Why Doris Duke Foundation’s Sam Gill Thinks Philanthropic Pluralism Is Worth Defending
Gill was one of six sector leaders who jointly published a 2023 op-ed on philanthropic pluralism that launched a firestorm of discussion. We asked him about the... Read more.
Dollars Per Funder, Other Major Green Prizes Outshoot Prince William’s Earthshot. By a Lot.
The heir to the British throne, seven other billionaires, four centibillionaires and some powerful companies are all but putting pennies in the pot for their mo... Read more.
Tracking Green Regrantors: More Nonprofits Are Getting Into the Regranting Business
Here are three environmental nonprofits that recently started their own grantmaking or investment funds. What does it mean for the field as the line between gra... Read more.
The Prize With More Billionaire Backers Per Dollar Given Than Any Other
Billionaires and royals love Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. IP's Michael Kavate thinks the emperor has no clothes.... Read more.
Three Years Since It Went Public, What Should We Make of Lukas Walton’s Philanthropic Project?
Builders Initiative has grown from a green grantmaking heavyweight to a true giant, and will grant $200 million this year. Here's where its money's going — an... Read more.
How Will the Great Wealth Transfer Change Philanthropy? Consider Virginia
The aging boomer generation is due to transfer trillions to heirs in the coming years. Recent developments in Virginia offer a window into how that will, and wo... Read more.
Report: Taxpayers Subsidize Billions of Dollars in Funding for Climate Disinformation Groups
An Institute for Policy Studies analysis found that donors gave $5.8 billion to groups trafficking in climate disinformation from 2020 to 2022. A quarter of tha... Read more.
Youth Leaders’ Climate Fund Is Growing, But Not Fast Enough to Meet Demand
A year after its launch, the Youth Climate Justice Fund has secured some substantial backers, but its vision is much bigger. It hopes to move $100 million by th... Read more.
Meet Virginia’s New Philanthropic Giant: The $2 Billion Pauley Family Foundation
The Pauley family’s grantmaking will come up to speed slowly, but over the long term, the manufacturing clan could become a dominant force in their state’s ... Read more.
Lilly’s $100 Million Give for National Parks Breaks Record, Also Highlights a Budgetary Shortfall
A historic gift from the Lilly Endowment follows a year of multi-million-dollar awards for the National Park Foundation, and underlines the system’s growing r... Read more.
Tech Philanthropy Watch: WhatsApp Founder Jan Koum Has a New $1.5 Billion Fund
The tech billionaire’s Koum Family Foundation is likely just one part of a giving operation that also includes the low-profile, $1.5 billion K18n Foundation. ... Read more.
Legacy Foundations Love Listing Out Their Grants. Billionaire Givers? Not So Much
From the Sunshine Funders to the Black Box Billionaires, Michael Kavate gives us a taxonomy of megadonor funding transparency, focusing on that hallmark of open... Read more.
What a Facebook Cofounder’s Latest $1.9 Billion for His Foundation Says about Philanthropy’s Future
Dustin Moskovitz and Cari Tuna now control a grantmaker nearly as big as the Rockefeller Foundation, and have promised a lot more. Here’s what Good Ventures... Read more.
It’s Been a Hot Summer, Especially for Climate Philanthropy News
As heat records topple, funders have committed hundreds of millions to curb methane and back green industrial policies, and the top climate foundation has a new... Read more.
Billionaire Climate Donors’ Interest in Food and Agriculture Is Surging. That’s Helped This Fund Soar
The Agroecology Fund awarded just over $10 million in its first decade. Now, with a prescient mission that appeals to many big climate donors, the regrantor’s... Read more.
“Escape Pod.” Fraudster Bill Hwang’s Foundation Hired Co-Defendant, Paid Enormous Salaries
Now convicted, the hedge fund founder more than doubled the size of his foundation the year his family office collapsed, hiring many former employees at salarie... Read more.
Six Things to Know About the Libra Foundation’s New President, Supriya Lopez Pillai
The longtime activist and philanthropic change agent will take the helm at the influential Pritzker-family-backed social justice grantmaker Libra Foundation lat... Read more.
Steven Rales Pumped $1.5 Billion into His Foundation in 2021. Is Money Reaching Nonprofits?
A mega donation from the billionaire elevated his Indian Paintbrush Foundation into the philanthropic elite. Much of its recent spending has gone to a DAF, but ... Read more.
Meet the Black Box Billionaires: Are These America’s Most Secretive Megadonors?
The foundations of these five top billionaires sent at least four out of every five dollars to a donor-advised fund in 2022. Do they represent the future of phi... Read more.
Another Tech-Fueled, Multibillion-Dollar Foundation. Have You Even Heard of It?
The H&H Evergreen Foundation is one of the nation’s larger foundations, but it barely has any presence online or off, and it's hard to know where its grants g... Read more.
AI Has Made Nvidia’s Founder a Centibillionaire. What Will That Mean for His Philanthropy?
Jensen and Lori Huang’s giving has been low key so far, with most of it going into a DAF. But with their foundation’s coffers now likely swollen to an eye-p... Read more.
A Look at Eight Major Conservation Regrantors Based in the Global North
As part of a larger trend toward intermediary-based environmental funding, conservation regrantors based in the Global North and focused on the Global South are... Read more.
Summer Reading for Climate Grantmakers — and Other Funders Sweating the Heat
Looking for some summer insight on what funders can do to combat a global crisis? These four new reports offer guidance on some of the major trends within clima... Read more.
Seven Things to Know About Amber Miller, the Hewlett Foundation’s Incoming President
An experimental astrophysicist and frequent advocate for the importance of university research, Amber Miller will head up a foundation famous for its brainy app... Read more.
Making the Most of Historic Federal Infrastructure Spending: Seven Funder Efforts to Note
These funds and funder collaboratives have mobilized philanthropic dollars over the past two years to leverage a geyser of federal spending. Approaches vary, bu... Read more.
Five Takeaways From a Dive Into MacKenzie Scott’s Climate Giving
The groundbreaking philanthropist isn’t particularly known as a climate funder, but she’s still one of the top givers in that space. Here’s what the data ... Read more.
Almost a Year After Launch, What Has Philanthropy’s Leading Climate Bill Implementation Effort Funded?
Major climate funders formed the now-$240 million Invest in Our Future fund to coordinate support for communities seeking federal climate and infrastructure dol... Read more.
The Nation’s Richest Are Moving Enormous Sums Via LLCs and DAFs. We Should Demand Transparency
As billionaires gain ever more prominence in philanthropy — and in the halls of power — IP’s Michael Kavate makes a case for why the murky status quo arou... Read more.
Who’s Funding Efforts to Bring Climate Narratives to the Big Screen?
A new report found that fewer than one in 10 top films passes a basic climate content test. But several philanthropic avenues are emerging to challenge that sta... Read more.
What Did Philanthropy Do to Set the Stage for $27 Billion in Federal Climate Financing?
The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is bringing a torrent of support online for a climate transformation. Here’s how philanthropy is guiding and leverag... Read more.
