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Surdna Featured in Be Fearless Campaign
This Spotlight is a part of a special blog series by the Case Foundation featuring Be Fearlessstories from the field. Follow along with us as we meet people and learn about organizations that are…
Surdna President Don Chen on Philanthropy and Artificial Intelligence
On March 20, 2024, Don Chen, president of the Surdna Foundation, delivered the closing keynote at the Philanthropy and AI Forum hosted by Partnership on AI. He spoke about the societal impacts of…
Breaking Barriers: A Practical Guide to Unlocking Foundation Endowments for Mission and Returns
Builders Initiative and Social Finance Release Joint Findings Featuring Interviews with 30 National Philanthropic and Impact Investment Leaders CHICAGO and BOSTON, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/…
Founders First Capital Partners Announces Initial Close of $9 Million Series A to Support Underrepresented Entrepreneurs, Underserved Communities
Founders First Capital Partners (Founders First) announced its initial close for a $9 million Series A financing led by The Rockefeller Foundation and the Surdna Foundation to support underfunded…
Blk Grvty’s Equipped Initiative Receives $1 Million Investment From The Surdna Foundation
Blk Grvty awarded $100,000 to Collide Capital as part of the Equipped Initiative Black, Asian, and Latinx people and white women manage just 1.4% of the over $82 trillion in assets, according to…
TIIP Releases New Report About Racial Inequity as a Systemic Risk to Investment and How Investors Can Take Action
New Report Funded by the Surdna Foundation Helps Investors to Manage the Risks of Racial Inequity, Promote Racial Equity, and Advance Racial Justice New York, June 20, 2023 - The Investment…
NY Small Business Funders Collective Announces New Grant Opportunity
The Collective has previously awarded $1 million to local organizations New York, NY (September 4, 2024) - Small businesses are a vital economic driver in NYC, and the NY Small Business Funders…
Surdna Foundation President Don Chen Named Co-Chair of Presidents’ Council on Impact Investing
Chen to serve alongside Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2020 -- Today the Presidents' Council on Impact Investing announced the…
Report: Slicing the Budget Pie for Big Business
A detailed analysis of economic development budgets in three diverse states—Florida, Missouri, and New Mexico—finds that at least 68 percent of overall state economic development spending goes…