May 2, 2025
The Mercury News: Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy quietly cuts funding for affordable housing, homelessness groups
[…] the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has made a sharp reversal on its commitment to housing. CZI is quietly ending funding for a number of California housing organizations, telling many of the advocacy groups for housing and homelessness, some that it has supported for years, that it will not renew their grants going forward.
“The decision of any funder in California, especially a major funder, to suddenly halt its support for housing advocacy – just as we face unprecedented federal funding cuts – is devastating,” wrote Chief Impact Officer Judith Bell in a statement. “The San Francisco Foundation – along with many of our peer funders – is holding stronger than ever to our commitment to inclusivity, social justice and racial equity.”
