Portrait of the Grant Maker as an Artist
In a 20-year career in grant making, Kresge Foundation president Rip Rapson has done hundreds of drawings to make philanthropy’s complexity clear — to himself and to others.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
9 Ways to Forge Stronger Connections With Supporters
With rates of giving declining, here are tips for how to better engage everyday Americans.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
2021’s Surprisingly Strong Giving …
Even as 2022’s economic uncertainty looms over fundraising forecasts, this much is clear: The pandemic-born surge in charitable giving was bigger than anyone knew. And it stretched into 2021.
By Emily Haynes and Drew Lindsay
Charity:water Believes Donors Have More to Give Than Dollars — if You Ask
The nonprofit offers its supporters a host of ways to give as they want.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Will a Money-Back Guarantee Win Over Wealthy Donors? An Antipoverty Effort Aims to Find Out.
The campaign aims to tap two big sources of capital — the wealth of individual philanthropists and impact investments.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
From Newtown to Uvalde: Growth in Gun-Violence Philanthropy and a New Mind-Set for a Movement
How a decade between the two largest school shootings opened a new flow of grant dollars and ushered in a strategic rethinking of gun-control efforts.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Gun Violence, President Biden, and Philanthropy: An Activist Talks About What’s Next
Politicians on both sides of the aisle stand in the way of preventing tragedies like the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., says the founder of Guns Down America.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Charity in Wartime: How a Ukrainian Children’s Cancer Group Carries On
The Tabletochki Charity Foundation helps families in their battle against the disease — and the Russians.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Once a highly profitable media giant, the organization now banks on philanthropy and its “save the planet” mission.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
The National Geographic Society’s First Woman CEO Takes on Ugly Truths From Its Past
The National Geographic Society has to address ugly truths in its history as it reboots under new CEO Jill Tiefenthaler and taps the society’s 134-year legacy of exploration.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor