One of the most powerful women in the world is teaming up with one of the richest women in the world—Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Bezos, respectively—to host a competition with one goal in mind: gender equality.
Gates and Bezos announced the competition, called the the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, through Pivotal Ventures, Gates’ investment and incubation company. The challenge will be managed by Lever For Change, a MacArthur Foundation affiliate, and will grant $30 million to the organizations (or the coalitions of organizations) with the best ideas for helping to expand women’s power and influence in the United States by 2030.