The use of contests to find innovative solutions to the world’s problems has gone mainstream, but it’s not clear that the prizes can solve tough problems.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Smaller Nonprofit Endowments Outperformed Larger Ones in 2009, Chronicle Survey Finds
Find information about endowments at dozens of groups in our searchable database.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Will Ties Between Government and Foundations Last?
Foundation leaders and philanthropy experts debated the consequences of the growing number of partnerships between philanthropy and the federal government.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Author Tells Foundation Leaders to Study Rare Successes When Facing Major Problems
Sometimes simple solutions can be found amid major problems by studying the outliers, the author Chip Heath told foundation officials. Read this and more from the annual conference of the Council on Foundation, in Denver, this week.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Evaluating Foundations’ Responses to the Economic Crisis
Foundation leaders and observers have mixed views on whether grant makers did enough to help charities during the recession.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Head of National Service Says Agency Is on Track to Meet Its Growth Goal
One year after Congress approved a major expansion of national service programs, the new head of the agency says slow growth ultimately will yield desired results.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Former Vice President Urges All Foundations to Contribute To Climate-Change Fight
Former Vice President Al Gore called on the nation’s foundations to steer more of the expected wealth transfer between generations toward efforts to combat global warming.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Rallying Experts of All Kinds to Spur Social Innovations
Foundations consider new ways to muster good ideas to change society.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Supreme Court Decision on Political Spending Alarms Foundations
Foundations were urged to get involved in efforts to counteract a Supreme Court decision that expanded the rights of companies to spend money on political campaigns.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
‘The Kids Are Now Adults’: What Foundation Trustees Need to Know About Young Board Members
Foundation boards need to reach out to young board members and listen to their ideas, said two young philanthropists at the annual meeting of the Council on Foundations.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor