First came the 90-year-old Army veteran, Barre Seid, who gave his electrical products company to a new political nonprofit run by a former Federalist Society leader right before it sold for $1.6 billion.Next was an octogenarian rock climber, Yvon...
John Pappajohn, one of the most consequential venture capitalists and philanthropists in the history of Des Moines and Iowa, has died at age 94 at his vacation home in Naples, Florida.Pappajohn at one time was counted among the world's...
One in four Americans and an estimated 1 billion people globally experience some form of disability, but foundation funding for disability causes receives only about 2% of philanthropic funding. That’s the starting point for a rigorous new study commissioned...
Grant makers have pledged or given more than $120 million to climate-justice groups through the Climate Funders Justice Pledge. The Donors of Color Network, which developed the pledge, also announced Wednesday that 33 grant makers have taken the pledge,...
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:Walter and Elise Haas Fund$24.5 million commitment to seven nonprofit groups with leaders who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color and that work to strengthen Bay Area communities and...
In the years before Ronald Esserman died in July 2020, he had a wish: He wanted his family to unite around a cause, something that would bring sustainable change to the world. They could choose to support anything they...
Whether it’s institutional racism, homophobia, and misogyny in the UK; the targeting of transgender rights in both the US and Europe; or Islamophobia in France, Germany and Scandinavia, the need for action from progressive funders has rarely seemed so...
