January 31, 2023 With Big Backing From MacKenzie Scott and More, Co-Impact Targets Global Gender Inequality January 31, 2023/ Liz Longley Co-Impact seeks to improve health, education and economic outcomes for women across the Global South by tackling underlying forces at play. Here’s why the philanthropic collaborative has been a big draw for funders.Read More
November 14, 2022 What Have Philanthropies Pledged So Far During the UN Climate Summit? November 14, 2022/ Michael Kavate This year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP27, has played host to a number of philanthropic announcements, some more substantive than others. Here’s a breakdown.Read More
February 04, 2021 With COVID Adding a New Layer of Disruption, Who’s Helping Refugees in East Africa? February 04, 2021/ Liz Longley In the midst of a raging pandemic, the IKEA Foundation and IRC launched a new program to help nearly 20,000 refugees and locals find employment and grow businesses in Uganda and Kenya.Read More
October 24, 2019 With an Eye on Children, the IKEA Foundation is Stepping up its Work on Climate Change October 24, 2019/ Liz Longley Like other funders working in the Global South, IKEA has grown increasingly alarmed that climate change will inflict devastating harm on the world’s poorest people, especially the young. Its new strategy reflects those fears. Read More
October 08, 2019 Who’s Giving Globally to Educate Millions of Children in Crisis Situations? October 08, 2019/ Liz Longley Losing school structures removes a ladder that can help children climb back to normalcy when crises subside. Yet education appeals receive less than 2 percent of humanitarian funding. Some funders are looking to change that. Read More
September 27, 2019 Behind a New Global Push for Clean Air, a Growing Funder Focus on Health and the Environment September 27, 2019/ Liz Longley Two major areas of global philanthropy are increasingly converging as more foundations zero in on the rising environmental threats to health. A case in point is a new clean air initiative backed by a slew of heavy hitters. Read More
November 07, 2018 Children at Risk: Why a Corporate Funder Is Taking on Climate Change November 07, 2018/ Tate Williams Recognizing that climate change threatens progress on the issue it cares about most—children in poverty—the Ikea Foundation has now pledged nearly $800 million to the cause. Where’s the money going? Read More
November 25, 2017 Helping Kids Be Kids: A Corporate Funder Supports the Right to Play In a Harsh World November 25, 2017/ Sue-Lynn Moses Of the over 65 million refugees and displaced people in the world, more than half are children under the age of 18. Many have no place to play. The Ikea Foundation is backing an effort to change that. Read More
November 06, 2017 A "Textbook Example of Ethnic Cleansing." Who's Helping the Rohingya of Myanmar? November 06, 2017/ David Callahan While few top U.S. foundations are paying attention to a campaign of genocidal violence in Myanmar, a cadre of small and determined grantmakers are deeply engaged in this crisis. Read More