Racial Equity and Justice in Education are “Drastically Underfunded,” Research Finds
The Schott Foundation for Public Education took a close up look at the data to find out how much education philanthropy is doing to support racial equity and ra... Read more.
How One Foundation Is Fueling Hope and Feeding Healthcare Workers in Colorado
For a year, healthcare workers have risked their lives going to work every day. Here’s how a family foundation, a local restaurant group and a healthcare netw... Read more.
For a K-12 Funder’s New President, “Racial Equity Is the Work”
NewSchools Venture Fund announced a new strategy that increases its focus on diversity and equity in K-12 education. It also announced a new president. Frances ... Read more.
How Will Walton’s New Five-Year Plan Impact K-12 Education?
K-12 funding juggernaut the Walton Family Foundation just released a new strategic plan. The foundation is sticking with main priorities like charter schools, b... Read more.
Prenatal to Three: How the Pritzker Children’s Initiative Is Backing Early Learning
The Pritzker Children’s Initiative is doubling down on its support for at-risk babies and toddlers. These community-based grants reflect PCI’s hopes that mo... Read more.
Will Philanthropists Support San Francisco’s Bold New Plan to Improve its Schools?
San Francisco supervisors have launched a plan to raise $2 billion in order to revive and improve schools in the wake of the pandemic. They’re banking on phil... Read more.
Who’s Supporting the Troops During COVID? A Look at One Funder’s Partnership with the USO
The USO is probably best known for entertaining people in the military, but the nonprofit offers a range of services. In response to COVID-19, the Lilly Endowme... Read more.
“Pandemic Pods” Are Popular in COVID-era Education. Can Funders Expand Access?
“Pandemic pods” have emerged as one creative solution to learning loss caused by COVID-19, but experts fear they’ll worsen inequities in education. One K-... Read more.
Foundations Get Behind Tutoring as a Remedy for COVID-Era Learning Disruption
This education intervention is costly but highly effective. Many believe it should be part of a national strategy to tackle the achievement gap, and a new found... Read more.
“An Essential Resource.” A Foundation Tackles the Digital Divide, Starting in its Own Backyard
Since the pandemic began, funders across the country have been scrambling to address the gaping digital divide in our education system and its damaging impact o... Read more.
City Fund Has Become a Major Player in K-12 Philanthropy. Here’s What it Funds and Why
In just two years, City Fund has gone from newcomer to a major player in K-12 education funding, with backing from some of the biggest donors in this space. We ... Read more.
There’s a Stunning Lack of Diversity in Clinical Trials. Can Philanthropy Move the Needle?
The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation is behind the latest philanthropic effort to diversify clinical trials. The initiative seeks to train a cadre of medical inv... Read more.
New Pooled Funding Initiative Looks to Boost Black Leaders in Education
A small family foundation is teaming up with Walton to put more Black teachers into the classroom and to support for Black education leaders around the country.... Read more.
Backed by a Billionaire, a New York Hospital Takes on Health Disparities
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio is giving $50 million to a New York hospital to tackle racial health disparities. The unique gift will fund the institution’s... Read more.
Why a Small Family Foundation is Giving Big for Neurodegenerative Disorders
A $15 million gift is a reminder that giving for medical research is nearly always entwined with deeply human backstories about disease and suffering—ordeals ... Read more.
How a Unique Funding Model Aims to Strengthen the Link Between Giving and Impact
NPX pairs investments and donations to provide up-front capital to nonprofits that can offer concrete results. The metrics-focused model won’t be a fit for al... Read more.
Fighting the Opioid Crisis in the Era of COVID-19: What One Grantmaker is Doing
Bankrolled by one of the pharma giants that helped fuel the opioid crisis, a relatively new foundation established to fight this problem is working to respond t... Read more.
Why Bloomberg is Investing in Black Doctors
Forever driven by data, Bloomberg’s $100 million investment in four historically Black medical schools reflects powerful evidence that the availability of Bla... Read more.
A Foundation Steps Up its Work to Bring a Racial Justice Lens to Education
Even before the pandemic and the protests that followed George Floyd’s death, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation had already pivoted its grantmaking to put i... Read more.
New Walton Initiative Funds Charter Schools From the Ground Up
Charter schools struggle to find building space for their operations. The Walton Family Foundation has long been laser-focused on this challenge, most recently ... Read more.
Zeroing in on Student Advising, a Foundation Aims to Pave the Path to College
Providing extra support for low-income kids hoping to attend college has become more important than ever in the pandemic. The Stupski Foundation is teaming up w... Read more.
