Overview
- CZI provided no funding to FWD.us in 2025 for the first time since the group’s 2013 founding, saying it fulfilled a foundational commitment and wound down social-advocacy grants.
- The separation was formalized in April 2025 when FWD.us removed CZI from its bylaws, according to an IRS filing reported by Bloomberg.
- CZI chief of staff Jordan Fox left the FWD.us board earlier this year, and the philanthropy will not fill the seat.
- FWD.us says its mission continues, citing a three- to fourfold rise in non-CZI funding from 2022 to 2024 and strong support from new and existing donors this year.
- More than half of roughly $400 million given to FWD.us since 2013 had come from CZI and related vehicles, while CZI now focuses on Biohub, science research, and AI as reporters note the change in the context of Zuckerberg’s recent political and policy moves.