Non Profit news and trends

Mastercard, Rockefeller Foundation Launch Online Data Platform For Non-Profits
Mastercard // January 24, 2020

The Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, announced their new platform data.org today in Davos. The site will be a dynamic platform for data science partnerships committed to improve the field’s social impact. The philanthropy organizations also revealed today a $10...

Uber’s Kalanick Launches New Investment Fund
Investments // March 08, 2018

Uber co-founder and former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick announced in a Twitter post that he is creating a new fund called 10100, which will house his “passions, investment ideas and big bets.” According to Kalanick, the fund will oversee his for-profit investments as well as...

Signal Goes From Non-Profit To Profit With $50M Investment
Investments // February 22, 2018

Moxie announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that it is launching the Signal Foundation with the support of Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp, who is investing in the new non-profit. In a blog post, Moxie said that Acton is investing $50 million in the foundation to...

Why Credit Unions Should Take Comfort in Risk
Credit Unions // September 01, 2017

As the saying goes, no risk no reward. For the credit union market, the message is clear in terms of innovation: Put on your wingsuit and take a chance or risk getting stuck on stodgy. For August’s PYMNTS Credit Union Tracker™, powered by CO-OP Financial...

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Circle and TBD Aim to Launch DeFi-Focused Foundation

October 23, 2023
TBD and Circle have launched a partnership centered around open source adoption of decentralized identity. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 23), will also culminate in a non-profit founded by TBD — Block’s decentralized finance (DeFi) company — and USDC-issuer Circle, the companies said in a news release provided to PYMNTS. That foundation, the release said, will focus on creating, […]

Mastercard, Rockefeller Foundation Launch Online Data Platform For Non-Profits

January 24, 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation, along with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, announced their new platform data.org today in Davos. The site will be a dynamic platform for data science partnerships...

Uber’s Kalanick Launches New Investment Fund

March 08, 2018
Uber co-founder and former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick announced in a Twitter post that he is creating a new fund called 10100, which will house his “passions, investment ideas and...

Signal Goes From Non-Profit To Profit With $50M Investment

February 22, 2018
Moxie announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that it is launching the Signal Foundation with the support of Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp, who is investing in the new non-profit. In...