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Campuses are rebuilding a culture of dialogue. Funders can ensure it lasts.

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Campuses are rebuilding a culture of dialogue. Funders can ensure it lasts.

By Jonathan Haidt and Tamar Remz

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A funders guide to repairing democracy

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A funders guide to repairing democracy

The loneliness epidemic needs its own philanthropic movement

The Commons | Opinion

The loneliness epidemic needs its own philanthropic movement

By Aaron Hurst
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John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, and Jamie Merisotis CEO of the Lumina Foundation, have helped to build Unite in Advance, a network of hundreds of grant makers willing to defend one another’s right to fund work at odds with the Trump administration.

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Facing Trump crackdown, foundations form a mutual-defense pact

By Stephanie Beasley
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is a former tenure-track humanities professor at Bates College who left his job because of what he considered the inanity and degrading nature of the college’s DEI program.

The Commons | Opinion

DEI 1.0 was crazy. A viral Atlantic essay shows nonprofits a way out.

By Eboo Patel
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Ask the CEO: A Conversation with Ali Noorani, Head of the Barr Foundation

Ask the CEO: Ali Noorani, Head of the Barr Foundation

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Foundations as Community Hubs: A New Trend?

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Foundations as Community Hubs: A New Trend?

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Novelist Colum McCann Visits The Commons

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Novelist Colum McCann Visits The Commons

Why the Fight for DEI Should Take the Long View — Back to the Founding Fathers

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Why the Fight for DEI Should Take the Long View — Back to the Founding Fathers

By Chronicle Staff
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Tim Shriver on Philanthropy and the ‘Vortex of Contempt’

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Tim Shriver on Philanthropy and the ‘Vortex of Contempt’

By Chronicle Staff
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On Language

Foundations Created the Jargon Crisis. Here’s How They Can Fix It.

The Commons | Opinion

Foundations Created the Jargon Crisis. Here’s How They Can Fix It.

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

3 Ways to Test if Your Nonprofit’s Message Is Breaking Through

The Commons | Opinion

3 Ways to Test if Your Nonprofit’s Message Is Breaking Through

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

Nonprofits’ Addiction to Jargon Is Eroding Public Trust

The Commons | Opinion

Nonprofits’ Addiction to Jargon Is Eroding Public Trust

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

Illustration of a woman pushing a grocery cart uphill against a backdrop of progressively taller stacks of dollar coins, symbolizing rising inflation and the increasing cost of living.

The Commons | Opinion

Everyone’s Talking About ‘Affordability.’ Philanthropy Should, Too.

By Matt Watkins
Contributor

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How to Recruit and Lead Staff Who Truly Know Your Community

By Bobbi Dempsey
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Inside the Leadership Success of a Millennial and Boomer Who Share the CEO Seat

By Drew Lindsay
Contributor

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You Need Conservatives. Here’s How to Engage Them in Your Mission.

By Pearce Godwin
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As Populism Surges, Can a $3 Billion Foundation Shed Its Elite Image?

By Drew Lindsay
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