The Just Trust spun out from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in 2021 with $350 million to spend on criminal justice reform over five years. It’s seeking to channel the movement’s ideological diversity and bring in new donors.
Read MoreThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a committed ed funder, just cut its education team by 30%. What do these layoffs mean for the philanthropy’s education support going forward?
Read MoreTop philanthropists have become ever more adept at working the levers of power in order to shape federal policy. Here are the living donors who wield the most influence in the nation’s capital.
Read MoreCaitlyn Fox, who heads the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s nascent climate portfolio, joined us to talk about why CZI’s focusing on carbon dioxide removal, what it’s looking for in grantees, and what lies ahead.
Read MoreBarbara Dalio spearheaded an ambitious public-private partnership for education equity in Connecticut. Not long after, it all went up in smoke. The saga highlights some fraught questions about big donors’ role in K-12 funding.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s unprecedented support for election infrastructure in 2020 has been among their most controversial giving. Though the Facebook royalty aren’t involved, that strand of philanthropy continues.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan last week pledged $50 million to the University of Hawaiʻi for ocean and coral research. It’s their second major climate-related grant. What’s driving the gift, and can we expect more like it?
Read MoreGrowing numbers of America’s super-wealthy are wading into giving to avert the climate crisis. Here’s a list of billionaires who are just getting started in climate funding, or otherwise signaling greater potential giving ahead.
Read MoreIn a move bound to provoke, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have thrown in $300 million to make voting safer and more reliable. The Facebook founder is a problematic democracy donor, but there’s also undeniable need in this election.
Read MoreHow are America’s wealthiest young people stacking up when it comes to giving? We drill into the philanthropy records of the 13 billionaires who rank among the richest 400 Americans and find a mixed picture.
Read MoreWhile many of them are still in their 30s, the winners minted by Facebook have already given away billions and will be engaged in large-scale grantmaking for decades to come. We take stock of one of the biggest stories in philanthropy today—if not ever.
Read MoreAs philanthropists, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have been best known for their big ambitions around biomedical research and education. But they’ve also been major donors in their home region, with CZI moving grants to dozens of local groups.
Read MoreMore anti-poverty funders are looking beyond major cities to struggling rural communities. The latest example of grantmakers casting a wider net is the Communities Thrive Challenge, from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Rockefeller Foundation.
Read MoreTwo years after the founding of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, there's a lot to like about the couple's giving, including their risky push into advocacy. Less appealing is their embrace of an uncritical techno-optimism.
Read MoreIn another sign that community-focused approaches to K-12 philanthropy are gaining steam, Silicon Valley's most prominent new education funder is teaming up with Ford to promote student-centered learning.
Read MoreMention "Newark" in some nonprofit circles and everyone knows what you mean: a case study of bungled top-down philanthropy. Now, a new study finds that the initiative actually had some positive results.
Read MoreWith the news that Zuck will soon begin to sell off millions of shares in Facebook, billions of dollars are set to flow to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. How will these funds be used?
Read MoreThe Facebook co-founder and his wife are expanding their policy agenda, moving into new and controversial issues, including criminal justice reform and housing. Where's the money flowing?
Read MoreTech leaders like Mark Zuckerberg face real constraints on what kind of advocacy efforts they can back as philanthropists. They could also run out of patience for plodding work filled with frustration.
Read MoreWith Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s science initiative landing another $20 million from Reid Hoffman, we look at the possible pitfalls of an approach that draws heavily from the tech world.
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