BrazilFoundation Creates Fund in Honor of Its Founder Leona Forman November 29th is a very important day for BrazilFoundation, the day on which we celebrate the 80th birthday of our founder, Leona Forman. Leona’s gratitude for Brazil became a seed planted with dedication, care, and affection – a seed that has borne great fruit. In […]
Welcome to Three New Board Members We are thrilled to welcome Claudia Amboss, Paulo Ribeiro and Robert Miller to our Board of Directors in 2020. These diverse individuals bring with them a wealth of expertise and dedication to guide the Foundation through its third decade of work. Please join us in extending them a […]
A Network of Support for the Amazon In partnership with BrazilFoundation, Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil) and Costa Brazil, today Pangaia is launching an exclusive collection of t-shirts produced in support of the Brazilian Amazon – with 100% of proceeds going to the Amazônia Sempre (Amazon Forever) campaign! Want to help? It’s simple: go to the […]
Live Benefit Raises US$245,000 Our Live Benefit on September 12th was a great success! We celebrated BrazilFoundation’s 20th anniversary and renewed our commitment to promoting sustainable development, equal opportunities and social justice in Brazil. Thousands of people watched the Live from around the world, helping us raise US$ 245,000 which will be invested in […]
BrazilFoundation Women’s Fund Receives Donation From Tiffany to Invest in Girls’ Empowerment in Brazil Investing in initiatives that promote women and girls’ autonomy and empowerment has been a commitment of BrazilFoundation since its founding 20 years ago. In 2014, it created the Women’s Fund to systematically streamline resources for these means. Since then, the […]
The Amazon Forever campaign, a partnership of BrazilFoundation and Conservation International – Brasil, will provide emergency aid to indigenous, quilombola and riverside communities of the Brazilian Amazon.
Artists’ Initiative Raises US$32k to Fight COVID-19 Collaboration is key as we work to overcome the challenges of the pandemic. Recently we received US$32k through the Horizontes Fund to combate COVID-19 in Brazil. The fund was created – in partnership with BrazilFoundation – by artists, galleries and art professionals who donated their artwork to raise funds. The amount […]
We are proud to announce the results of our 2020 Call for Proposals. This year we have selected 20 initiatives from 13 Brazilian states to receive support.
The goal is to raise US$1 million to provide humanitarian aid to communities in the Brazilian Amazon most impacted by the global pandemic.
We will post the final list of selected organizations on June 10th on our site.