Social Justice Philanthropy Seeing a Resurgence, Foundation Center Study Finds

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation accounted for over half of the growth in social justice grant dollars during this period, as it ramped up funding for economic and community development — primarily to establish a new "Green Revolution" in Africa in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation — and for health care access and affordability. Even without Gates, though, social justice giving still rose faster than overall foundation funding during this period.