OVERVIEW: The Allegretti Foundation supports health, animals and wildlife, education, the environment, housing and arts and culture with a strong focus on the states of Florida, Illinois and Colorado. IP TAKE: The Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation … [Read more...] about Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation
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Alchemy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Alchemy Foundation supports global organizations involved in human and immigrants' rights. In Boston, it makes grants for health, housing, arts and education. IP TAKE: The Alchemy Foundation maintains a low public profile and does not … [Read more...] about Alchemy Foundation
“We Know Exactly How Housing Works.” How a New Public-Private Partnership Tackles Homelessness
Amazon Doubles Down on Its Housing Giving. Good Strategy or More of the Same?
There are few firms to compete with Amazon for sheer ubiquity. Like it or not, Amazon’s everywhere, and that poses a distinct challenge for its corporate philanthropy. How and where should the company give for greatest visibility and effect when its … [Read more...] about Amazon Doubles Down on Its Housing Giving. Good Strategy or More of the Same?
Google Gets Behind Guaranteed Income to Relieve Homelessness on Its Home Turf
There is growing momentum behind the concept of guaranteed income — that is, programs that provide recurring direct cash payments to ease poverty. Pilots have been rolled out around the country — more than 150 to date — and preliminary analyses show … [Read more...] about Google Gets Behind Guaranteed Income to Relieve Homelessness on Its Home Turf
Where’s the Bezos Day One Fund’s Latest Homelessness Support Going?
Jeff Bezos is one of the wealthiest people on the planet and his philanthropy draws a lot of attention. Though overshadowed in recent years by the giving of his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, Bezos remains one of the top billionaire philanthropists. His … [Read more...] about Where’s the Bezos Day One Fund’s Latest Homelessness Support Going?
The Robin Hood of the West: Inside the Antipoverty Work of Tipping Point Community
Last year, we did a deep dive on the Robin Hood Foundation, founded in 1988 by Wall Street titan Paul Tudor Jones with the ambitious mission to eliminate poverty in New York City. Gotham’s largest antipoverty charity is very much a byproduct of New … [Read more...] about The Robin Hood of the West: Inside the Antipoverty Work of Tipping Point Community
How the Meadows Foundation Supports the People (and Animals) of Texas
On a hot Sunday in September, Ellen Jefferson, a veterinarian, animal-welfare advocate, and president and CEO of Austin Pets Alive, held a very cute, very scared white puppy with gray ears in her lap. The last of the puppy’s siblings had been adopted … [Read more...] about How the Meadows Foundation Supports the People (and Animals) of Texas
A Foster Youth Activist Calls on Philanthropy to Invest Endowment Dollars in Affordable Housing
Journalist turned philanthropy expert Daniel Heimpel wants to end the foster-care-to-homeless pipeline in Los Angeles County, and he has a plan to get philanthropy to pay for it — using its endowment dollars. I met Heimpel in the historic West Adams … [Read more...] about A Foster Youth Activist Calls on Philanthropy to Invest Endowment Dollars in Affordable Housing
Address Youth Homelessness or Youth Mental Health? Philanthropy Can Solve Both
When our children were growing up, like many young people, they faced challenges and struggles that required support from us as parents, their schools and other caring adults. We recognized that their ability to grow into healthy adults hinged upon … [Read more...] about Address Youth Homelessness or Youth Mental Health? Philanthropy Can Solve Both
“Your Agenda Is Making Houston Better.” How the Houston Endowment Backs Its Home City
I went to college in Houston in the late 1980s and was surprised to find a world-class arts scene that dramatically eclipsed the offerings of my hometown, Detroit. Down there in the muggy Gulf Coast south, Houston had a thriving opera, ballet and … [Read more...] about “Your Agenda Is Making Houston Better.” How the Houston Endowment Backs Its Home City
It’s Time for Philanthropy to Put Communities in Charge of Their Own Housing and Futures
Housing insecurity is a national crisis. In big cities, suburbs and rural areas, on the coasts and in the heartland, rents are skyrocketing, homeownership is out of reach, and a lost job or a landlord’s whim can push families into homelessness.In … [Read more...] about It’s Time for Philanthropy to Put Communities in Charge of Their Own Housing and Futures
Nonprofit Homeless Response Staff Struggle to Afford Housing. Will Funders Respond?
Michael Centeno’s is the kind of personal success story that any funder would be proud to feature in its press materials. Formerly homeless himself, Centeno works as an intensive case manager at Housing Works in Los Angeles, helping housing-insecure … [Read more...] about Nonprofit Homeless Response Staff Struggle to Afford Housing. Will Funders Respond?
Amid a Surging Housing Crisis, Should More Funders Be Paying Attention to YIMBYism?
There’s no shortage of problems testing the limits of philanthropy right now, and the housing affordability crisis is definitely one of them. Even before COVID, millions of low-income families were housing-insecure nationwide, not just in high-rent … [Read more...] about Amid a Surging Housing Crisis, Should More Funders Be Paying Attention to YIMBYism?
California’s Homelessness Problem Has Long Defied Solutions. Here’s What Five Funders Are Doing
Homelessness is a major crisis throughout the state of California. In its most recent Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) placed the homeless population in California at … [Read more...] about California’s Homelessness Problem Has Long Defied Solutions. Here’s What Five Funders Are Doing
Quiet But Extensive: What New Data on the Ballmers’ Anti-Poverty Grantmaking Tells Us
How do you best combat poverty in the U.S. when you’re among the richest people in the country? What’s most effective? What’s appropriate? Are you and your mega-fortune in some way culpable?Only a handful of people get to ask those questions, and … [Read more...] about Quiet But Extensive: What New Data on the Ballmers’ Anti-Poverty Grantmaking Tells Us
How a Public-Private Collaboration Is Providing Shelter for Homeless Students in California
It’s hard to be a student if you don’t have a home. That was the dilemma facing J.J. Chavez when he was accepted into the nursing program at Imperial Valley College in Imperial, California. His family doesn’t live far from the college, but the … [Read more...] about How a Public-Private Collaboration Is Providing Shelter for Homeless Students in California
