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This $3.1 Billion Fund Channels Paul Allen’s Wealth. What Kind of Grantmaker Will It Be?
The late Microsoft cofounder took big swings to advance human knowledge. The Fund for Science and Technology, a recent entrant in the Allen funding ecosystem, aims to continue that legacy.
“Broken Status Quo”: Melinda French Gates’ Latest Investment in Women and Girls
A new Pivotal partnership with a health research accelerator aims to turbocharge advancements in women’s health.
Will Philanthropy Get a Cut of the $3.3 Billion Murdoch Succession Deal?
Here’s a look at what James Murdoch, Liz Murdoch and Prue Murdoch MacLeod’s giving histories tell us about what they might fund with their shares of the payout.
Is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Turning Away From DEI for Good?
This year, the vastly endowed funder of biomedical research and STEM education has backed away from several notable DEI-focused programs.
Here’s Why Open Philanthropy Is Doubling Down on Abundance
Open Philanthropy’s Matt Clancy discusses what the Abundance and Growth Fund is looking for in applicants and where it’s potentially heading next.
Australia’s Ainsworth Family Invests Big in Endometriosis Research
Endometriosis impacts around 10% of women and girls of reproductive age globally. It’s personal for Anna Ainsworth, whose daughter suffers from the little-understood but widespread condition.
Meet a New Billion-Dollar Fund from a Billionaire Crypto-Science Power Couple
With a distinctive funding process and asset base, the Navigation Fund offers one more glimpse at where the giving of the rising mega-rich may be headed. Also, it’s looking into sentient AI.
With Federal Support for Alzheimer’s Research Scrambled, Can Funders Fill In?
The future of government funding to study the currently incurable disease has been thrown into a state of flux. How does philanthropic support measure up?
How the American Brain Foundation’s Targeting a Key Element in Neurological Health
As research funding cuts take their toll, here’s some good news: an effort to get to grips with a critical factor in nearly every brain disorder, including dementia, epilepsy, schizophrenia and hundreds of others.
“Threats to Our Communities”: Stupski Foundation Accelerates Its Spend Down — and Giving
CEO Glen Galaich explains why the San Francisco-based funder is ramping up grantmaking and winding down ahead of schedule.
The Stoic Philanthropist: Robert Rosenkranz on His Giving
From channeling classical thinkers to supporting public debate and extending the human “healthspan,” here’s what stands out about this longtime Wall Streeter’s approach.
A Funder-Backed Model to Translate Academic Science into Real-World Treatments
Many promising new therapeutics never make it out of the university lab. The Chicago Biomedical Consortium aims to bridge the gap between university research and commercial drug development.
Psychedelics Research Needs Coordination. This Funder Collaborative Wants to Help
With more funders interested in the promise of psychedelics as mental health therapies, the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative has released a roadmap to guide grantmaking and speed development.
A Deep Dive into an HHS Document Itemizing Billions in Terminated Funding
Funders who want to do something about threats to cancer research, public health, cultivating diverse faculty and more can see the exact names and numbers behind cuts at the HHS.
“Patients Will Suffer.” Cancer Research Funders Respond to Federal Funding Cuts
Seven prominent cancer research funders speak up about how the Trump administration’s draconian spending cuts are affecting their operational calculus.
One Way Philanthropy Can Help Defend the Planet from Asteroids
For more than 20 years, the B612 Foundation has been on the lookout for asteroids. Now, it’s using new computing techniques to find thousands of previously unidentified near-earth objects.
Trump’s NIH Cuts Raise Tough Questions for Research Funders
The National Institutes of Health is cutting back on billions in vital medical research funding. What are the implications for philanthropy?
Wildfires Are Getting More Severe. How Can Philanthropy Reduce the Dangers?
The L.A. wildfires were only the latest episodes of a growing global threat. Experts are calling for more research support to improve resilience to fire.
AI2050: Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s Optimistic AI Research Fellowship
With AI poised to be the era’s most transformative technology, Schmidt Sciences’ fellowship funds scholars applying it across health, physics, economics and more.
The King of Wall Street South: Checking in on Kenneth Griffin’s Giving
In 2022, the hedge fund manager and his company moved from Chicago to Miami, setting off a seismic shift in the billionaire’s place-based giving.
Reid Hoffman and the Complexity of the Modern Megadonor
The LinkedIn cofounder has a $1 billion foundation and gives tens of millions of dollars via a DAF for science, AI, democracy and other causes. But it’s impossible to get a full picture of his giving.
A Conversation with Reid Hoffman on Philanthropy and His Values
The LinkedIn cofounder is known as one of the biggest Democratic donors. But he also has a $1 billion foundation, and gives even more through his DAF.
“We Need Some Champions Here.” The Colorectal Cancer Alliance Calls Out Underfunding
Though only lung cancer causes more U.S. deaths, colon cancer funding has been stagnant. And now the disease is mysteriously rising among young people.
Philanthropy’s Essential Role in Filling Science Funding Gaps
Guest authors France Córdova, Harvey V. Fineberg and Michael W. Nestor call on the science community to fully embrace philanthropy as a strategic partner.
Jean Trebek Continues Her Late Husband’s Philanthropic Legacy
Game show host Alex Trebek died of pancreatic cancer in 2022. Here’s how his wife and children are shaping their foundation today.
Why an L.A. Inventor Gave Big to Launch a New Institute for Immunology
Gary Michelson’s $120 million gift anchors UCLA’s new California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, an ambitious public-private center for research and development.
Here’s Why More Philanthropic Funders Need to Get Behind Mental Health Research
On World Mental Health Day, guest contributor Ann Richman calls for much-needed research funding to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health conditions affecting millions in the U.S.
Another Major Science Funder Dives into How Climate Change Affects Animal Brains
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group’s newest Allen Discovery Center, based at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will research how climate change is impacting marine animals’ nervous systems and behaviors.
Why a Top Science Funder Is Centering AI in Its Support for Biology and Life Sciences Research
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has committed $500 million over the next decade for AI-driven biomedical research. Amid broader AI fears, HHMI sees this as an area for hope.
Why Three Top Science Philanthropies Think Open Source Software’s a Good Investment
The Kavli Foundation and Wellcome Trust have joined the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support the development of open source software tools — often the unsung heroes in modern scientific research.
