Every year at the Skoll World Forum, the foundation recognizes a handful of social innovators, who each receive $2 million in unrestricted funding. We take a closer look at the awards and one of this year’s winners.
Read MoreIn this guest piece, Ella Gudwin and Bradley Myles make a case for why MacKenzie Scott’s giving has lowered the risk for other donors to provide follow-up funding to organizations with plans and the opportunity to scale.
Read MoreAccording to a survey by Bridgespan Social Impact, impact investing remains very far from the norm even among those foundations most likely to pursue it. What will it take for more funders to align money with mission?
Read MoreWith the launch of BuildUS, another intermediary fund enters an increasingly crowded field of regrantors, in the climate space in particular. We learned more about how this one will work, and the rationale for its creation.
Read MoreThink of Us has a bold mission: to transform the foster care system from the ground up. The organization’s approach, which elevates those with lived experience, landed a major haul from The Audacious Project and others.
Read MoreThough most of Scott’s giving so far has taken place in the U.S., her global philanthropy is also expansive. Three regions in particular have received lots of attention: Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South Asia.
Read MoreBacked by the Ford Foundation and others, a recent report from the Safer Storytellers Project outlines the steps funders can take to protect creators from increasing attacks and threats to their safety.
Read MoreThe Africa Frontline First Catalytic Fund is setting its sights on compensating and training community health workers, who play a crucial role in addressing public health problems. Two major foundations have already signed on.
Read MoreOne area of focus to emerge in MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett’s global giving is civil society and human rights work in Brazil. A series of donations makes it clear the country is a priority. Here’s why and where the money is going.
Read MoreThe Families and Workers Fund launched in the depths of the pandemic to offer immediate relief. It’s since racked up a long list of major funders, and just announced its first round of grants. Here’s where the money’s going.
Read MoreThe world needs to reduce its carbon emissions to zero in a few decades, but we’re not even sure how much we’re emitting. A new alliance wants to fix that, and philanthropy has a key role to play.
Read MoreCOVID-19 was a wake-up call to the world that we are insufficiently prepared to identify and stop emerging diseases. It’s a niche cause in philanthropy, but here are a few funders backing early warning systems.
Read MoreJeff Skoll was one of only a handful of philanthropists backing pandemic prevention before COVID-19. That helped the Skoll Foundation hit the ground running on a global response last year, but vastly more resources are needed.
Read MoreThe Ford, Compton and Skoll foundations have partnered to launch a 10-year, $30 million donor collaborative that seeks to strengthen the impact of storytelling through video and related media in the Global South.
Read MoreThe Mastercard Foundation recently announced one of the largest private pandemic response donations, a $1.3 billion partnership with Africa CDC. We unpack the program, and how this huge global funder works.
Read MoreThe Skoll Foundation places a large focus on social entrepreneurs and social innovators. Going forward, it intends to continue doing so within five priority areas that reflect key challenges of the current era.
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