How This Accessible Chicago-Based Funder Targets Entrepreneurship, Health and Disabilities

How This Accessible Chicago-Based Funder Targets Entrepreneurship, Health and Disabilities

Established in 1951, the Coleman Foundation focuses on entrepreneurship, health and rehabilitation, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. We take a closer look at this accessible place-based funder.

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Meet the Song Foundation: A Michigan Take on Silicon Valley Philanthropy

Meet the Song Foundation: A Michigan Take on Silicon Valley Philanthropy

Founded in 2019 from the cybersecurity fortune of Dug and Linh Song, this multipurpose grantmaker is poised for growth on its home turf of southeastern Michigan. Here’s why this is a regional funder worth keeping an eye on.

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Private Credit Philanthropy: The Ares Charitable Foundation Ties Funding to Investment Performance

Private Credit Philanthropy: The Ares Charitable Foundation Ties Funding to Investment Performance

Established in 2021, the Ares Charitable Foundation has moved quickly to stand up a corporate giving operation that works in a very specific way — funds within the parent company pledge a percentage of their profits every year.

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This Couple Just Won One of Conservative Philanthropy’s Top Prizes. What Are They Into?

This Couple Just Won One of Conservative Philanthropy’s Top Prizes. What Are They Into?

A passion for private education and entrepreneurship drives the giving of Laura and Jeff Sandefer, who won the 2023 Simon-DeVos Prize for Philanthropic Leadership. Here’s a look at what they back and what they’ve founded.

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A Focus on Immigration: The Basics of the Chavez Family Foundation’s Bay Area Giving

A Focus on Immigration: The Basics of the Chavez Family Foundation’s Bay Area Giving

The Chavez Family Foundation is a San Francisco-based grantmaker that is often involved in immigration-related collaborations. Here's how local nonprofits in nine Bay Area counties can get involved with this funder.

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