Grant Makers Use $3 Billion in Bond Offerings to Pump More to Charities
The California Endowment is among the latest entrants taking advantage of historically low interest rates to spend more now on grantees’ urgent needs.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
New Name and Focus — on Strengthening Democracy — for a Longtime Nonprofit
Democracy in serious trouble, says Rajiv Vinnakota, and he is upending the mission of the 75-year-old Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to respond.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Former Leader of Disaster Nonprofit Says He Was Fired Over Diversity Efforts
A lawsuit pending in a U.S. District Court claims that Gregory Forrester, former CEO of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, was terminated after he pushed to direct more help toward smaller organizations led by people of color.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
A Close Look at the Pooled Funds That Are Shaking Up Philanthropy
Organizers of pooled funds and other efforts to get foundations to collaborate have used them as a test bed for changes they’d like to see in philanthropy.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Growth in Pooled Funds, Spurred by Racial-Justice Protests and the Pandemic, Could Last
Over the past year dozens of new funds and collaborative fundraising campaigns have sprung up to support groups working to end white supremacy, respond to those hurt by the pandemic, and safeguard the voting process.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Foundations Pledge to Direct More Grants to Climate Groups Led by People of Color
A group of wealthy donors is urging large grant makers urging to steer at least 30 percent of their climate change grants to groups led by people of color.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Community Foundations Band Together to Fight Structural Racism
Nine regional grant makers are working together on strategies to combat structural racism in the hope of generating nationwide progress and attracting philanthropic support from wealthy donors and private foundations.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Ga. Senate Runoff Shows Philanthropy’s Power to Mobilize Voters
Political donors poured more than $800 million into the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia. But a coalition of nonprofits with a much smaller budget may have made a huge difference in getting people out to vote in the run-off election, which resulted in a pair of Democratic victories last week.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Community Foundations Wrestle Over Whether to Accept Government Help
With Congress negotiating a renewal of the Paycheck Protection Program, debate may rise anew within community foundation over whether their pursuit of the loans would siphon funds from service-providing nonprofits.
By Alex Daniels and Michael Theis
Nonprofits Coming Up Short So Far in Congressional Stimulus Negotiations
Expanded access to charitable deductions, state aid that helps nonprofits, and loans to keep charity workers on the job are failing to gain traction, nonprofit advocates say.
By Alex Daniels and Michael Theis