February 01, 2024 This Foundation Is Highlighting the Link Between Opioids and Maternal and Infant Health Risks February 01, 2024/ Connie Matthiessen The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) is supporting work to remove barriers to recovery and healthcare for pregnant women and new mothers with substance use disorder.Read More
January 31, 2024 How CZI’s Tech Team Builds New Tools to Unlock Advances in Biomedical Research January 31, 2024/ Paul Karon One unique feature of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is that it not only funds biomedical research, it employs a team of specialists to build new technology that can accelerate that research. Here’s how it works.Read More
January 30, 2024 Eight Questions for Ryan Easterly of WITH Foundation and the Disability & Philanthropy Forum January 30, 2024/ Michelle Dominguez In this in-depth conversation, Ryan Easterly discusses his foundation’s work backing healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities, and his efforts to expand overall philanthropic support for disability rights. Read More
January 26, 2024 Bloomberg Backs New High Schools Tailored to Boost the Healthcare Workforce January 26, 2024/ Connie Matthiessen To address a nationwide shortage of healthcare workers, Bloomberg Philanthropies is plowing $250 million into an initiative to underwrite public high schools that’ll pair regular academics with specialized job training.Read More
January 22, 2024 A Health Foundation’s “More Equitable Approach” to Substance Use Disorder January 22, 2024/ Connie Matthiessen The Elevance Health Foundation is tackling substance use by focusing in on overlooked populations. It’s one of a relatively small number of philanthropies addressing the escalating opioid crisis in any significant way.Read More
January 16, 2024 Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott Pitch in for Student Health January 16, 2024/ Connie Matthiessen School-based health centers have been shown to boost student health and improve academic outcomes, but there are far too few to meet the need. Two of the most prominent women in philanthropy are working to change that. Read More
January 11, 2024 Big Pledges Won’t Solve Our Climate and Health Crisis If Those Who Need the Money Can’t Access It January 11, 2024/ Vanessa Kerry, Guest Contributor Guest contributor Dr. Vanessa Kerry argues that even as philanthropy pledges billions toward climate adaptation and the climate-health nexus, what really matters is how and to whom those dollars are made available.Read More
January 09, 2024 How the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Is Working to Ensure Equitable Access to Care January 09, 2024/ Mike Scutari A top priority for cancer research funders is ensuring that patients receive equitable and timely access to treatment and care. We check in with a leading advocate and grantmaker to see how it’s approaching this work.Read More
January 03, 2024 MacKenzie Scott Backs Community Health Centers as Another Path to Advancing Equity January 03, 2024/ Connie Matthiessen In 2023, MacKenzie Scott once again stood out in the philanthrosphere with hundreds of large, unrestricted gifts. This time, health equity was a theme with major support for small centers that serve many low-income patients. Read More
January 03, 2024 Can an Online Dating App’s Giving Combat Social Isolation? January 03, 2024/ Wendy Paris Loneliness has become a serious public health threat in the United States, but there’s scant funding for the topic, and the focus is usually on older Americans. A surprising corporate funder is taking on the cause.Read More
January 02, 2024 A Conversation with Susan Mims, President and CEO of the Dogwood Health Trust January 02, 2024/ Mike Scutari The trust takes an intentionally systems-based, social-determinants-focused approach to improving health. We get Mims’ take on state of public health, challenges in the field and more.Read More
December 21, 2023 Six Problems Philanthropy Barely Tried to Solve in 2023 December 21, 2023/ Philip Rojc To some extent, trying and failing to solve big problems comes with the territory of philanthropy. But sometimes, funders fail even to try, paying scant attention to issues well worth their dollars. Here are examples from this year.Read More
December 21, 2023 How Two Bioscience Funding Giants are Partnering to Advance Synthetic Biology Research December 21, 2023/ Paul Karon The Allen Institute and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative teamed up with the University of Washington to pioneer a new generation of research tools with the ability to record the life and times of individual human cells.Read More
December 20, 2023 NBA Veteran Kevin Love on His Charitable Fund and Breaking the Stigma Around Mental Health December 20, 2023/ Ade Adeniji In recent years, this NBA All-Star has opened up about his struggles with anxiety and depression, prompting him to launch the Kevin Love Fund, which focuses on mental health and wellbeing of young people.Read More
December 12, 2023 The Biggest XPRIZE Yet Seeks Therapies that Roll Back the Depredations of Aging December 12, 2023/ Paul Karon XPRIZE Foundation, the organization known for multimillion-dollar competitions to solve global problems, has announced its biggest purse ever — $101 million to develop therapies that keep us healthier, longer.Read More
December 11, 2023 Lieutenant Dan: A Close Look at Actor Gary Sinise’s Longstanding Support for Veterans December 11, 2023/ Ade Adeniji Known in part for his role as platoon leader Lt. Dan Taylor in “Forrest Gump,” the actor has been engaged in veterans-focused giving for decades. We connected with Sinise to get the inside story.Read More
December 06, 2023 Suicide Is at Epidemic Levels in the U.S. Philanthropy's Response Has Been Underwhelming December 06, 2023/ Dawn Wolfe Despite the scope of the problem — someone in the U.S. dies from suicide every 11 minutes — national philanthropies’ willingness to directly confront it hasn’t measured up. Read More
December 06, 2023 Six Questions for Molly Talbot-Metz, President and CEO of the Mary Black Foundation December 06, 2023/ Mike Scutari This legacy health funder in South Carolina received $8 million from MacKenzie Scott and will channel funds toward behavioral health. The foundation’s leader tells us about that decision and more.Read More
December 01, 2023 A Quiet Exodus: Funders Exit HIV Giving Even as Equity Gaps Grow December 01, 2023/ Athena Cross, Carl Baloney, and Jesse Milan Jr., Guest Contributors For World AIDS Day, guest authors Athena Cross, Carl Baloney and Jesse Milan Jr. call attention to diminishing HIV-related philanthropic support, despite prevailing racial equity gaps in diagnoses and treatment.Read More
November 28, 2023 With Two Big Supporters, a New Research Center Will Help Kids Thrive in a World Filled With Tech November 28, 2023/ Connie Matthiessen The Susan Crown Exchange and Pivotal Ventures are founding donors of the new Center for Digital Thriving, which centers youth experiences in an effort to understand positive and negative impacts of technology.Read More