July 26, 2023 AI Is Suddenly Everywhere, but Philanthropy Has Been Involved for Years. Here Are the Top Funders July 26, 2023/ Paul Karon Artificial intelligence is on everyone’s mind now, but philanthropy has been boosting research or bracing for its implications for some time. Here are the major funders involved in the field.Read More
November 08, 2021 To Counter #PhilanthropySoWhite, a Foundation Offers a Paid Introduction to the Sector November 08, 2021/ Connie Matthiessen Lack of diversity is a persistent problem in philanthropy. A new initiative aims to improve equity by recruiting candidates from a wide range of backgrounds for a two-year paid introduction to the sector.Read More
April 16, 2021 How This Late Tech Publisher’s Foundation Is Tackling the Sector’s Diversity Problem April 16, 2021/ Connie Matthiessen For the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, bridging the frontiers of tech and social impact necessarily involves finding ways to boost diversity in the tech education pipeline. Here’s how several of its grantees are doing just that.Read More
April 12, 2021 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Are Top of Mind as These Two Grantmakers Join Forces April 12, 2021/ Paul Karon Through an unconventional merger with the Cloudera Foundation, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is seeking to build new capabilities toward carrying out its mission to use technology for social impact.Read More