Toward climate justice—A 10+ year evolution
What is climate justice? How are foundations incorporating it into their work and making a positive impact? Author Seema Shah, Ph.D. explores these questions in "Centering equity and justice in…
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…
Clarify
We support projects that interpret and translate the production of creative works to help individuals, communities, and society at large define and understand how to take action. Activities could…
Surdna Foundation Announces $5.5 Million in Grants
During the period of July-September 2017, 14 grants totaling $5,535,000 were approved by the Surdna Foundation staff and board to further the Foundation’s mission of fostering just and sustainable…
How NFG is Disrupting Funder-Grantee Dynamics
Helen Chin has just led the Surdna Foundation’s Sustainable Environments Program through a strategy refinement process. “Now,” she says, with satisfaction, “We are able to connect more…
Adam Connaker appointed Director, Impact Investing at the Surdna Foundation
New York, NY, March 7, 2022—The Surdna Foundation today announced that Adam Connaker, an investment professional whose work has focused on harnessing innovative finance for positive social and…
Grantee Perception Report: What We Heard and How We Plan to Do Better
By Don Chen and Jon Goldberg Have you ever had food stuck in your teeth and only found out when you looked in the mirror hours later? If you’re like us, you probably thought, “Why didn’t…
Surdna Foundation Announces $3 Million in Grants
During the period of July-September 2018, 15 grants totaling $3,035,000 were approved by the Surdna Foundation staff and board to further the Foundation’s mission of fostering just and sustainable…
Announcing the 2024–2026 Just Tech Fellows
The Just Tech program, a Social Science Research Council (SSRC) project supported in part by the Surdna Foundation, named its third cohort of Just Tech Fellows today. These ten visionaries—Todd…
On Narratives and Making Justice Pop
I am a gay Puerto Rican cis-man raised in Massachusetts. In public, I have the privilege of passing as white. My parents were activists since they were young and always vocal on issues of justice,…