Patagonia’s ‘Dirtbag’ Billionaire Is Out to Transform Philanthropy
David Gelles’s new book examines the life of Yvon Chouinard, an entrepreneurial outdoorsman whose $3 billion company is now giving its profits to a charity fighting the environmental crisis.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor
Low Costs, Organic Growth, Repeat Gifts From Philanthropy: How This Nonprofit Is Scaling
The National Education Equity Lab has developed a powerful model to help lower income students get into selective colleges, succeeding where billion-dollar philanthropic experiments in education have failed.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis
As federal budget cuts ripple through an uncertain economy, at least 23,000 documented, full-time positions have been eliminated since Inauguration Day.
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis
As federal budget cuts ripple through an uncertain economy, at least 23,000 documented, full-time positions have been eliminated since Inauguration Day.
The Foundation Providing Quick Disaster Relief in L.A. and Beyond
The Emergency Assistance Foundation helps corporations provide rapid aid without needing to run their own tax-exempt entity.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor
New Book Takes a Skeptical Look at Bill Gates’s Philanthropic Evolution
New York Times journalist Anupreeta Das depicts Gates in his many roles and outsize billionaire influence.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor
What Happened to George Soros’s $100 Million Bet? How Human Rights Watch Went Global.
In 2010, Open Society Institute gave its biggest gift to a New York City-based human-rights nonprofit, with the mandate to expand internationally. Meanwhile, the world became more authoritarian.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor