Sunlight Giving
Sunlight Giving is a private foundation created by the WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton and his wife, Tegan.[1] The foundation supports low-income families with children age five and below living in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2] It's a sister organization belonging to the Wildcard Giving family.[3]
Formation | 2014 |
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Founder | Brian Acton and Tegan Acton |
Founded at | Palo Alto, California |
Type | Private Foundation |
Headquarters | 855 El Camino Real, Building 4, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94301 |
Key people | Brian Acton, Tegan Acton, |
Parent organization | Wildcard Giving |
Website | Sunlight Giving's webpage |
Support for safe spaces and organizations that provide food security, family support resources, housing stability, and health care access is between the goals of the foundation.[2]
Sunlight Giving has $470 million in assets. It granted $6.4 million in 2015, $19.2 million in 2016, and $23.6 million in 2017.[2] This private foundation helped to fund Magnify Community, a non-profit organization with the goal of redirect philanthropists' givings to nonprofits..[4]
References
- "Sunlight Giving". www.influencewatch.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- Hoffower, Hillary. "WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invested $50 million into the Signal app — here's how he spends his $6.9 billion fortune". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- "Sunlight Giving Home | Sunlight Giving". sunlightgiving.org. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- King, Danny (November 13, 2019). "Magnify Community Pledge calls on Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires to invest more of their philanthropic dollars back into the local community". Bizjournals. Retrieved 2020-06-14.