Ballmer Group Awards $42.5 Million to Help More Than 100 Black-Led Groups Expand
The grants will support organizations that are less than two years old and focused on improving economic mobility.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
House Republican budget proposals over the debt ceiling threaten many programs put in place by FDR and his vice president, Henry A. Wallace. The answer, say their grandsons, is to support social movements that hold those in power accountable.
Woodruff and Whitehead Foundations Commit $100 Million for Low-Cost Housing in Atlanta
Also, the Walton Family Foundation gave $34 million to build a new theater for opera in Arkansas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
East Palestine Disaster Shows How Philanthropy Can Halt Chemical Accidents in Their Tracks
When a derailed train leaked hazardous chemicals into an Ohio community, donors and advocates helped residents get the aid and information they needed. They also demonstrated how to effectively address and prevent future catastrophes.
By Ansje Miller
Contributor
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lands $100 Million for New Immunology and Inflammation Center
Plus, race-car driver and health care finance expert Ted Giovanis gave Johns Hopkins Medicine $35 million, and Dallas oil mogul Kelcy Warren gave his alma mater, University of Texas at Arlington, $12 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What Grant Making in Russia Taught Us About How to Address the Assault on American Democracy
The recent ouster of lawmakers in Tennessee and Montana for their anti-majority-rule views shows how the authoritarian playbook works — and what’s needed to fight back. Philanthropy must take advantage of this moment to thwart autocratic behavior and bolster democracy.
The End of the Covid Health Emergency Must Not Spell the End of Progress Toward Health Equity
Philanthropic support helped fill gaps in government funding to ensure coronavirus vaccines and care were available to everyone. Those investments are still needed to sustain the long-needed public-health infrastructure built during the pandemic — and to prepare the nation for the next health crisis.
By Amy Pisani
Contributor
Simons Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies Give $150 Million to Create New York Climate Exchange
Also, the Asian American Foundation has pledged $65 million to strengthen Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and four foundations have pooled $11 million to drive racial equity in leadership roles at museums.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Philanthropy Roundtable CEO Elise Westhoff Is Stepping Down
She says she wants to focus more on her family and that her efforts as CEO to raise the group’s public profile through sometimes controversial opinion articles and public appearances have appealed to the values that the group’s members share.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Los Angeles Couple Give $50 Million for Environmental Programs at USC
Plus, the founder of Politico is giving $20 million to start a new journalism institute, and five universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthropy Helps Boost Manufacturing in Areas With High Job Vacancies
In Cleveland, where communities have been left behind as plants have closed or moved to the suburbs, a nonprofit network is investing millions to train adults for jobs and provide high-school internships.
How to Avoid Turf Wars When Raising Money From Wealthy Families
How to deal with donors after a divorce, raising money from relatives of a longtime donor, and more.
By Isa Catto
Contributor
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $75 Million for the Mental-Health Center at Columbia U.
Also, the Ballmer Group and the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation jointly donated $30 million to help community-college students find good jobs in the Detroit region, and the X Prize Wildfire will award $11 million to teams that develop technology to detect, contain, and extinguish extreme wildfire events.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grant Makers Support Affordable Housing to Further Many Other Causes
Donors and foundations that seek to improve education, health, and economic opportunity are backing solutions to fix the housing crisis.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
To Stem the Housing Crisis, Religious Congregations Are Building Homes
Churches and other religious organizations are developing vacant or underutilized land in their own backyards to meet the need for affordable housing. Nonprofits are helping them navigate the financial and political challenges.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
To Effectively Support Democracy, Donors Need to Support Workers’ Rights
Investing in workplace organizing is one of the surest ways to build a thriving and inclusive American democracy — and disrupt movements that fuel division and dysfunction.
By Pamela Shifman and Shekar Narasimhan