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<section class="section--hero hero"> <div class="hero__wrapper section--border-bottom"> <div class="hero__block"> <h1 class="hero__title t-h2--bold color--red ">About Us</h1> <div class="hero__block__cta"> <p class="t-body--large">The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was <a href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/about/letter-to-max/">founded in 2015</a> to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. </p> <a class="cta-square " href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/about/leaders/" target=""> <div class="cta-square__text">Our Leadership</div> </a> <a class="cta-square " href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/careers/" target=""> <div class="cta-square__text">See Careers</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero__wrapper section--border-bottom"> <div class="hero__block--img "> <div class="hero__image hero__image--row-first frame frame--no-frame"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/czi_web_about_approach1.jpg" alt="CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan with children at The Primary School, which she founded in East Palo Alto (Education)." object-fit-polyfill /> <div class="caption--overlay t-caption "></div> <figcaption class="caption t-caption "> August 15, 2018 | Priscilla Chan, CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO, on the first day of school at The Primary School, which she founded in East Palo Alto.</figcaption> </div> <div class="caption--overlay t-caption is-left color--white "></div> <figcaption class="caption t-caption is-left color--white "> August 15, 2018 | Priscilla Chan, CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO, on the first day of school at The Primary School, which she founded in East Palo Alto.</figcaption> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section--quote-refresh section--thin section--margin-b-2 section--margin-t-2" id=""> <div class="quote-refresh quote-refresh--thin quote-refresh--margin-b-2 quote-refresh--margin-t-2"> <div class="quote-refresh__quote"> <div class="circular-photo background--teal desktop-only"> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/approach-leadership-priscilla-chan2.jpg" alt="Priscilla Chan, CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <div class="quote-refresh__quote-content"> <div class="quote-icon"> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/themes/czi/img/illustrations/quote-teal.svg" alt="" /> </div> <p class="t-h6--semibold quote-text">Luck is not a national strategy. We need to build strategies that take luck out of the equation for every person.</p> <div class="quote__author"> <div class="circular-photo background--teal mobile-only"> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/approach-leadership-priscilla-chan2.jpg" alt="Priscilla Chan, CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <div class="quote__author-text"> <h6 class="t-h7--semibold">PRISCILLA CHAN</h6> <p class="t-body--semibold">CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section--four-column" id="four-column"> <div class="section--four-column__bkg"></div> <div class="container"> <div class="section--four-column__header"> <h2 class="t-h2--semibold color--red">What We Do</h2> <p class="t-body--large">Across our work in Science, Education, and within our communities, we pair technology with grantmaking, impact investing, and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress towards our mission.</p> </div> <div class="four-columns"> <div class="four-columns__col"> <div class="four-columns__col__icon-box"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Science_Icon-1-1.png" alt="Stylized Science icon of a microscope." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <h5 class="t-h7--semibold">Science</h5> </div> <div class="four-columns__col__copy-wrap"> <p>We support the science and technology that will make it possible to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the 21st century. We foster collaboration between scientists and engineers, develop new technologies, and build support for basic scientific research.<br /> <a href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/science/">Learn more.</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="four-columns__col"> <div class="four-columns__col__icon-box"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/education-1-1.png" alt="Stylized Education icon of the outline of a brain with a flowering plant rising up in front of it." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <h5 class="t-h7--semibold">Education</h5> </div> <div class="four-columns__col__copy-wrap"> <p>We want to ensure that every student — not just a lucky few — can get an education that’s tailored to their individual needs and supports every aspect of their development. And we want every teacher to be equipped with the tools and research they need to help get them there.<br /> <a href="//chanzuckerberg.com/education/">Learn more.</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="four-columns__col"> <div class="four-columns__col__icon-box"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Science_Icon-2-1.png" alt="Stylized Community icon of houses and buildings." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <h5 class="t-h7--semibold">Community</h5> </div> <div class="four-columns__col__copy-wrap"> <p>We support work to create greater opportunity for communities in the Bay Area and across California, which includes flexible, responsive grantmaking; and partnerships around key issues, like housing affordability and homelessness.<br /> <a href="//chanzuckerberg.com/community/">Learn more.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footnote"> <p class="sup-p"><em>CZI is composed of four funding entities: the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC; the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation (a 501(c)(3) private foundation); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy, (a 501(c)(4) organization).</em></p> </div> </div> </section> <div id="our-approach"></div> <div class="section--three-columns section--border-bottom section--background-white"> <div class="thumbnail-list__header"> <div class="hero-text hero-text--white-bg hero-text--small-title hero-text--centered"> <div class="hero-text__container"> <div class="hero-text__title"> Our Approach </div> <div class="hero-text__subtitle"> <p>We work at the intersection of philanthropy and technology to achieve progress across our focus areas with a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.</p> </div> <div class="hero-text__subtitle-underline"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="three-columns__columns"> <div class="three-columns__column"> <div class="three-columns__icon-box"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/our_approach_grants_ventures_2x.jpg" alt=""Ventures at CZI" team member meeting with developers in Africa (Grants & Ventures)." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <h5 class="t-h5--semibold">Grants & Ventures</h5> </div> <div class="three-columns__single-content t-body--large"> Through grantmaking and our venture portfolio, we invest in bold ideas that have the potential to accelerate social change. Since our launch in 2015, CZI has awarded approximately $4.8 billion in grants and invested nearly $300 million in ventures whose work aligns with our values. <br /><a class="color--red" href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/grants-ventures/">Learn more.</a> </div> <a class="block-link desktop-only" href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/grants-ventures/" aria-label="Open page: Grants & Ventures"></a> </div> <div class="three-columns__column"> <div class="three-columns__icon-box"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/our_approach_technology_2x.jpg" alt="Two CZI Science Technology team members working together in front of a laptop computer." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <h5 class="t-h5--semibold">Technology</h5> </div> <div class="three-columns__single-content t-body--large"> We are a new kind of philanthropic organization focused on engineering change at scale. Our engineering team partners with issue experts across our science, education, and strategic partners to help bring technology to the table in new ways that drive solutions. <br /><a class="color--red" href="https://tech.chanzuckerberg.com/">Learn more.</a> </div> <a class="block-link desktop-only" href="https://tech.chanzuckerberg.com/" aria-label="Open page: Technology"></a> </div> <div class="three-columns__column"> <div class="three-columns__icon-box"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/our_approach_MCB_2x.jpg" alt="Man in white cap and leather jacket speaking into a bullhorn (CZI Movement and Capacity Building)." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> <h5 class="t-h5--semibold">Capacity Building Partners</h5> </div> <div class="three-columns__single-content t-body--large"> Investing in capacity building augments CZI’s grantmaking so that leaders and organizations are better able to navigate change. Our Capacity Building Partners team offers programs and grants focused on leadership development, infrastructure and organizational culture so that organizations are more effective, resilient and sustainable. <br /><a class="color--red" href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/capacity-building/">Learn more.</a> </div> <a class="block-link desktop-only" href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/capacity-building/" aria-label="Open page: Capacity Building Partners"></a> </div> </div> </div> <section class="masonry-section section--padding-b-2"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-container--photo one"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hq-week_peopleteam.jpg" alt="" object-fit-polyfill /> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container--photo two"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DEI_WomensCodingCircle_2x.jpg" alt="Group of CZI Women's Coding Circle members around a conference room table during a meeting (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container--photo three"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DEI_WINShine_2x.jpg" alt="CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan speaking to a group of attendees at a luncheon meeting (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container--photo four"> <div class="fit-photo fit-photo "> <img src="https://chanzuckerberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DEI_LunchandLearn_ERGDanielBlack_2x-1.jpg" alt="The author reading aloud from his book to a group of attendees at "Lunch & Learn with Daniel Black" (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)." object-fit-polyfill /> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container--photo five">  <h2 class="t-h2--bold color--red">Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion</h2> <p class="t-body--large">Engineering solutions to the scale of the issues we’re tackling require fresh perspectives and diverse experiences. 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