Should Foundations Give Now or Later? There Is No Right Answer
When the Ford Foundation and four other philanthropies joined forces last week to pledge to distribute more to nonprofits hurt by the Covid recession, they sent a message to other grant makers. But different missions require different approaches.
By Joseph Bankman and Daniel Hemel
How Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy (Podcast)
Rob Reich, who leads the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, says the power big philanthropists wield should be scrutinized in order to decide if it supports democracy or not.
Who Holds Philanthropy Accountable for Racial Justice?
The Movement for Black Lives is doing something new by getting grant makers to call their peers. Now we need a bigger push to ensure we’re all working every day to advance change, writes Lisa Pilar Cowan of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Who Holds Philanthropy Accountable for Racial Justice?
The Movement for Black Lives is doing something new by getting grant makers to call their peers. Now we need a bigger push to ensure we’re all working every day to advance change, writes Lisa Pilar Cowan of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Nonprofit Leaders, Get Used to the Uncertainty and Focus on the Big Picture
Staying nimble and recognizing that best-case scenarios will not be normal is key, but nothing is more important than focusing on mission, writes Al Cantor, a nonprofit leadership consultant.
By Alan M. Cantor
Reporter
After the Protests, Will Philanthropy Do the Right Thing This Time Around?
The well-meaning response to 1960s civil unrest by foundations and nonprofits too often failed to produce the desired results. Now we have a chance to do a better job.
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky
Government Programs Are Shortchanging Minority-Owned Small Businesses. DAFs Can Help.
The Paycheck Protection Program poses hurdles that have long plagued businesses in communities of color. Donor-advised funds should quickly mobilize funds through nonprofit organizations that serve these small businesses.
By RODNEY FOXWORTH
Contributor
Statements About George Floyd Are a Start, but How Will Organizations Live Their Values?
The leader of a group that promotes equity in philanthropy talks about how the nonprofit world was thinking about racial diversity and equity when the pandemic struck — and how that might change in the wake of mass protests against police violence and racism.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How Foundations Can Make Covid Research Grants More Equitable
Today’s system is broken, but we can do more to make sure grants support health servicesthat help people of color and others too often ignored in scientific work.
By Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Contributor
Racial Equity Needs to Be More Than Philanthropy’s Catchphrase
I am tired. First, there was the unfathomable health and economic catastrophe caused by Covid-19. And now there is this.
By Sharon Bush
Contributor