Lilly Endowment Taps Board Member to Serve as New President
Jennett Hill will become the first Black woman leader of the nation’s second wealthiest foundation.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Ford and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations Put $7.5 Million Into Efforts to Give Tenants Clout
The funding takes a very different tack from most philanthropic work on housing. It seeks to build organizing power for those at risk of eviction rather than making low-cost loans, for instance.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacArthur Grant Aims to Help People With Disabilities Find Work in Philanthropy
Fellows get training through an organization called RespectAbility as part of the organization’s push to make up for a void on foundations staffs: Less than 1 percent of people at foundations have a disability, according to a recent study.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott Join Forces to Support Women’s Causes
The $48 million announced today, some of which is coming from the Schusterman Family Philanthropies, will go to nonprofits that advance women’s equality in innovative ways. Scott and French Gates are joining together as part of a push to encourage more billionaires and wealthy grant makers to increase their support for women’s causes.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacArthur Issues $80 Million in Grants From Its Bond Offering
The MacArthur Foundation has now committed nearly all of the $125 million it raised in a bond offering last summer.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Philanthropy’s New Activism in Public Safety
After George Floyd’s murder by police a year ago, foundations, corporations, and individuals donated billions of dollars to nonprofits in support of racial-justice and equity efforts. But the increase in funding comes at a time when homicide rates are on the rise so grant makers may come under pressure to change course — especially from politicians in regions with strong support for the police.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
$60 Million in New Grants Help Nonprofits Innovate Quickly to Close Financial Equity Gaps
Blue Meridian, a donor collaborative, is helping nonprofits experiment with rapid testing and other approaches that speed up their work as they seek to ensure that marginalized people get an even shot at the nation’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Gates Foundation Pours $2.1 Billion Into Women’s Causes
The money will go toward women’s economic empowerment; family planning and health; and expanding women’s access to leadership positions.
By Alex Daniels and Maria Di Mento
Billions Flood Into Blue Meridian as It Seeks to Help Innovative Nonprofits
The group is aggregating huge amounts of cash to give patient, no-strings-attached capital — as well as coaching and guidance — to organizations that have developed promising ways to solve social problems.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Nonprofit Helps Parents Talk to Their Children About Race
A gush of money from corporations, foundations, and others was given to EmbraceRace in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Now the group is looking to keep the funds flowing to help fight racism.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations