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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.
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
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