Philanthropists Across the Political Divide Must Work Together to Cure Extremism
A pandemic of hate will destroy our democratic institutions unless we can put aside our differences and devise a cohesive plan for treating this disease. Here’s what grant makers can do next.
By Sarah Ruger
Contributor
Why Foundations Benefit When They Focus on What Nonprofits Need Most
In a new book of essays, grant makers and nonprofits share what happened when they loosened the strings on grants and offered generous, multiyear support and focused on the experience of grantees, not the pedigrees of their leaders.
By Lowell Weiss
Contributor
It’s Not Advice My Grantees Need. They Need My Access to Power and Money.
Too often financial supporters think they are helping by making recommendations to people who already know how to carry out nonprofit missions. Let’s focus on what we have to give that truly matters.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Analysis of Money Flowing to Hate Groups Is One-Sided
A Chronicle study of money flowing from donor-advised funds and foundations failed to separate nonprofits that advocate hate from those that advance unpopular views, writes a top executive of the Philanthropy Roundtable.
In the Covid Era, Nonprofits Have No Choice but to Go Online
Nonprofits will face intense competition, staffing challenges, and new pressures from grant makers and donors as they are forced to accelerate their shift to a digital world.
By John MacIntosh
Contributor
Philanthropy Should Join Forces With Mayors to Tackle the Nation’s Multiple Crises
Innovative city programs offer grant makers the breadth and scale they are looking for to tackle racial injustice, climate change, and other challenges.
By Anil Hurkadli
Contributor
Telling My Truth as a Black Woman Made Me a Better Grant Maker
To address systemic racism, foundations need to value the lived experience of employees, not just data-driven decision making and academic credentials.
By Jasmine Sudarkasa
Contributor
Philanthropy Should Work With Biden to Declare Détente in the Education Wars
It’s time to redefine what constitutes education success and develop programs that provide multiple routes for acquiring the knowledge and connections that lead to good jobs and careers.
By Bruno V. Manno
Contributor
How 2 White Leaders of Big Foundations Are Tackling Racial Equity
John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Larry Kramer of Hewlett have started big grant making efforts to curb racism and working to understand, as Kramer puts it, how they are “part of the question and part of the problem.”
By Keecha Harris
Contributor
The Missing Piece in How Foundations Can Fight Polarization
It turns out that strengthening local news might be just as important as other remedies.
By Steven Waldman
Contributor