Grant makers can help equip grass-roots groups led by people of color to play a leading role as governments seek to secure public safety by spending more money on social services.
By Rev. Ruben Austria
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A New Move to Limit the Census Will Harm Virtually Every Cause
Foundations and nonprofits need to do all they can to oppose the Commerce Department’s plan to cut short the count, say the leaders of five foundations.
We Have Just One Decade to Turn Back the Worst of Climate Change: Here’s How Philanthropy Can Lead
Boldness, innovation, scale, and speed are all required. Here are some ideas and approaches that could make a difference, says the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
By Peter Goldmark
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With Donations Down, Nonprofits Need to Do a Better Job of Managing Their Endowments
To survive the pandemic, nonprofits with endowments need to make sure these funds are performing as well as they can be and evaluate whether smarter financial strategies should be put in place, say two professors at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
By Egor Matveyev and Andrew W. Lo
How Philanthropy Can Give Young Men and Boys of Color What They Need to Thrive
The murder of George Floyd — and others like him — are causing mental stress and trauma that we need to find ways to fight and understand, say two experts at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which just issued a guide on advancing equity in grant making.
In the Pandemic, We’re All in This Together. Going It Alone Won’t Work, Grant Makers
New research on how foundations solve big problems demonstrates that meaningful and deliberate coordination is the key to success, a lesson that needs to guide philanthropy’s response to today’s crises.
By Lija Farnham and Zoe Tamaki
What Role Should Consultants Play in the Nonprofit World?
As foundations and charities seek to figure out how to transform their operations in the wake of the pandemic, they will hire outside help. Let’s better understand how consultants can contribute in ways that make a difference, says a scholar who has been studying these firms.
By Leah Reisman
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There Is No Better Time Than Now for Philanthropy to Spend Itself Out of Existence
If we are to live our values, we must ask ourselves and our peers, “What are we saving our endowments for?” say three foundation leaders whose organizations are set to distribute all their assets in the next several years.
By Ellen Friedman, Glen Galaich and Pia Infante
Philanthropy Can’t Achieve Its Goals Unless Democracy Works
In 2019, philanthropy and democracy celebrated a new milestone in their long partnership: the nation’s more than 100,000 foundations distributed the highest dollar amount on record, more than $75 billion to support public goods including cutting-edge medical research, early-childhood education,…
By STEPHEN HEINTZ
Contributor
Editor’s Notebook: Philanthropy’s Quickened Pace
Racial justice grant making is taking off but a debate is raging over whether philanthropy is doing enough fast enough.