GitLab hosts nonprofit AI demo day to woo investors to innovation fund
Investing in commercial uses of AI far outstrips investing for social good. The GitLab Foundation wants to change that.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Ford’s early steps toward a strategy overhaul
The foundation will divide into groups to prepare for a program reboot, the first under its president, Heather Gerken.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Staying the course when race-based grants are targeted
Foundations that support racial justice are staying true to mission as the Trump White House and conservative legal advocates challenge grants made to Black-led nonprofits.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
College athletes are now eligible for big time payments. Will nonprofits benefit?
As donations flood university sports departments, nonprofit leaders want to be sure stars use their platform for good.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Foundations look to new leaders to tell their story in a time of skepticism
Instead of staying in the "back office" new foundation leaders are called upon to take a more visible public role.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Mysterious $10 Billion Crypto DAF Barred in Georgia, Appears to Re-Emerge in Wyoming
Fraudulent charities often shop for states with lax jurisdiction. A crypto-based donor-advised fund appears to have done that after Georgia authorities shut it down.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Why Progressive Funders Are Now Backing Conservative Groups
Institutional donors gave nearly $1 billion to bridge-building efforts last year, a 36 percent jump. Behind the numbers: a reckoning over whether progressive philanthropy fueled the polarization it set out to fix.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
What the Gates-Epstein Report Teaches Charities About Managing Risk
The findings from the five-month investigation point to insufficient protocols and procedures.
By Alex Daniels and Ben Gose
After Gates Is Cut Off, Buffett Family Foundations Move to Center Stage
The little-known Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation may emerge as the primary distributor of Buffett’s vast fortune.
By Ben Gose, Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento
Trump’s Proposed Grant Rules Spark Outcry, 100K Comments
The plan, which has yet to be finalized, would inject politics into federal grant making to nonprofits.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations