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
May 09, 2022 What Do Gates, Zuckerberg and Company Have in Common? An Obsession with “Breakthroughs” May 09, 2022/ Michael Kavate Billionaire tech donors like chasing “breakthroughs,” especially when it comes to their climate giving. What does this oft-repeated nomenclature say about their mindset—and what’s missing from their philanthropy?Read More
April 25, 2022 Zuckerberg and Chan Closed the Door on Election Funding, But the Story Isn't Over April 25, 2022/ Philip Rojc Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s unprecedented support for election infrastructure in 2020 has been among their most controversial giving. Though the Facebook royalty aren’t involved, that strand of philanthropy continues.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
January 27, 2022 Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Take Another Step as Climate Mega-Donors. What’s Next? January 27, 2022/ Michael Kavate Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan last week pledged $50 million to the University of Hawaiʻi for ocean and coral research. It’s their second major climate-related grant. What’s driving the gift, and can we expect more like it?Read More
January 13, 2022 Why Funders Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Democracy Giving January 13, 2022/ Philip Rojc At a scary time for American democracy, rampant civic contention is scrambling old norms and giving rise to weird new forms of giving. Funders need to lean in at this critical juncture, not turn away.Read More
December 09, 2021 Is Mike Bloomberg's New Charter School Investment a Gift, or Is It Overreach? December 09, 2021/ Connie Matthiessen Mike Bloomberg is doubling down on charter schools and slamming traditional public schools in the process. It’s the latest example of the billionaire exercising tremendous influence through his giving and public platform.Read More
February 10, 2021 Big Changes Are Underway in CZI’s Policy Funding. Here’s What’s Happening and Why February 10, 2021/ Philip Rojc Five years from its founding, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is offloading its criminal justice and immigration grantmaking and pushing the accelerator on racial equity. We unpack what all this reshuffling means for a funder in flux.Read More