Protest or Riot? Foundations Navigate Legal Landmines
As the White House attempts to draw a clear line connecting anti-Trump protesters and progressive foundations, grant makers face existential threats.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Foundations Continue to Diversify Staff, Increase Women CEO Pay
A Council on Foundations analysis shows a rise in female CEOs and people of color in grant-making roles.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Who Decides? Foundation Staff Look to Outsiders to Steer Grants
The Spark Fund and the NextGen Grantmakers Initiative are among several philanthropies backing participatory grant-making efforts.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Trump’s Order to Investigate Liberal Groups Is Likely to Face Legal Challenges
Some conservatives fear the president’s attacks on progressive foundations could come back to haunt them. “What might President AOC not like?”
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Black Foundation Leaders in the Age of Trump: Still Leading and Dreaming
Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy provides a record and a time capsule of Black foundation leaders as the backlash against racial equity reaches the highest levels of government.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Philanthropy Leaders Decry Trump’s Order to Investigate Liberal Groups
The executive memorandum follows reports that the Department of Justice is calling on federal prosecutors to investigate George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Crypto-Philanthropy and Donor-Advised Funds Are Not Immune to Problems. Here Are Some Red Flags.
Due diligence is key for donors giving through new philanthropic vehicles.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Donors Say They Were Ghosted by a $10 Billion DAF
The SDG Impact Fund is under investigation, and a half dozen donors say the money they entrusted to the fund — to support charitable activities related to the U.N. Sustainability Goals — has not been put to its intended use.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
Facing Free Speech Threats, Foundations Prepare for Next Volley From the White House
In preparing a response to expected policy changes, foundation leaders appear to walking a delicate line between exposing themselves to threats from the administration and remaining stalwart — and visible — institutions.
100-Plus Foundations Stand United as White House Goes on the Attack
The philanthropies wrote an open letter that condemns political violence and defends their freedom of speech and the freedom to give.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter