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    Circle Foundation

    Circle Foundation is a donor-advised fund that Circle Internet Group set up in 2025. It advances financial resilience and inclusion through strategic grantmaking and systems-level investments. In September 2026 it announced support for the UN Development Programme and the World Food Programme to advance digital payments.

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    Founding Chair
    Elisabeth Carpenter

    Key facts

    Established
    2025, by Circle Internet Groupsource
    Structure
    Donor-advised fund managed by Fidelity Charitablesource
    Funding source
    Seeded by Circle's Pledge 1% equity commitmentsource
    First international grant
    January 2026, in support of DHoTSsource
    Announcement
    September 25, 2026: support for UNDP and WFP to advance digital paymentssource

    WYDE coverage of Circle Foundation

    WYDE Newsroom has published 3 articles about Circle Foundation, from Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. Circle Foundation is a donor in 3 stories. The most recent is The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger.

    Food Policy

    The US Says Stockpile Food. It Still Has No Plan for Its $720 Million to Fight Global Hunger

    Washington, London and Tokyo tell households to stock up, and the Pentagon wants bases that can run 90 days alone. The $720 million Congress set aside to fight global hunger still has no published plan.

    Oct 30, 2026 · 4 min read · Donor

    WYDE Weekly

    $1 Million Clipping Fund for Creators Who End Hunger

    WYDE Weekly: a new $1 million clipping fund pays creators to end hunger, plus Ken Griffin's record $3 billion gift, three record health-system donations, and the regulators chasing crypto.

    Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Donor

    Crypto & DeFi

    Circle Foundation Funds UN Aid Agencies to Test Stablecoin Payments in Crisis Zones

    The Circle Foundation is funding the UN Development Programme and the World Food Programme to move humanitarian aid onto regulated stablecoins, cutting the cost and delay of getting money to people in Syria, Haiti, Guatemala, and The Gambia.

    Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Donor

    Reported alongside Circle Foundation

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