August 22, 2023 Recent Layoffs Raise Questions About the Future of Education Funding at CZI August 22, 2023/ Connie Matthiessen The 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 More
August 11, 2023 AI for the Planet: How One of the World's Biggest Tech Firms Is Backing AI-Powered Climate Science August 11, 2023/ Paul Karon Google.org is putting artificial intelligence at the center of its current efforts to foster innovation in climate research. It’s something of a return to form for a corporate funder that previously focused heavily on COVID response.Read More
August 03, 2023 Still an Apex Donor? What's Changing, and Staying the Same, About Jack Dorsey's Giving August 03, 2023/ Philip Rojc Jack Dorsey’s star has faded somewhat since he became a high-profile megadonor back in 2021, but his philanthropy is still going strong. We take a look at what Start Small is backing these days. Read More
March 15, 2023 Roku Founder Anthony Wood Is a Billionaire Donor to Watch. Here's an Overview March 15, 2023/ Philip Rojc Serial entrepreneur Anthony Wood helped usher in the current dominance of streaming TV. Now, he’s also ramping up his philanthropy with a DAF-centric approach and interests across a range of causes.Read More
February 01, 2022 Pandemic-Era Giving Pledgers: Eight Ultra-Wealthy Tech Donors to Watch February 01, 2022/ Philip Rojc Despite—or because of—the pandemic, tech billionaires have had a lucrative few years. New Giving Pledge signatories from 2020 and 2021 include plenty of U.S. tech winners, many of them very young. Here are a few to watch.Read More
January 28, 2022 How Is “Omidyarism” Faring in an Age of Splashy Tech Giving? January 28, 2022/ Mike Scutari The Omidyars are among philanthropy’s most fascinating funders, but their giving has been rather muted lately. We look at their affiliated organizations’ grantmaking and weigh the potential effects of a contracting stock market.Read More
October 05, 2021 Getting to Know the Drew Foundation’s Bay Area Grantmaking October 05, 2021/ Alyssa Ochs Here is an overview of the Drew Foundation, the family organization set up by technology-industry power couple John and Ellen Drew, and how it gives locally in Northern California. Read More
September 10, 2021 Who Runs the Aven Foundation and How it Gives in the Pacific Northwest September 10, 2021/ Alyssa Ochs Tech leaders John Stanton and Theresa Gillespie created the Aven Foundation to channel their philanthropic pursuits. Here are details about the Aven Foundation’s interests in youth sports and other Washington State causes. 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 22, 2020 A Silicon Valley Engineer Looks to Scale Tech Solutions for the Nonprofit Sector April 22, 2020/ John Freund Nonprofits have long pleaded with funders for more support for tech infrastructure, where the social sector is famously weak. Jim Fruchterman is looking to change this picture and he’s rounded up backing for a new initiative, Tech Matters. Read More