The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations focused on improving the lives of children, announced it will no longer fund U.S.-based nonprofits, citing uncertainty over the U.S. policy environment for foreign funders.
In a statement released Friday, CIFF said its board had decided “as a precautionary measure” to redirect funding and restructure contracts away from U.S. NGOs until the “applicable laws and rules, and the execution of them, are made clearer by relevant authorities.” The foundation emphasized that it remains committed to its global mission and will continue to scale its work through non-U.S. partners.
While CIFF does not break down its giving by country, in 2024, it gave $12.7 million to the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; $7.3 million to PATH Foundation; $7.1 million to Piramal Foundation USA; and $6 million to The Carter Center. Its total grants added up to $640 million in 2024.
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Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Jesse Chase-Lubitz covers climate change and multilateral development banks for Devex. She previously worked at Nature Magazine, where she received a Pulitzer grant for an investigation into land reclamation. She has written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and The Japan Times, among others. Jesse holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.
