$50m philanthropic clean air fund launched
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation, Oak Foundation
A $50m philanthropic fund has launched to help tackle outdoor air pollution around the world. First announced at the United Nations Climate...more

The €45.4m fund to reduce air pollution
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation
The Clean Air Fund, a new philanthropic initiative, has launched to address the ... The Clean Air Fund is focused on ensuring that philanthropy steps up to the challenge,” said Jane Burston,...more

An innovative preschool in Qatar is teaching toddlers empathy
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation
Early childhood education has increasingly become just one more opportunity to cram toddlers full of knowledge in order to “prepare” them for...more

Malawi is testing using wearables to measure kids' well-being
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation
... that use technological innovation to try meet public health or humanitarian goals. ... The project, currently being piloted by the Center for Child Well-Being ... But if it works, it has the...more

How to prevent child rapists and child killers?
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation
Weren't rapists, killers and torturers also children at one point? ... The foundation is a Netherlands-based grant-making organization focusing on...more

Foundations see a bigger role to play in the future of cities
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
It's likely that more philanthropy in the future will be directed toward work in cities ... Many core philanthropic causes — improving the lives of...more

It's time for philanthropy to demand more evidence-informed communications
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation
Philanthropic organisations play an important role in supporting research into attitudes and perceptions around social issues and in...more

Agoura Hills-based Conrad Hilton foundation names new CEO
Foundation: Bernard van Leer Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Firelight Foundation
Agoura Hills-based Conrad Hilton foundation names new CEO ... CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which awards grants to improve the lives...more