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Melinda French Gates will give $1 billion to philanthropic individuals and organizations advancing women’s rights globally, over the next two years.

For years, less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the U.S. has gone to benefit women and girls, but that could change in part thanks to new resources that Melinda French Gates has pledged in recent weeks

By investing in women-led funds and early-stage companies, Pivotal wants to help transform the way that the venture capital industry looks at women.

The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of philanthropy’s most influential organizations – including Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation, as well as the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation – released Thursday

Amber Tanaka was burned out.

Philanthropist has pledged to give $bn to her new organisation, Pivotal Ventures