Groundswell Offers $80 Million to Groups Led by Women of Color; Corporate Aid to Street Vendors
Also, 42 organizations that help homeless people will share $106 million from the Bezos Day One Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Pledge Asking Foundations to Loosen Grant Restrictions Is Working, Report Shows
Ninety-three percent of signatories to the Council on Foundation pledge say they loosened or eliminated restrictions on current grants, compared to only 67 percent of non-signatories.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Updated: MacKenzie Scott Surprises Scores of Nonprofits With $4.2 Billion
Some 384 organizations, including food banks, Covid relief funds, and Black colleges, received the unsolicited donations from Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Many Foundations Unsure Whether to Return to Tightened Restrictions on Grants Post-Pandemic
A survey found that 92 percent had loosened or eliminated restrictions on existing grants, 90 percent had reduced what they asked of their grantees, and 80 percent had made new grants as unrestricted as possible.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
President Obama’s Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders: Advice From ‘A Promised Land’
The former president’s remarkable memoir is a guide for all of us who need to make difficult decisions during these especially challenging times.
By Mark J. Pelavin
Contributor
Misperceptions of Native American Life Fuel Discrepancies in Hiring, Study Says
Inaccurate perceptions about Native American life contribute to a sharp under-representation of Native Americans employed by U.S. foundations, according to a new report from the First Nations Development Institute.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
The ‘Jewish Future Pledge’ Is Not the Hanukkah Gift Philanthropy Needs
Some 200 wealthy philanthropists so far have signed a new pledge committing to devote at least half their estates’ charitable funds to Jewish causes. But this blatant effort to control the future has potentially dire consequences at a time of enormous economic struggle.
By Lila Corwin Berman
Contributor
Billionaire Stephen Ross Gives $63 Million to Make Cities More Resilient
Plus, Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell gives $12 million to Greenwich Country Day School for scholarships and faculty awards.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Newly Hot Approach on Loans Seeks to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Philanthropists and companies are pouring money and fresh ideas into community-development financial institutions.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Racial Justice Is the Top Priority for Education Grant Makers
Thirty-nine percent say it should be a primary focus of education philanthropy over the next one to three years, according to a survey of grant makers by Grantmakers for Education.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Gives $32 Million for Biomedical Imaging Research
Also, Raytheon Technologies has pledged $25 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the Anne and Brutus Kenan Fund gave $21.5 to provide services for children and adults with neurological disorders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundations Report Progress on Racial Justice — but Some Groups See More Support Than Others
The highest percentage of foundations had undertaken new efforts for groups that serve Blacks, the lowest to groups that serve Native Americans.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
To Ride the Growing Civic Wave, Nonprofits Need to Find New Ways to Engage Supporters
The November election and the massive civic engagement that preceded it, demonstrate the importance of deploying every asset that volunteers and donors bring to a cause.
By Natalye Paquin
Contributor
$42 Million Gift to Improve Health Care in Cleveland
Plus, basketball legend Michael Jordan gives $2 million to Feeding America, and NASA’s Lucy McFadden gives Hampshire College $2 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Asian American Nonprofits Hope to See More Anti-Racism Money Directed Their Way
As philanthropy has boosted funding to address the nation’s legacy of anti-Black racism, advocates for Asian Americans hope the recent interest in social justice broadens to include their communities, which have also been the victims of hate.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Civic Life and Economic Opportunity: How Philanthropy Can Help
The Kettering Foundation and the Knight Foundation released a collection of essays on American democracy within days of the presidential election. In two different sessions, authors joined us in conversation to discuss their essays.
By Margie Fleming Glennon
Chief Content Officer