Charity Advocates Applaud Senate Version of Tax Bill
It greatly increases the charitable deduction for non-itemizers and eliminates proposed tax increases on foundations. But other provisions harmful to nonprofits remain.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
From $100,000 to $185 Raised: The Toll of Job Losses, Federal Cuts on Fundraising
Large numbers of donors in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta have lost jobs because of federal cuts and companies that have lost business. Fundraisers’ experiences in those cities might be a preview of what nonprofits elsewhere will face if the country slides into a recession.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Leonard Lauder, Philanthropist Who Globalized Family Cosmetic Business, Dies at Age 92
His giving centered on the arts, education, and diseases such as Alzheimer’s and breast cancer.
By Anne D'Innocenzio
Contributor
‘Colliding Crises’ Are Straining Nonprofit Finances
More than a third of respondents in a Nonprofit Finance Fund analysis ended last year with an operating deficit.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Lurie Family Gives $50 Million to Back Autism Research
Plus, Vassar College received $28 million for its music programs, a Chicago art collector sold her collection to back quantum science, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center got $50 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Tens of Thousands Have Lost Nonprofit Jobs to Federal Cuts. Here Are 6 of Them
These workers — at different stages of their careers and representing various fields — illustrate the personal fallout from the federal government’s defunding of the nonprofit sector.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Taking It to the Streets: California Endowment President Joins L.A. Protests, Doubles Payout
Brenda Solórzano argues that the protests against ICE raids have been mischaracterized for political purposes and to sow fear among Latinos. Her health and racial equity foundation is granting more and faster.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Communities Fix What’s Broken as Washington Brawls
National funders back efforts to repair sewage, schools, civic health, and more. Is that a better investment than trying to stop polarization in politics?
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Barbara Kingsolver on the Urban-Rural Divide: ‘Ask Rather than Tell.’
A conversation with the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author on Appalachia, her own nonprofit work, and how philanthropy can better serve the region.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
Points of Light, Founded by Former President Bush, Aims to Double American Volunteerism by 2035
The group aspires to mobilize people to volunteer with nonprofits in the U.S. at a scale that only federal programs like AmeriCorps have in the past.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press