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Community
Bay Area Philanthropy, Business, and Community Advocates Unite to Launch Landmark Regional Housing... Bay Area Philanthropy, Business, and Community Advocates Unite to Launch Landmark Regional Housing Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, Bay Area community and faith leaders, housing advocates, business leaders, and philanthropists...
Ventures
Quartz Africa: Andela’s Latest $100 Million Funding Round is Led by a Former US Vice President
This piece was published in Quartz Africa on January 23, 2019. Software developer training and outsourcing company, Andela...
Community
CZI’s Day of Service Highlights Bay Area Partners Addressing Pressing Local Challenges
In order to work toward a future for everyone where people have the power to shape their communities, it’s vital to invest...
Family Giving
Palo Alto Weekly: Priscilla Chan’s The Primary School combines health care with academics
Friday, January 11, 2019 When 4-year-old Julian DiCarlo started preschool at The Primary School in East Palo Alto, his mother...
Ventures
Fortune: Byju Education Startup Backed By Mark Zuckerberg Starts Global Expansion With Acquisition
This piece was published in Fortune on January 16, 2019. India’s leading education app developer, Byju, is tapping a war...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative names Sandra Liu Huang Head of Education
At the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we’re focused on building a new kind of philanthropy that leverages technology to be...
CZI in the News
David Lee Named Chief Investment Officer for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced that David Lee will join the philanthropic organization early next year as...
Community
Inspiring Young Leaders to Tackle Housing Affordability
“Being able to finish high school, attend college, almost graduate college — all of this is possible because I had a...
Science
CZI Announces Support for Open-Source Software Efforts to Improve Biomedical Imaging
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced funding for open-source software efforts to improve image analysis and visualization in biomedicine. Microscopy — critical to modern cell biology — generates large volumes of complex data that pose significant challenges for analysis and visualization. The funding will support developers (“Imaging Software Fellows”) from three projects to develop […]
Science
CZI Awards Over $51 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including Alzheimer’s and... CZI Awards Over $51 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Redwood City —Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced $51.95 million in funding and its selection of 17 early...
Grants
10 Community Organizations Receive $1M Each to Improve Economic Opportunity
With $10M in Funding From The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees...
Community
CZI Hosts Open House in Redwood City; Staff Help Raise over $150,000 for Local Non-Profits
“We believe in supporting organizations from the ground up because we think those on the frontlines, and closest to those...
CZI in the News
Shutting people with records out of opportunity is economically foolish
This opinion editorial was published in USA Today on November 23, 2018: By David Plouffe and Mark Holden Our nation’s...
Community
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Provides Matching Donations for Camp Fire Relief
Communities in our home state of California have been devastated by recent wildfires. In an effort to help provide relief...
Community
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Moves into Redwood City
Reposted from the San Mateo Daily Journal The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has officially moved into Redwood City, where its...
News
CZI and Over 25 Partners Launch National Bipartisan ‘Clean Slate’ Initiative to Automate... CZI and Over 25 Partners Launch National Bipartisan ‘Clean Slate’ Initiative to Automate Clearing of Criminal...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a time when right and left agree on very little, today, a diverse group of more than 25 groups from...
Education
Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning receives $1 million to expand access to... Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning receives $1 million to expand access to professional development fo...
CZI’s education work is aimed at ensuring every young person enters adulthood with the life skills and abilities they need...
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