This CZI Spinoff's New Funding Tells a More Nuanced Story About Criminal Justice Reform

This CZI Spinoff's New Funding Tells a More Nuanced Story About Criminal Justice Reform

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.

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How This Star-Studded Justice Reform Outfit Rakes in Big-Donor Support

How This Star-Studded Justice Reform Outfit Rakes in Big-Donor Support

REFORM Alliance and its all-star board have notched a number of big wins on the ground. We catch up with donors Michael Novogratz and Laura Arnold about why they back the justice reform organization.

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Appreciation Isn't Enough: How One Big Ed Funder Is Boosting Teacher Well-being

Appreciation Isn't Enough: How One Big Ed Funder Is Boosting Teacher Well-being

As schools cope with teacher shortages and many burnt-out educators plan to leave the profession, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative marked Teacher Appreciation Week with $4 million in grants for educator well-being.

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Zuckerberg and Chan Closed the Door on Election Funding, But the Story Isn't Over

Zuckerberg and Chan Closed the Door on Election Funding, But the Story Isn't Over

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.

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Take Another Step as Climate Mega-Donors. What’s Next?

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Take Another Step as Climate Mega-Donors. What’s Next?

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?

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Big Changes Are Underway in CZI’s Policy Funding. Here’s What’s Happening and Why

Big Changes Are Underway in CZI’s Policy Funding. Here’s What’s Happening and Why

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.

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