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Are More Climate Funders Ready to Fight Pipelines? Interest in Fossil Fuel Opposition Grows
Meet the Head of the New Ballmer Outfit Set to “Become the World’s Largest Climate Funder”
What’s Up in Climate Philanthropy? Seven Themes After Six Months of Trump
Billionaires to the Rescue? The Megadonors Who Might Fund the Fight for Democracy
Climate Regrantors Speak Up: How They’re Responding to Trump
Philanthropy Helped These Climate Groups Win Funding. Trump Is Trying To Take It Back
Laurene Powell Jobs’ XQ Institute Is on a Mission to Remake High School
A Regrantor Deploys Emergency Funding as Others “Wait and See” on Trump Cuts
Green Megafunders Waverley, Sequoia, Freedom Together Up Their Spending
To Advance Our Social Missions, Philanthropy Needs to Address Climate Change
Youth Leaders’ Climate Fund Is Growing, But Not Fast Enough to Meet Demand
Legacy Foundations Love Listing Out Their Grants. Billionaire Givers? Not So Much
Visit the website of a major legacy foundation and almost without exception you will find one of the hallmarks of philanthropic transparency: a grants database. But if you’re hoping for the same from America’s biggest individual donors, you’re often … [Read more...] about Legacy Foundations Love Listing Out Their Grants. Billionaire Givers? Not So Much
Billionaire Climate Donors’ Interest in Food and Agriculture Is Surging. That’s Helped This Fund Soar
Decades in the Making, a New Alliance Is Bringing Together Funds from the Global South
Maria Amália Souza kicked off the December 9, 2021 video conference with a chuckle and a beaming smile. She had waited decades for this moment, but with the pandemic upending everyone’s schedules, she thought no one would show up. She need not have … [Read more...] about Decades in the Making, a New Alliance Is Bringing Together Funds from the Global South
Funding for a Better Farm Bill Has Been Sparse and Inconsistent. Is That Changing?
What Happened to Laurene Powell Jobs’ and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Once-Ambitious Green Group?
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on March 7, 2024. Three and a half years ago, Laurene Powell Jobs, Leonardo DiCaprio and private equity billionaire Brian Sheth unveiled a joint effort called Earth Alliance to confront the twin … [Read more...] about What Happened to Laurene Powell Jobs’ and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Once-Ambitious Green Group?
Laurene Powell Jobs’ Climate Funder Ramps Up Giving — and Adds Prominent Board Members
Laurene Powell Jobs’ climate philanthropy grew both its grantmaking and number of grantees substantially in 2022, based on the latest tax records, and added new experts to its board, including Ford Foundation President Darren Walker.Waverley Street … [Read more...] about Laurene Powell Jobs’ Climate Funder Ramps Up Giving — and Adds Prominent Board Members
10 Funders to Watch in 2024
Following a year in which seismic, disruptive change appeared to level off in philanthropy (though looks can be deceiving, as our latest round of Philanthropy Awards amply illustrates), 2024 may well bring us more of the norm-shattering shifts we’ve … [Read more...] about 10 Funders to Watch in 2024
With Food Systems in the Spotlight at COP28, Philanthropy Tries to Build Momentum
This year’s United Nations climate change summit is putting food and agriculture center stage for the first time, and foundations have helped organize a flurry of announcements to make the most of the moment.Dozens of philanthropies have signed onto … [Read more...] about With Food Systems in the Spotlight at COP28, Philanthropy Tries to Build Momentum
The 50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy
With New Commitments of $431 Million, the Ballmers Are Now a Top Funder of Climate Action
When Steve and Connie Ballmer announced last year that they had cut their first climate checks, one big question was whether more would come — and if so, how much. Now, we have an answer.With $431 million in new multi-year commitments made public … [Read more...] about With New Commitments of $431 Million, the Ballmers Are Now a Top Funder of Climate Action
At a Critical Moment for Action, Uncertainty Looms in Climate Philanthropy
With the climate movement about to gather in Dubai for the annual United Nations conference and the U.S. government in the first years of spending an estimated $4 trillion on climate investments and infrastructure, American climate philanthropy is in … [Read more...] about At a Critical Moment for Action, Uncertainty Looms in Climate Philanthropy
Funds Are Flowing for Decarbonization. Funders Can Make the Impact Equitable
Antonio Díaz and Dawn Curtis share a common vision: a future when their neighbors are thriving in healthy, resilient homes, schools and workplaces, and benefiting from a green economy. Díaz and Curtis are also both part of Community Climate Shift, an … [Read more...] about Funds Are Flowing for Decarbonization. Funders Can Make the Impact Equitable
What Exactly Is a Philanthropic LLC? Here Are Five Types, Ranked By Transparency
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan famously started one to channel their giving. So did Laura and John Arnold. MacKenzie Scott and Laurene Powell Jobs each operate their own. And younger billionaires, like Lukas Walton, continue to embrace them. I’m … [Read more...] about What Exactly Is a Philanthropic LLC? Here Are Five Types, Ranked By Transparency
Bill Gates’ Climate Outfit Is Now Among the Top Green Grantmakers. What Is it Funding?
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on August 2, 2023. Bill Gates’ investment and advocacy platform Breakthrough Energy became one of the country’s top green grantmakers in 2021, its first full year making grants, moving more than … [Read more...] about Bill Gates’ Climate Outfit Is Now Among the Top Green Grantmakers. What Is it Funding?
Tracking Green Regrantors: Six Funds Working to Remake the U.S. Food System
Food is sustenance. But it’s also money and jobs — plus a source of greenhouse gases. And the systems that take it from field to plate are, like so many others, shaped by racism and inequity.For these reasons and more, U.S. foundations have long put … [Read more...] about Tracking Green Regrantors: Six Funds Working to Remake the U.S. Food System
The Growth of Green Regrantors: Tracking an Evolving Ecosystem of Funding Intermediaries
When Jeff Bezos’ new climate fund announced its first round of funding in late 2020, nearly a fifth of all its grants — about $141 million — went to a handful of climate justice regrantors. In some cases, those recipients received more money from … [Read more...] about The Growth of Green Regrantors: Tracking an Evolving Ecosystem of Funding Intermediaries
Universities Get Big Bucks, Climate Does Not. But Recent Gifts Show Growing Crossover
How does climate philanthropy compare to university fundraising? It’s like apples and asteroids.Three universities — Harvard, Stanford and Johns Hopkins — raised more money in fiscal year 2021 than every foundation in the entire world spent on … [Read more...] about Universities Get Big Bucks, Climate Does Not. But Recent Gifts Show Growing Crossover
