Nate Bargatze’s Controversial Emmys Bit Benefits Boys & Girls Clubs
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America may end up being the biggest winner of Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. The afterschool youth programming nonprofit is now seeing a donation surge after a controversial fundraising bit at the center of television’s biggest night.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt Believes Science and Immersive Media Can Inspire Action for the Planet
Extended-reality technology can get people’s attention, the philanthropist says, and expose them to the “most wonderful things they’ve ever seen that are here on this planet.”
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Darren Walker on Philanthropy: ‘We Don’t Take Enough Risk’
In an exit interview, the president of the Ford Foundation talks about why his new book is still hopeful despite growing inequality.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Former Librarian of Congress, Fired by Trump, Vows to Improve Public Information in New Mellon Role
Her new position as a senior fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation places her back at the center of the very debates over American culture that surrounded her dismissal.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Can GoFundMe’s New DAF Tool Supercharge Charitable Giving?
Giving Funds are GoFundMe’s latest in a flurry of product rollouts with the goal of moving stagnant U.S. charitable contributions beyond the 2% GDP mark where totals have long hovered.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Can a Shift From ‘Slacktivism’ Win Over Gen Z?
Nonprofits are giving young Americans meaningful work and the chance to direct the change they want to see happen.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Funding Cuts Threaten to Deepen Hunger Crisis
Rising costs are sending more families to food banks, including people with jobs.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Refugees and Their Sponsors Feel Stuck After Halt to Programs Letting Communities Resettle Newcomers
Public-private partnerships where nonprofits organized citizens to sponsor refugees are now in limbo.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Target’s DEI Rollback Raises Questions About the Retail Giant’s Philanthropic Commitments
Target and the Target Foundation have made big gifts to groups working on Black economic empowerment and LGBTQ+ acceptance.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Boom, Bust, Layoff? Democracy Groups Race to Shore Up Funding
Support typically drops off after elections, even though the work goes on year-round. Will that change this time?
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press