The Week in impact investing: Blueprint to scale
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
But with fresh ideas, innovative theses and real-life experiences, they often outperform conventional funds and larger impact investment...more

The Brief: Electric fleet disruption, homeless housing in LA, sustainable agriculture in South ...
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation
Credit enhancement from the foundations is “a good example of what it takes to do high impact impact investing in the ground,” says...more

California Gender Justice Funders Launch $10 Mil Culture Change Fund
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation, California Endowment, Women's Foundation of California
... California Endowment, Fondation CHANEL, Women's Foundation of California, and Philanthropy California), along with several national...more

Blue Shield Of California Supports Members, Local Community, Affected By The Carr Fire
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation
... Cross, and a $25,000 donation by the Blue Shield of California Foundation to the Shasta Regional Community Foundation's Disaster Relief...more

Blue Shield of California Donates $40 Million to its Foundation
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO, PRNewswire/ -- Blue Shield of California has made a $40 million contribution to the Blue Shield of California Foundation to...more

LA Project Uses mHealth Devices to Help Low-Income Kids With Asthma
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation
The Blue Shield of California Foundation, a not-for-profit health plan and philanthropic organization, is issuing a $250,000 grant to the...more

Power, Privilege, and Effectiveness: Are Funders Connecting the Dots?
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation
With funding from Blue Shield of California Foundation, which builds lasting and ... Gwyn Barley, vice president of community partnership and...more

Can a Broken Foster Care System Be Fixed? These Philanthropists Think So
Foundation: Blue Shield of California Foundation, California Community Foundation, David Bohnett Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, California Endowment, Annenberg Foundation, Ahmanson Foundation
It's a spirit of collaboration that has animated much of the philanthropic work on foster care in L.A., work that the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker have played a major role in. The couple is part of...more

Series Uncovers Tides Foundation's Left Leanings, Also Reveals Earth is Round
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, California Community Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Foundation to Promote Open Society, California Endowment, Chicago Community Trust, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Tides Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
It is worth noting that for an allegedly “secret” group, Tides is pretty open on its website, where the foundation writes, “Tides is a leader in global grantmaking and social change work,...more

Tides' Legal Laundering: An Incubator for the Left
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, California Community Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Foundation to Promote Open Society, California Endowment, Chicago Community Trust, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Tides Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
... ($11.1 million); the Novo Foundation ($10.7 million); the Blue Shield of California Foundation ($9.6 million); the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($7.75 million); the California Community...more