A Trip to Alabama, Lessons About Race, and the Payoffs of Out-of-the Box Grants
Visiting the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice helped grantees better understand America’s history of racial injustice while promoting empathy and awareness.
By Anne Marie Burgoyne
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Where Should the Nonprofit World Stand on Campus Protests?
Stop romanticizing student demonstrators against the war in Gaza, and start encouraging them to reexamine their strategy.
By Eboo Patel
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Expiring Tax Breaks, Charitable Giving, and What’s at Stake for Philanthropy
Proposed changes to the tax code will significantly reduce donations, the author argues, spelling trouble for charities.
By Jack Salmon
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MacKenzie Scott and the Case for Giving to Very Small Nonprofits Like Mine
Ninety-two percent of organizations — including the one I founded — have budgets of less than $1 million and know what their communities need most. But Scott and others make it impossible for us to get needed funds.
By Sneha Dave
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Ahead of the Curve: Patricia Bauman Set the Standard for Multiyear Giving
Long before it was common, Bauman devoted family assets to protecting democracy — and acted as a tugboat to pull wealthier foundations into the cause.
Righteous Attitudes, Ideological Purity Tests, Zero-Sum Thinking: How Philanthropy Stokes Division
Privately, anti-polarization nonprofits and practitioners say philanthropy is part of the problem.
By Kristen Cambell
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How Nonprofits Lose Out When Volunteer Advocates Are Asked to Do Little Real Advocacy
Nonprofits worried about their brand are asking supporters to do little more than sign petitions and write checks. They should be helping them become effective citizen-advocates.
By Sam Daley-Harris
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Charitable Donors Operating in the Shadows Push Our Politics to the Extremes
Grant makers on the left and right finance a network of activists and advocates whose all-or-nothing, combative stances keep the political parties tethered to the poles.
By Daniel Stid
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Critics Said Our Data Platform Exacerbated the Nonprofit World’s Inequities. They Were Right.
Candid learned that addressing power imbalances is only possible when those with the most resources change their own behavior.
By Aleda Gagarin
Contributor
A New Lawsuit Could Erase the Red Line Between Politics and Charity
If successful, the suit brought by a small nonprofit would damage the charitable world’s legitimacy and fuel partisan divisions.
By Craig Kennedy
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