Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Research/Teacher Development • Growth

About us

Mark Zuckerberg’s and Priscilla Chan’s philanthropy and research org

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a philanthropic organization established by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan with an investment of 99 percent of the couple's wealth from their Facebook shares over their lifetime.

✋🏾Fast Five:

  • Located in Redwood City, CA
  • They have a track record for investing in a range of thoughtful education initiatives: from Summit Schools and Summit’s Learning Management System to products that support Social Emotional Learning in Schools.
  • They work across grant-making and actively building ideas in-house
  • They think of themselves as an org that is at the intersection of science and philanthropy
  • They focus on supporting innovation within existing systems — with fewer resources going to truly out of the box innovations.

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