December 01, 2022 Visual Storytellers and Journalists Face Growing Risks. What Can Funders Do to Protect Them? December 01, 2022/ Martha Ramirez Backed by the Ford Foundation and others, a recent report from the Safer Storytellers Project outlines the steps funders can take to protect creators from increasing attacks and threats to their safety.Read More
September 08, 2022 Informed By COVID, a Coalition of Funders Backs Community Health Workers in Africa September 08, 2022/ Liz Longley The Africa Frontline First Catalytic Fund is setting its sights on compensating and training community health workers, who play a crucial role in addressing public health problems. Two major foundations have already signed on.Read More
April 14, 2022 With a Flurry of Gifts, MacKenzie Scott And Dan Jewett Make a Statement in Brazil April 14, 2022/ Liz Longley One area of focus to emerge in MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett’s global giving is civil society and human rights work in Brazil. A series of donations makes it clear the country is a priority. Here’s why and where the money is going.Read More
April 05, 2022 This Pandemic-Era Fund Made its First Grants to Support Workers—and Patch the Safety Net April 05, 2022/ Liz Longley The Families and Workers Fund launched in the depths of the pandemic to offer immediate relief. It’s since racked up a long list of major funders, and just announced its first round of grants. Here’s where the money’s going. Read More
February 17, 2022 How Much Carbon Are We Emitting? We Don’t Really Know, but a New Coalition Aims to Narrow It Down February 17, 2022/ Michael Kavate The world needs to reduce its carbon emissions to zero in a few decades, but we’re not even sure how much we’re emitting. A new alliance wants to fix that, and philanthropy has a key role to play.Read More
November 10, 2021 As the COVID Fight Continues, Who’s Funding Surveillance for the Next Biological Threat? November 10, 2021/ Liz Longley COVID-19 was a wake-up call to the world that we are insufficiently prepared to identify and stop emerging diseases. It’s a niche cause in philanthropy, but here are a few funders backing early warning systems.Read More
October 19, 2021 Inside a Coordinated Response to COVID From a Billionaire Who Saw It Coming October 19, 2021/ Liz Longley Jeff Skoll was one of only a handful of philanthropists backing pandemic prevention before COVID-19. That helped the Skoll Foundation hit the ground running on a global response last year, but vastly more resources are needed.Read More
July 28, 2021 Recognizing the Power of Storytelling, a Funder Collaborative Backs Media in the Global South July 28, 2021/ Martha Ramirez The Ford, Compton and Skoll foundations have partnered to launch a 10-year, $30 million donor collaborative that seeks to strengthen the impact of storytelling through video and related media in the Global South.Read More
June 15, 2021 A Closer Look at the Foundation Behind a $1.3 Billion Donation to Africa’s Pandemic Response June 15, 2021/ Liz Longley The Mastercard Foundation recently announced one of the largest private pandemic response donations, a $1.3 billion partnership with Africa CDC. We unpack the program, and how this huge global funder works.Read More
April 26, 2021 From the “Who” to the “What”: the Skoll Foundation Clarifies Its Priorities April 26, 2021/ Liz Longley The Skoll Foundation places a large focus on social entrepreneurs and social innovators. Going forward, it intends to continue doing so within five priority areas that reflect key challenges of the current era.Read More