Ford Offers $80 Million to Boost Nonprofit Resilience in the Face of Global Authoritarianism
The new effort will be focused on Africa, Asia, and South America and comes as nonprofits face threats to the safety of their staffs and the survival of their organizations from repressive regimes.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Lion’s Share of Americans Support Giving Everyday Donors Tax Breaks, Poll Finds
Some 85 percent of adults say federal charity deductions shouldn’t be limited to just the wealthiest.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Foundations and Government Team Up to Pay for Legal Help for Immigrants Facing Deportation
Some say government funds shouldn’t provide such services, but others say it’s a smart fiscal move since families left behind may need more social services.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Philanthropy Jumps Into the Spotlight at Next Week’s U.N. Meetings
Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Hillary and Bill Clinton, and Melinda French Gates will be among the leaders of meetings designed to channel new funds to solving problems like the global refugee crisis, threats to democracy, climate change, and pandemic recovery.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
As More Foundations Seek to Influence Public Perceptions, New Approaches Abound
Grant makers are pouring millions of dollars into work to change public attitudes, but some nonprofits say equal effort needs to be put into building social movements that can advance new policies and ideas.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Foundations, Especially Small Ones, Fared Worse Than the Overall Stock Market Last Year
The average foundation gained 16 percent last year, compared with the nearly 29 percent gain of the Standard and Poor’s index. Wealthier foundations did somewhat better but were still far below the index.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Ban on Government Funds Puts Pressure on Nonprofit Drug Injection Sites in R.I.
The tiny state is the first one to authorize places where drug users can go without fear of getting arrested, but private donors aren’t eager to do what government won’t do and support the services.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users Are a Tough Sell to Foundations
People are dying in record numbers from overdoses, but grant makers have been tiptoeing around one way to reduce harm from drugs. One nonprofit hopes its lawsuit against the Justice Department will make a difference.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
More Foundations Are Speeding Up Giving Due to Global Challenges
A third of grant makers established after 2010 plan to spend all of their assets by a specific time — far more than the 7 percent of foundations created in the 1990s that plan to do so.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
New Poll Finds Support for Foundations — but Not the Hefty Tax Breaks Their Donors Get
The study also found that people across the political spectrum want to speed money to charities from foundations and donor-advised funds.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations