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The Implications of the Fearless Fund Lawsuit for Downtown Revitalization
Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation and Corporate Giving
OVERVIEW: Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation supports human rights, immigrants and refugees, agriculture, animals, wildlife and public health in places all over the world. IP TAKE: Bronner’s expansive view of the “root causes” of immigration and … [Read more...] about Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation and Corporate Giving
Will More Philanthropies Step Up to Help Workers? Recent Funding Developments to Note
PACCAR Foundation
OVERVIEW: This corporate funder supports supports higher education, financial literacy, health and arts and culture in areas where its parent company maintains operations. IP TAKE: The PACCAR Foundation makes over 100 grants a year, but most of its … [Read more...] about PACCAR Foundation
Kaphan Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Kaphan Foundation supports a broad range of progressive causes in Seattle and nationally. IP TAKE: The Kaphan Foundation maintains a low profile, but tax filings indicate that it supports maintains interest in many progressive causes. … [Read more...] about Kaphan Foundation
Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation aims to expand access to career opportunities, high quality health care and the “transformative power of the arts.” IP TAKE: According to a recent letter from its founders, the Sheri and Les Biller … [Read more...] about Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
Maritz Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Maritz Family Foundation demonstrates a strong interest in the well being of infants and toddlers. Other areas of giving include education, economic opportunity and Jewish causes. IP TAKE: The Maritz Family Foundation lacks … [Read more...] about Maritz Family Foundation
How the Irvine Foundation Navigates the Intersection of Economic Mobility and Civic Engagement
Funders supporting civic engagement work know that many factors contribute to citizen disillusionment, like social media’s tendency to foment hyper-polarization or the diminution of institutions such as civic clubs, unions and religious … [Read more...] about How the Irvine Foundation Navigates the Intersection of Economic Mobility and Civic Engagement
Naveen and Anu Jain Foundation: Grants for Washington
OVERVIEW: The Naveen and Anu Jain Family Foundation makes grants for global development causes as well as some local issues in Washington, where the family resides. IP TAKE: The Naveen and Anu Jain Family Foundation foundation lacks transparency, … [Read more...] about Naveen and Anu Jain Foundation: Grants for Washington
Satya and Rao Remala Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Satya and Rao Remala Foundation gives across a broad range of interest areas including health, education, women’s causes, economic and community development. Giving prioritizes Washington, but also goes to national and international … [Read more...] about Satya and Rao Remala Foundation
Creag Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Creag Foundation supports the efforts of small nonprofits that innovate in areas of human services, global development, health, environment, economic opportunity and more. IP TAKE: The Creag Foundation makes modest grants to smaller, … [Read more...] about Creag Foundation
This California Foundation Has Supported Progressive Causes for Almost 90 Years
California is home to a large number of philanthropic institutions and many of them take unapologetically progressive stances, together serving as models for social justice grantmaking across the country. But few of them have been in the progressive … [Read more...] about This California Foundation Has Supported Progressive Causes for Almost 90 Years
Neighborhood Funders Group
How Funders Can Help Immigrant Workers Win the Protections They Deserve
It's been a little over a year since the Biden administration unveiled an innovative policy to deter employers who prey on workers without papers. The so-called Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement program, or DALE, grants temporary work … [Read more...] about How Funders Can Help Immigrant Workers Win the Protections They Deserve
Merging Trust-Based Philanthropy and VC-Style Support to Help Communities Bloom
Say you’re a nice boy from New York who’s made it big and you want to start giving back in earnest. How do you get started? You might ask your friends for advice. This was the approach taken by Peter Levine, a tech sales and marketing executive … [Read more...] about Merging Trust-Based Philanthropy and VC-Style Support to Help Communities Bloom
This Public-Private Partnership Is Using Arts and Culture as a Catalyst for Racial Justice in Oakland
Cities are centers of tremendous wealth, but also deep inequality. As the world rapidly urbanizes, with more than half of the global population now living in cities, more philanthropic funders are working to develop what Susan S. Fainstein calls “the … [Read more...] about This Public-Private Partnership Is Using Arts and Culture as a Catalyst for Racial Justice in Oakland
This Nonprofit Is Using DAF Money to Combat Inequities in Venture Capital
Roughly two and a half years ago, Inspire Access founder and CEO Patrice King Brickman found out that a business she was about to invest in through her venture capital firm, Inspire Capital, was also receiving money from a donor-advised fund (DAF). … [Read more...] about This Nonprofit Is Using DAF Money to Combat Inequities in Venture Capital
Six Questions for Jason Lee, Founder of Hollywood Cares Foundation
Jason Lee can be found all around Hollywood: On the red carpet during 2024 GRAMMY weekend; as host of the Jason Lee Show on REVOLT TV; and on the podcast Hollywood Unlocked with Jason Lee, where he sits down with entertainment powerhouses like Kevin … [Read more...] about Six Questions for Jason Lee, Founder of Hollywood Cares Foundation
A Conversation With Jim Shelton of Blue Meridian Partners
Jim Shelton is the president and chief investment and impact officer of Blue Meridian Partners, a poverty-focused collaborative of heavy-hitting donors that, among other things, gives serious money to place-based, multisector partnerships, as I wrote … [Read more...] about A Conversation With Jim Shelton of Blue Meridian Partners
How This Accessible Chicago-Based Funder Targets Entrepreneurship, Health and Disabilities
We periodically publish quick overviews of grantmakers on our radar, looking at recent developments and key details about how they operate. Today, we’re taking a look at the Coleman Foundation, which supports organizations in the Chicago metropolitan … [Read more...] about How This Accessible Chicago-Based Funder Targets Entrepreneurship, Health and Disabilities
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
Bloomberg Backs New High Schools Tailored to Boost the Healthcare Workforce
Bloomberg Philanthropies just unveiled a $250 million initiative to “graduate students directly into high-demand healthcare jobs” by standing up new high schools specifically focused on that task. It’s simultaneously aiming to address health system … [Read more...] about Bloomberg Backs New High Schools Tailored to Boost the Healthcare Workforce
“Central to a Just Economy.” How a Collaborative Fund is Supporting Labor Rights in Brazil
Erosion of labor rights, attacks on unionization, and the rise of the informal economy — whose workers have little to no protections — have put workers in an increasingly precarious position here in the U.S., but globally, as well. Even so, labor is … [Read more...] about “Central to a Just Economy.” How a Collaborative Fund is Supporting Labor Rights in Brazil
Gates Sticks With U.S. Antipoverty Giving, But Deeper Structural Questions Remain
The end-of-year “season of giving” isn’t a new phenomenon. Charles Dickens, after all, chose the winter holidays to school Ebenezer Scrooge — and Victorian England — on the scourge of poverty and the corrosive effects of wealth hoarding. The timing … [Read more...] about Gates Sticks With U.S. Antipoverty Giving, But Deeper Structural Questions Remain
Here’s What You Need to Know About MacKenzie Scott’s 2023 Giving
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on December 14, 2023. On December 6, an inconspicuous blog post titled “(Giving Update)” appeared on MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving site. “Excited to call attention to these 360 outstanding … [Read more...] about Here’s What You Need to Know About MacKenzie Scott’s 2023 Giving
Military Experience Is Less Common Today, But These Funders Are Staying True to Veterans
For many ordinary Americans, Veterans Day may now seem like a way of honoring a past that has little to do with them. After all, it’s been 50 years since the draft was used as a means of recruiting. The U.S. Armed Forces last issued a final draft … [Read more...] about Military Experience Is Less Common Today, But These Funders Are Staying True to Veterans
Major Philanthropies Launch $50 Million Fund to Shepherd Federal Dollars on Jobs, Climate
A group of eight of the country’s largest legacy foundations and billionaire philanthropies launched a $50 million pooled fund today to help ensure the landmark federal spending bills of recent years not only help decarbonize the country, but also … [Read more...] about Major Philanthropies Launch $50 Million Fund to Shepherd Federal Dollars on Jobs, Climate
Is the Cleveland Foundation’s New Headquarters the Future of Place-Based Philanthropy?
Five years ago, Cleveland Foundation President and CEO Ronn Richard, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Lillian Kuri and other stakeholders began thinking about moving the institution out of the city’s Playhouse District, where it … [Read more...] about Is the Cleveland Foundation’s New Headquarters the Future of Place-Based Philanthropy?
