have challenged nonprofits serving immigrants and refugees, but sometimes also pose fundraising opportunities. Unsurprisingly, well-established operations tend to have a leg up.
Read MoreBloomberg Philanthropies is putting more major money behind a global effort to combat cardiovascular disease. It remains the top cause of death in low and middle-income countries, but draws in relatively little aid funding.
Read MoreBill Gates’ ultra-gift of $20 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reaffirms his place as a titan of modern philanthropy. It also signals more of the same to come from the foundation — for better or worse.
Read MoreEducation Cannot Wait is a U.N.-created fund with a mission to support children’s learning during times of crisis. Director Yasmin Sharif details how the organization works, and its plans for future philanthropic fundraising.
Read MoreThe Greece-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation is expanding a major global health grantmaking initiative with commitments to three longtime partners based in New York City. Mental health is one focus area.
Read MoreTo mark World Refugee Day, we look at how a nimble philanthropist swung into action to meet the sanitation needs of a group of severely disabled refugees who heroically escaped from war-torn Ukraine and found shelter in Poland.
Read MoreOpen Philanthropy and GiveWell are bringing their close-knit effective altruist partnership to bear on the problem of unsafe water. Here’s how they’re helping provide community chlorine dispensers to several African countries.
Read MorePhilanthropist Wendy Schmidt makes a case for greater funder support for agroecology, which draws upon Indigenous knowledge to create resilient food systems that safeguard biodiversity.
Read MoreA collaboration of Open Society Foundations, the Clinton Health Access Initiative and other global health organizations and companies aims to augment vaccination efforts with the use of COVID antiviral medicines.
Read MoreNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs) remain a stubborn problem in some parts of the world, but there is momentum to eliminate them. Here’s how a big new commitment from the Helmsley Charitable Trust fits in.
Read MoreAs the U.S. backslides on abortion rights, much of the rest of the world is moving in the other direction. Here’s one abortion care organization that’s been leading that charge, even as support from U.S. philanthropy remains lackluster.
Read MorePhilanthropy represents only a fraction of global health spending, and large foundations dominate U.S. giving for global health. Still, COVID-19 has led to an uptick, both from established funding leaders and others.
Read MoreAn initial wave of support for Ukraine focused largely on humanitarian aid. With the war entering its third month, organizations are channeling funds to help more than 5 million who have fled the country.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of new money in the U.S. climate ecosystem — and a lot of need abroad. Here are eight funds that weren’t on MacKenzie Scott’s game-changing list last month.
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