Twenty-six gifts went out to nonprofits identifying disability as a focus area in Scott’s recently concluded open call. Leaders say the unrestricted awards give them opportunities to better embrace their core missions.
Read MoreWith a series of new grants, the Helmsley Charitable Trust is bringing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on the road. It’s one of several ways the funder is aiming to tackle the rural healthcare access gap.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of demand for intergenerational programming, but funding remains scarce. Here’s how the leading philanthropic funder in the space is using its Eisner Prize Fellowship to bring younger and older people together.
Read MoreAiming for big changes to a child welfare system that isn’t always child- or family-friendly, the foundation’s new OPT-In for Families initiative is backing prevention-oriented approaches at four sites across the country.
Read MoreThe Colorado Trust embarked on an ambitious effort to empower community members, but ultimately closed the program in 2022. A series of reports points to impressive achievements — along with challenges and missteps.
Read MoreGuest author Oriaku Njoku calls on philanthropy to step up its support for abortion funds, which are fielding a record number of calls as abortion seekers contend with an immensely hostile political climate.
Read MoreFor over a decade, the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation has backed LIFT, which works to combat generational poverty by providing funds, coaching and support — and its model is showing results.
Read MorePivotal Ventures has teamed up with the Susan Crown Exchange and The Goodness Web to support Young Futures, a new nonprofit hosting funding challenges focused on digital wellbeing for youth. The first is already in progress.
Read MoreCrushing medical school debt has been contributing to a shortage of physicians and steering doctors away from needed but lower-paid specialties. A $1 billion gift will make tuition free at a New York med school.
Read MoreAfter ramping up its impact investing for years, this major healthcare funder announced it will align its entire $4 billion endowment with its mission and values.
Read MoreWhere you live has major impacts on your health. Since 2016, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has backed a National League of Cities initiative helping mayors consider urban problems through a health and wellness lens.
Read MoreEstablished 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.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreIn 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIn 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 MoreLoneliness 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 MoreThe 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 MoreXPRIZE 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 MoreThis 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.
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