How Philanthropy Fails Boys and Men
Richard Reeves is fighting the prevailing view of who’s on the losing side of gender equality. Melinda French Gates is backing him with $20 million.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Google.org Gives $10 Million Through Its Teen Mental Health Initiative
Also, Kaiser Permanente pledged $15 million for small-business growth in Oakland, and the Crankstart Foundation committed $14 million for health-care career training in San Francisco.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Want 57% Bigger Gifts? How You Frame the Ask Matters, Research Shows
In an experiment, asking donors to give a unit of charitable good, such as a month of meals for a refugee child, got bigger donations than asking for cash
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Plus, a performing arts school in Los Angeles received $16 million to endow a conducting fellowship program led by the legendary conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Cleveland Clinic, Hastings College, and Indiana University’s medical school all received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
On Second Anniversary of Climate Bill, Funders Top Goals to Help Nonprofits
Two years after the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, a report finds that a group of 33 grant makers exceeded its goals for helping communities and organizations learn about, access, and implement funding through the act.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Appoints Two New Executives
Plus, the Center for Effective Philanthropy hires a leader for its YouthTruth program, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago will install its next CEO this fall.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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
Nonprofit Executive Pay Rises, but Inflation and Gender Gap Issues Persist, Report Finds
Smaller organizations have made modest strides in pay equity for women since 2012, but the nonprofits with the deepest pockets have seen the gap expand.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Can 50 Nonprofits Really Build Something Together? A Hopeful Idea Begins to Spread
Inside an effort dubbed “mutual aid on steroids” that’s getting a tryout in cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Lexington, Ky.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Donors Likely Giving $16 Billion Less Each Year After Tax Law Change, Report Finds
The cost of giving rose for people who no longer itemize deductions on their taxes.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising