A foundation for the long work
Every life has equal value.So we fund like it.
KINDRED backs the people closest to the world's hardest problems — in health, learning and opportunity — with patient money, honest partnership and the freedom to try what hasn't been tried.
$60B+
Committed since 2001
140+
Countries
2,000+
Partners
$5.1B
granted last year
What we do
Six places we believe we can help the most.
Hover any area — each one is a strategy, a set of partners, and a stubborn goal.
What we fund · 01 / 06
Global Health
Giving every child the chance to survive and thrive, wherever they're born.
12M+
Lives touched
40
Countries
- 01
Evidence, not ego
We fund what the data says works — and we say so out loud when it doesn't.
- 02
Closest to the problem
Lasting change is led by the people living the problem, so we resource them directly.
- 03
Patient, brave money
We can fund ideas too early or too uncertain for anyone else, and stay for the long haul.
- 04
Never alone
Our job is rarely to act — it's to catalyze partners across sectors toward a shared goal.
We can’t fix everything.
So we fund the few things that change everything.
— The KINDRED promise
Ideas
What we’re learning.
Data & Insight
What the latest data shows about child health
A read on the numbers behind a decade of progress — and where it's quietly stalling.
Jun 20, 2026 · 7 min
Education
Why teachers belong at the center of reform
The case for investing in the people standing in front of the classroom.
Jun 5, 2026 · 5 min
Data & Insight
Measuring what actually matters
How we decide which outcomes to hold ourselves accountable for.
May 22, 2026 · 6 min