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Mani Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Mani Charitable Foundation supports education and opportunity in India, as well as education, arts and mental health in the state of Washington. IP TAKE: The low-profile Mani Foundation has recently conducted its grantmaking through a … [Read more...] about Mani Charitable Foundation
43.4 Million and Rising: Five U.S.-Based Funders Supporting Refugees
What Indigenous Forest Guardians Need from Funders
Effective Altruism Needs a Gender Lens
Headed by a Billionaire and a Movie Star, a Foundation Fights Gender-Based Violence
The Natural Soapmaking Company Making a Philanthropic Impact
Basic Data, Big Impact: Why Bloomberg’s Doubling Down on Tracking Global Births and Deaths
In the near decade since Bloomberg Philanthropies launched its 2015 Data for Health Initiative, it has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help governments in 31 countries track a few basic pieces of information: births and deaths. Why is … [Read more...] about Basic Data, Big Impact: Why Bloomberg’s Doubling Down on Tracking Global Births and Deaths
One in Three Women: These Funders Are Working to End Gender-Based Violence
When Vulnerabilities and Disparities Turn Weather into Disasters, What’s Philanthropy’s Role?
Billionaire Climate Donors’ Interest in Food and Agriculture Is Surging. That’s Helped This Fund Soar
How One Corporate Foundation Is Backing Maternal Health in the U.S. and Abroad
Carla Willis recalls the grief that hit her full-on during her first meeting as a member of Georgia’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee in 2021. “I was so grateful that it was virtual because I had to turn my camera off. And I was literally sobbing … [Read more...] about How One Corporate Foundation Is Backing Maternal Health in the U.S. and Abroad
A Look at Eight Major Conservation Regrantors Based in the Global North
The WHO Foundation: Applying a “Start-up Mentality” to the Challenges of Global Health
Five Questions for Lim Seok Hui, CEO of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance
The Asia Pacific region is known as an economic powerhouse, anchored by stable growth that has transformed the prospects of hundreds of millions of people. At the same time, significant work lies ahead to mitigate urgent threats to its upward … [Read more...] about Five Questions for Lim Seok Hui, CEO of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance
On the Eve of the Paris Olympics, a Global Sports Philanthropy Reflects on Its Past and Future
In 2000, the late, great Nelson Mandela delivered a famous speech declaring that “sport has the power to change the world.” As we’ve covered the celebrity and athlete beat at Inside Philanthropy, we’ve written about the unique power and influence … [Read more...] about On the Eve of the Paris Olympics, a Global Sports Philanthropy Reflects on Its Past and Future
This New Global Funder Is All About Proximate, On-the-Ground Giving in Africa
Local development has become a hot topic lately as U.S. funders come around to the idea that lasting change requires proximate leadership, and that problems from education to climate action are best solved by the people who live with them every day. … [Read more...] about This New Global Funder Is All About Proximate, On-the-Ground Giving in Africa
Conversations on Creating a Blueprint for Better Giving from Skoll’s Latest Forum
At the Skoll World Forum, which took place earlier this spring, systems change anchored discussions across disciplines from climate change to democracy and healthcare. Skoll celebrated changemakers who lead local solutions, as we covered in last … [Read more...] about Conversations on Creating a Blueprint for Better Giving from Skoll’s Latest Forum
How a Global Participatory Grantmaking Experiment in Seed Funding Took Shape
This New Fund’s Working at the Intersection of Climate Justice and Digital Rights
At first glance, digital rights and climate justice may seem like two separate issues. The two, however, intersect in a number of critical ways. The internet, for example, is "the world's largest coal-powered machine." Beyond that, there are issues … [Read more...] about This New Fund’s Working at the Intersection of Climate Justice and Digital Rights
Philanthropy Must Be at the Table to Imagine a Resilient, Inclusive Economy in the Age of AI
As we experience change at an exponential rate, with new technologies omnipresent and democracy faltering on unsettled ground, how can philanthropy support the 1.5 billion unbanked people worldwide who are being left behind? In increasingly cashless … [Read more...] about Philanthropy Must Be at the Table to Imagine a Resilient, Inclusive Economy in the Age of AI
How Kellogg and Partner Philanthropies Are Funding in Haiti, a Country Beset by Crisis
A Skoll Award Winner Finds a Proximate Solution for School-Based Nutrition in Africa
Earlier this month, a community of some 1,500 from around the world gathered at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford to help find solutions to issues ranging from climate change to intergenerational trauma. Hosted by the foundation created by Jeff Skoll, … [Read more...] about A Skoll Award Winner Finds a Proximate Solution for School-Based Nutrition in Africa
Decades in the Making, a New Alliance Is Bringing Together Funds from the Global South
Maria Amália Souza kicked off the December 9, 2021 video conference with a chuckle and a beaming smile. She had waited decades for this moment, but with the pandemic upending everyone’s schedules, she thought no one would show up. She need not have … [Read more...] about Decades in the Making, a New Alliance Is Bringing Together Funds from the Global South
How Grassroots International Is Funding in Gaza and Haiti Amid Devastating Violence
In the four decades since Grassroots International was founded in a one-room office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it has funded dozens of movements by people around the world seeking to end apartheid, overturn repressive regimes and gain freedom. As … [Read more...] about How Grassroots International Is Funding in Gaza and Haiti Amid Devastating Violence
How Do Grantmakers Get Started On Climate? Here’s How One Human Rights Funder Began
Sandra Nathan packed all wrong for the climate training. She arrived in Oxford last September for an organization-wide meeting with a suitcase full of sweaters to cope with the fall chill. Yet temperatures were in the mid-70s nearly all week — and … [Read more...] about How Do Grantmakers Get Started On Climate? Here’s How One Human Rights Funder Began
Unlocking Girls’ Leadership Starts with Asking the Right Questions
Sometimes asking a simple question — and truly listening to the answer — can be a powerful catalyst for change. Questions, and the information they unearth, can also nurture great leaders. Without them, we risk missing profound insights that can only … [Read more...] about Unlocking Girls’ Leadership Starts with Asking the Right Questions
How the Segal Family Foundation Funds Globally, Acts Locally
Despite all the growth in global giving, U.S.-based foundations have historically funded close to home. Fewer than a quarter engaged in international grantmaking over the past few decades. And while the ideas of locally led development and proximate … [Read more...] about How the Segal Family Foundation Funds Globally, Acts Locally
Who Is Binaifer Nowrojee, the New President of Open Society Foundations?
In 1993, George Soros realized he could not keep giving away his billions on his own. Needing a manager for his philanthropy, he hired Aryeh Neier, a veteran human rights advocate, law professor and cofounder of Human Rights Watch.Neier ended up … [Read more...] about Who Is Binaifer Nowrojee, the New President of Open Society Foundations?
Bill Drayton on Ashoka’s Work to Make “Everyone a Changemaker”
Four decades ago, when Bill Drayton founded Ashoka, the terms “changemaker” and “social entrepreneur” weren’t part of the lexicon. Drayton coined them to describe the global movement he was launching, which he envisioned as a community of innovators … [Read more...] about Bill Drayton on Ashoka’s Work to Make “Everyone a Changemaker”
