Health Care-Access Maverick to Lead California Endowment
The $4.7 billion foundation named Brenda Solórzano, an early architect of trust-based philanthropy and a veteran of health-care grant making in the Golden State, as its next president.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The Push for Payback: Robert Wood Johnson and 80 Other Foundations Make a Case for Reparations
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and its grantees haven’t abandoned the push for cash-based reparations. But they aim to advance policy changes in education, public health, criminal justice, and business development.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
‘Dodgy’ Data Dump From IRS Causes Headaches for Nonprofits
In a potentially widespread error, the agency sent tax-return data for nonprofits that apparently misreports organizations’ 2022 finances.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Foundation Leaders Consider Next Steps as Race-Based Grants Are Tested in Court
A new study finds that the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling has not significantly changed how grant makers support programs focused on race.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
From Activist to Foundation Leader: Deepak Bhargava to Deliver ‘Lightning Bolt’ to Philanthropy
The new president of the JPB foundation will increase grant making to $510 million this year to support nonprofits focused on multiracial democracy and worker power.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
A Plea From Progressive Foundation CEOs: Make Election Grants Now
20 foundations are speeding grants to protect voting and elections. Meanwhile, House GOP members are asking whether philanthropy is stepping into partisan politics.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The Next Test of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Race-Based Foundation Grants
The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm, and its associated foundation face a lawsuit arguing that its grants targeted to Black women entrepreneurs violate civil-rights laws.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The Next Hurdle for Trust-Based Philanthropy: Showing Impact
Proponents have pressed for a less top-down relationship with nonprofits, and new approaches are now widespread. But their effectiveness isn’t yet known.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
It’s Election Season. Here’s How Philanthropy Is Working to Secure the Vote.
Foundations and donors are aiming to bring down the thicket of barriers to a representative, unmanipulated vote.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
House Panel Digs Into Nonprofit Political Influence
A congressional oversight committee called on nonprofit experts to testify Wednesday at a hearing on the role of tax-exempt organizations in American politics. Divisions were predictably partisan.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations