Chan Zuckerberg Is Reportedly Killing Funding for Non-Profits Associated With ‘DEI’

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (or CZI) has been quietly suspending grants to nonprofits across California and the country, especially those that might be construed as reflecting support for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. While CZI claims that it has long planned to move its focus away from social issues and towards the sciences, current and former employees had a different story to tell the San Francisco Standard. In 2015, then-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, created CZI. The couple pledged to donate 99% of their Meta (then Facebook) shares to the organization, which currently implies a sum of nearly $100 billion. CZI says it has distributed almost $7B in grants over the course of its 10-year history. The organization, whose founding mission was to “build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone,” has also given millions of dollars to nonprofits in San Mateo County, where Meta is headquartered. In recent months, however, many ... Read full article.