The effort hasn’t reached its goal to reduce the city’s chronically homeless population by half, but it helped galvanize new ways of working and expand the set of solutions to address a seemingly intractable problem.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Airbnb’s Joe Gebbia Donates $25 Million to Ocean Cleanup Nonprofit
Entrepreneur Joe Gebbia donated $25 million to Ocean Cleanup to support the nonprofit’s efforts to remove plastic from the world’s oceans and rivers.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
With community organizing and savvy advocacy, grassroots nonprofits in Birmingham, Ala., Oakland, Calif., and other cities are gaining recognition and financing for the community-based programs to reduce shootings. See more from the Chronicle's coverage of nonprofit efforts to deter gun violence, part of a collaboration with the Associated Press.
By Sono Motoyama
Contributor
Disaster Giving Goes Mostly to Immediate Relief, Not Prevention or Long-Term Recovery
Foundation giving was 15 times greater in the year after the pandemic struck. But the emphasis on immediate relief worries experts, especially as climate change makes natural disasters more frequent and devastating.
By Kay Dervishi and Yesica Balderrama
Charities That Curb Medical Debt for the Needy Are Growing Fast — and Innovating
Help from MacKenzie Scott and other donors large and small are allowing organizations to help millions of Americans. Now relief groups are putting more money into advocacy work to help avoid debt and work with nonprofit hospitals to ensure patients in need get subsidized care.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Nonprofits and Foundations Work to Curb Plastic Use, Moving Away From a Focus on Recycling
New research prompted more funding and advocacy.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Philanthropy Pours More Money Into Advancing Economic Wealth of Latinos
Community foundations and other grant makers saw during Covid and the racial reckoning that Latinos were often failing to get a share of government or banking aid to build their businesses. Now they are trying to turn things around.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Ten years after Sandy Hook, it has fresh voices, more clout, and even a new name. Is that enough?
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Michael Bloomberg and the Gun-Violence Prevention Movement: It’s Complicated
The former New York City mayor draws praise for his longtime advocacy, but critics wonder whether a billionaire can be at the center of a true movement. Plus, read our special report on the evolution of the gun-control movement.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Advice for the Gun-Safety Movement From a Former NRA Lobbyist
John Goodwin broke with the gun-rights giant because it balked at even common-sense measures. Now he warns his former opponents not to do the same.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor