Trustee rosters at major grant makers sorely lack socioeconomic and geographic diversity, a Chronicle analysis shows. What does that mean for philanthropy?
By Drew Lindsay and Rebecca Koenig
‘Coastal Elite’ Concerns Extend to Foundations, Chronicle Data Shows
Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders railed against the power of an entrenched leadership class. They didn’t target philanthropy, but they could have, based on our first-of-its-kind analysis of major grant makers’ boards.
By Drew Lindsay and Rebecca Koenig
On Gender and Race, Change Is Slow
A Chronicle review of trustees at 20 major U.S. grant makers suggests considerable work lies ahead.
By Drew Lindsay and Rebecca Koenig
Questions to Ask When Hiring Fundraisers
Veteran fundraisers offer tips on how to handle interviews with prospective gift officers.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
How Can Philanthropy Help the Working Class?
With urban-rural tensions rising, regional spinoffs of Minneapolis’s McKnight Foundation offer a model for partnership between the big city and small towns.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Higher Education’s Megagift Boom Hits New High, Survey Shows
Big gifts to higher education last year topped $6 billion for the first time, continuing a postrecession surge in eight- and nine-figure donations as giving from smaller contributors is declining.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Fundraisers at William & Mary believe an old-fashioned technique will help them round up young donors and meet an ambitious goal.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Where Should Trump Donate His Salary? Disease Charities Get the Big Win
Disease-research organizations, veterans groups, and a few White House antagonists such as the ACLU and Planned Parenthood top a Chronicle survey asking which nonprofit should get the president’s $400,000.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
How to Find and Learn About Donors Abroad
A University of Chicago international prospect researcher shares tips and valuable open-source tools.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
America’s Biggest Donors Give Unusually Large Share of Gifts to Colleges
Nearly half of giving by the country’s biggest donors went to higher education, with $1 of every $5 benefiting elite universities with multibillion-dollar endowments.
By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay