Readers Respond to Op-Ed Criticizing MacKenzie Scott for Ignoring Small Nonprofits
A call for the philanthropist to pay more attention to small nonprofits draws agreement, dissent.
Seattle Children’s Receives $50 Million for Pediatric Cancer Research
Also, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded $35 million for conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $12.7 million to train health-care professionals in Israel.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Fearless Fund, DEI, and Attacks on Philanthropic Freedom
Even conservatives skeptical of race-based policies should support a foundation’s right to hold a grant contest for Black women.
By Howard Husock
Contributor
10 Words and Phrases You Should Never Use
Philanthropy loves big words. Americans don’t. So why is the nonprofit world filled with philanthro-speak?
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
What Philanthropy Elites Can Learn From Appalachia
“We’ve got to stop hyperintellectualizing things,” says L.B. Prevette, a North Carolina leader of a program founded by New York Times columnist David Brooks to build community.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Caring More for People Than Our Ideologies
Too often, philanthropy seeks to influence people we do not love. That’s dangerous, says a former faith outreach director in the Obama administration
By Michael Wear
Contributor
Big Philanthropy to the Rescue? Think Again.
Americans shouldn’t look to nondemocratic, publicly unaccountable foundations to save democracy.
By Jeff Cain
Contributor
Manufactured ‘Truth’ and the Merchants of Outrage
How can we agree when we can’t separate fact from conspiracy? A Giving Pledge member champions nonprofits that are honest information brokers
By Melanie Lundquist
Contributor
How the Fight Against Inequality Will Save Democracy
Polarization is not the cause of our alienation but rather the effect, argues the Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker.
By Darren Walker
Contributor
A Partisan Warrior’s Reckoning
Once dedicated to a purely progressive policy agenda, a philanthropist now worries that rigid adherence to ideology can undue democracy
By Rachel Pritzker
Contributor
Investing in a More Perfect Union
Philanthropists and grant makers point to where philanthropy can make a difference.
We’re More United Than You Think
A neuroscientist warns philanthropy: Your bridge-building efforts may be a waste of money.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Former Time Warner Cable CEO Leaves $150 Million to Dartmouth for Financial Aid
Also, the California Institute of Technology receives $100 million, and Kenneth Griffin gave $50 million to the Baptist Health Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Bob Woodruff Foundation Asks Too Much of Potential Grantees
The grant maker should balance its good work with a less onerous grant-application process.
Barr Foundation Awards $34.9 Million to New England Nonprofit Groups
Also, Price Philanthropies gave $10 million to accelerate training for mental-health professionals in California, and Girls Who Invest received $2 million to recruit more women and nonbinary people for careers in the investment-management industry.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Endowments Can Power Racial Justice Groups — if Only Philanthropy Would Fund Them
Giving to endowments helps groups led by people of color build long-term financial stability. But two new studies show the practice is rare.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor