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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Gave $7.1 Billion to Nonprofits in 2025, a Major Increase
Scott’s donations have captured the attention of nonprofits and other charitable funders because they come with no strings attached and are often very large compared to the annual budgets of the recipient organizations.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Time is a Social Innovator’s Most Precious Resource: Why Are So Many Funders Wasting It?
"In these decades of engagement with the social innovation ecosystem, I’ve seen plenty of good practices, and plenty of bad ones. But there’s one thing that continues to shock me: how wasteful some of the funding world is with the ecosystem’s time."
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Rockefeller Foundation Supports Brazil-Led Food Solutions to Nourish People at COP30
"The philanthropic organization, which has been investing in the region for nearly 100 years, will support 12 organizations to mobilize finance for small and mid-size farmers connected to school meal programs, providing technical support and enabling cross-country learning from these programs."
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Latin America
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Global Philanthropies Commit $300 Million at COP30 Towards Climate And Health Solutions
This announcement was made at the high-level opening of the COP30 Health Day – where a new Bélem Health Action Plan was launched.
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- Environment, Health Care, WASH
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- Global
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Minderoo Foundation Invests US $10 Million to Protect the World’s Tropical Forests
The TFFF, launched under the leadership of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will create genuine economic incentives to protect tropical forests.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Rockefeller Foundation and International Development Research Centre Advance Solutions to Protect People’s Health from Climate Change Impacts in Senegal and Uganda
The $1.4M collaboration supports strengthening governance, evidence generation, and investment readiness of the two countries’ national health systems.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Partnerships Announces Maturity of 6th Impact Investment Fund
The 10-year Social Investment Fund 6.0 demonstrated the power of impact-first investing strategies for addressing poverty in Africa and Latin America
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI
"As AI becomes more ubiquitous across every area of society and in people’s daily lives, it is prompting people to ask fundamental questions about their role and value in an AI-driven future."
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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