We’re asking for your donation to help the organization Expedicionários da Saúde (EDS) EDS, our partner, is helping indigenous and riverine communities in Roraima, Pará and Amazonas who are experiencing alarming rates of COVID-19 infections through support to small, regional hospitals and field hospitals. How your donation can help EDS plans to supply the […]
Your impact in 2020 in the fight against COVID-19 Our campaign “BrazilFoundation in Action – Together Against COVID-19” launched in March mobilized R$11 million in 2020 for 65 organizations throughout Brazil – seven of which were located in the Amazon – to help vulnerable communities affected by COVID-19. Through this support, these organizations helped […]
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.