February 07, 2023 “Community Knows What Community Needs.” Inside CZI’s Participatory Grantmaking Program February 07, 2023/ Mike Scutari The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative just wrapped up its second year of grantmaking led in part by community members. CZI’s Curtis Yancy explains the program’s mechanics, lessons learned and what’s next.Read More
January 09, 2023 This CZI Spinoff's New Funding Tells a More Nuanced Story About Criminal Justice Reform January 09, 2023/ Dawn Wolfe The Just Trust’s new Safer Communities Accelerator is getting behind groups “working within the system and outside of it.” The trust’s overall approach involves funding direct services as well as broader justice reform advocacy.Read More
December 21, 2022 Green Heavyweights: The Nation’s 25 Largest Environmental Grantmakers December 21, 2022/ Michael Kavate We compiled a list of the top green funders in the U.S., based on the most recent full year of giving data available. One big takeaway: Living billionaires now dominate the list.Read More
September 01, 2022 Seven Questions for Stephen Quake, the New Head of Science at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative September 01, 2022/ Paul Karon The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recently named Stanford Professor Stephen Quake as its new head of science. We spoke about his new role leading CZI's ambitious mission to treat all human disease within the century.Read More
August 31, 2022 11 Major Foundation Racial Justice Pledges and Progress to Date August 31, 2022/ Martha Ramirez Two years after a historic summer, Inside Philanthropy gathered data on 11 major foundations’ racial justice commitments. Here’s a pledge-by-pledge rundown of how much money is moving and where it’s headed so far.Read More
August 31, 2022 Foundations Made Impressive Moves in the Aftermath of George Floyd's Death, but Much Work Remains August 31, 2022/ Martha Ramirez Following the summer of 2020, major foundations moved hundreds of millions to BIPOC-led groups, mostly in general support. But the work has just begun. Here’s what movement leaders say they need from the sector next. Read More
August 31, 2022 Two Years After Historic Uprisings, Where Does Philanthropy’s Commitment to Racial Justice Stand? August 31, 2022/ Martha Ramirez and Tate Williams In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, philanthropies committed billions to racial equity. Two years on, how much money has moved? Where has it gone? In this special report, IP charts the progress of 11 major foundation pledges.Read More
August 04, 2022 A Criminal Justice Reform Funder Expands its Footprint, State by State August 04, 2022/ Dawn Wolfe The Just Trust, a criminal justice spinoff of CZI, is adding four more states to its strategy for reform. Here are the details on why the grantmaker is funding where it is, and how it plans to get to all 50 states.Read More
July 15, 2022 Six Funders Who Are Prioritizing Diversity in STEM Higher Ed July 15, 2022/ IP Staff Much of the philanthropic funding for higher education in STEM still fails to address disparities in those fields. Here are a few of the grantmakers we’re tracking who have been funding DEI in STEM higher ed.Read More
March 22, 2022 California's Homelessness Problem Has Long Defied Solutions. Here’s What Five Funders Are Doing March 22, 2022/ Martha Ramirez Even before the pandemic, California had around 28% of the nation’s homeless population. Here’s how five Golden State funders are approaching a problem that continues to stymie philanthropy.Read More
March 04, 2022 CZI’s Justice Reform Spinoff Has Ambitious Goals. Here’s Where Its First Grants Are Headed March 04, 2022/ Katherine Don The Just Trust spun off from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative last year with $350 million in funding. Now that its inaugural grants have gone out, we checked in with CEO Ana Zamora about its goals and outlook.Read More
February 22, 2022 Getting the Call: A Look at MacKenzie Scott’s Recent Ed Giving February 22, 2022/ Connie Matthiessen What’s it like to get a bolt-from-the-blue gift from MacKenzie Scott? We talk to some recent recipients from the world of K-12 education and explore what this latest round of funding tells us.Read More
February 09, 2022 Philanthropy Is Backing a Data Hub on Schools and COVID. Critics Fear an Agenda February 09, 2022/ Connie Matthiessen An economist’s work on COVID-19’s impact on schools has drawn controversy, heightened by connections to funders and a conservative think tank. The debate reflects underlying concerns over the role of philanthropy in education.Read More
February 02, 2022 IP Briefing: What's Going on With Philanthropy for Criminal Justice Reform? February 02, 2022/ IP Staff Giving to organizations working on criminal justice reform has soared in recent years, expanding the work of existing organizations and seeding the creation of new groups. But fundraisers are wondering how long this trend will last.Read More
January 12, 2022 What We Learned From a Deep Dive Into Tech Industry Giving January 12, 2022/ Mike Scutari We recently published an in-depth paper on the philanthropy of mega-donors hailing from the tech industry, as part of IP’s State of American Philanthropy project. Author Mike Scutari walks through some of our key takeaways.Read More
December 20, 2021 IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for U.S. Democracy December 20, 2021/ IP Staff In IP’s weekly briefings, we provide an overview of what’s happening in a particular area of philanthropy, loaded with links to our past coverage and State of American Philanthropy research. This week: U.S. democracy.Read More
December 09, 2021 Who Are the Next Billionaire Climate Mega-Donors? December 09, 2021/ Michael Kavate Growing numbers of America’s super-wealthy are wading into giving to avert the climate crisis. Here’s a list of billionaires who are just getting started in climate funding, or otherwise signaling greater potential giving ahead.Read More
December 03, 2021 Can We Close the Educator Diversity Gap? A Funder With a Big Footprint Wants to Find Out December 03, 2021/ Connie Matthiessen The teacher workforce remains mostly white, even as schools grow more diverse. As CZI leans into DEI, a new round of grants backs organizations working to expand the ranks of teachers of color.Read More
November 29, 2021 Funding Basic Science Is the Name of the Game for This Affinity Group Leader November 29, 2021/ Paul Karon Philanthropy is playing a bigger part in the funding landscape for basic science these days, and the Science Philanthropy Alliance exists to deepen that engagement. We hear from its new president, France A. Córdova.Read More
November 22, 2021 Who’s Backing a Campaign to Bring the Internet to Millions of U.S. Households That Still Lack Access? November 22, 2021/ Connie Matthiessen With 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 More