How Foundations Can Help Businesses Diversify Their Work Forces
An effort led by the Annenberg Foundation is helping Los Angeles’s growing technology and venture-capital businesses close equity gaps and recruit more people from a variety of backgrounds.
By Cinny Kennard
Contributor
Domestic Violence Affects the Work of Many Foundations — Whether or Not They Know It
During National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, grant makers who support social issues should take time to understand how domestic violence intersects with their work and what they can do to address the problem.
By Debbie I. Chang
Contributor
Black Girls Must Be a Focus — Not an Afterthought — of Racial-Justice Giving
Philanthropic funding for our country’s 65 million women and girls of color is minuscule at a time when their struggles should be central to efforts to achieve racial equity.
By Monique W. Morris
Contributor
Foundation CEOs Need to Send the Message That Unrestricted Giving Is the New Normal
We were heartened this spring when nearly 800 grant makers signed a pledge to, among other things, “loosen or eliminate the restrictions on current grants” and “make new grants as unrestricted as possible.” The pledge was a reassuring philanthropic response to the challenges facing nonprofits, many…
By HILARY PENNINGTON
Contributor
Preparing for Multiple Futures Is the Key for Nonprofits in an Age of Intersecting Calamities
As concerns about a K-shaped recovery mount, it is especially important for foundations and charities to get ready to focus on the neediest. But what matters most is to imagine many different possibilities and prepare to seize opportunities.
By Jennifer Holk and Gabriel Kasper
Conservative Groups Face Safety Threats. It’s Not Just Progressives.
No organization’s workers should fear for their lives.
By Debi Ghate
Contributor
Fidelity Charitable: Using Grants to Win Friends, Influence People, and Silence Critics
Distributing much-needed funds to organizations that improve the management and effectiveness of nonprofits also ensures those places do little to press for new regulations on donor-advised funds.
By Alan M. Cantor
Reporter
Philanthropy Isn’t Doing Enough to Support Youth-Led Voter-Mobilization Efforts
Donors says they understand the importance of involving young voters of color, but they need to provide tangible resources and funding — not just nice words.
By ALEJANDRA RUIZ and Lori Bezahler
Donor-Advised Funds Aren’t All Warehouses of Wealth
A leader of a New Jersey Jewish fund says new proposals to regulate DAFs should recognize the stark differences in giving rates by those at commercially sponsored funds versus those rooted in a specific region.
Here’s How Nonprofits Can Help Their Employees Vote in Force
We need more people who understand social missions to cast their ballots, so we as nonprofits should do all we can to increase turnout.
By BRIAN MILLER and Jeffrey Moore