🟪 Meet the 2025 Audacious Cohort 🟪Â
We are proud to introduce The Audacious Project’s 2025 cohort – a group of innovators and visionaries who are providing ground-breaking solutions to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. From leveraging AI to discover new medical treatments to charting paths to plastic-free oceans, this cohort is turning ambitious ideas into action.
To learn more, visit the link in bio. #AudaciousProject
The TIME100 Philanthropy list is more than a recognition of individuals; it’s a reflection of the ideas, communities and organizations reshaping how change happens.
Having our Executive Director Anna Verghese and the work of The Audacious Project included in this year’s list is an acknowledgment of what we’ve long believed: that bold, collaborative, long-term giving is not only possible, but essential to driving real impact.
Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees for this well-earned recognition. Read more at the link in bio.
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The stage was set. The ideas were bold. The talks are coming. 🎤
Five new Audacious grantees took the @ted 2026 stage in Vancouver to share audacious ideas that reimagine the systems impacting our health, our planet and our future.
Stay tuned to hear these inspiring talks from @pureearthnow , @destinationhomesv@rightathomeusa , @imagineworldwideliteracy , Solutions For Our Climate and Arc Institute. đź’ˇ
It was an incredible week at @ted 2026 in Vancouver. Beyond the talks, it was a space where philanthropists, leaders, changemakers and dreamers came together to connect, collaborate and imagine what’s possible.
In the Audacious lounge, surrounded by walls spotlighting the extraordinary global impact grantees are driving — from ending childhood lead poisoning to transforming education, accelerating climate action, advancing science and stopping homelessness — conversations turned into possibility and action.
Here’s to the connections sparked, the partnerships forged and the futures being built. ✨
Last week, dozens of Audacious grantees came together at @ted 2026 in Vancouver. They arrived with big ideas and left with a deeper sense of what’s possible when bold missions meet bold people.
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We were thrilled to introduce the newest Audacious grantee cohort on the big stage at #TED2026 in Vancouver — ten bold ideas and extraordinary teams, all taking on some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more coming from TED2026.
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Over 80% of the world’s trade moves by ship, but each vessel leaves a path of pollution in its wake. Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC), led by Joojin Kim, will mobilize finance, policy and public pressure in East Asia, driving decarbonization across this highly polluting industry.
By harnessing the power of their networks in media, law, diplomatic circles and the public and private sectors to affect change throughout the maritime industry, SFOC will cut up to 2.2 billion metric tons of carbon annually by 2032 and drive global decarbonization across sectors.
Learn more and watch the full conversation at the link in bio.
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Each year, the world produces 460 million metric tons of plastic. In partnership with the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, the Plastic Solutions Fund (PSF), led by Nicky Davies, works to cap plastic production, phase out single-use plastics and accelerate a just transition to reuse systems.
Building on previous wins, from advancing the Global Plastics Treaty to piloting reuse systems around the globe, PSF and its partners will help the world reach a peak in plastic production by 2030 — and eliminate 70% of single-use plastic by 2040.
Learn more and watch the full conversation at the link in bio.
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Complex diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease are notoriously hard to study. By creating the world’s first AI powered “virtual cell”, Arc Institute, led by Silvanna Konermann, will revolutionize how scientists understand these intractable diseases — and accelerate the development of new, life-saving drugs.
By 2029, Arc’s model will be accurate enough for scientists to replace slow, needle-in-a-haystack lab experiments with instant AI predictions, accelerating the discovery of new drug candidates for complex diseases.
Learn more and watch the full conversation at the link in bio. #AudaciousProject #ArcInstitute
Lead poisoning harms more than 1 billion children globally, and causes more deaths than HIV and malaria combined. By helping 22 low- and middle-income countries implement proven approaches to prevent exposure and reduce health risks, @pureearthnow , led by Drew McCartor, is breaking the cycle of childhood lead poisoning.
By focusing on 22 high-burden countries, areas that are home to more than half of the 1 billion children poisoned by lead globally— by 2033, Pure Earth will help protect 550 million children across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Learn more and watch the full conversation at the link in bio. #AudaciousProject #PureEarth
Just 1% of the world’s rivers carry 80% of the plastic that reaches oceans annually. By targeting the world’s most polluting waterways, @theoceancleanup , led by Boyan Slat, is closing the tap on plastic emissions and working toward ridding the oceans of plastic.
By expanding its interceptor technology to 30 cities, primarily in the Global South, The Ocean Cleanup’s 30 Cities Program will stop a third of all plastic flowing from the world’s rivers into the oceans by 2030.
Learn more and watch the full conversation at the link in bio. #AudaciousProject #TheOceanCleanup
