Fiscal Sponsorship Is On the Rise, Allowing Groups That Aren’t Nonprofits to Accept Donations
The last 20 years have seen larger growth in the field than the previous 50, and demand for fiscal sponsors has surged since 2020.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How Diabetes and Weight-Loss Drugs Are Reshaping the World’s Wealthiest Foundation
In an interview with the Chronicle, the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation discusses how the grant maker has expanded its giving and global reach.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Grant Maker Is Betting a TV Show for Teen Girls Can Help Narrow the STEM Gender Gap
Lyda Hill Philanthropies is among a growing number of funders turning to “narrative change” strategies that use the power of entertainment to shift people’s worldview.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How the Failure to Reauthorize the U.S.’s AIDS Program Will Affect Nonprofits Fighting HIV
Advocates argue that philanthropy needs to play a key role in advocating for congressional renewal of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Grant Seekers May Benefit as Wealthy People Put More Money Into Their Foundations
Foundation giving is likely to rise by 2 percent this year, to $95 billion, according to a new estimate by FoundationMark.
By Yesica Balderrama
Contributor
With Philanthropic Dollars, Five States Will Recruit Young Adults to Fight Climate Change
Environmental advocates say philanthropy can help the drastically pared-down American Climate Corps succeed.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
How Much Good Can $100 Million Do? Sesame Street and IRC Put a Big Bet to the Test
Six years into a collaboration designed for Syrian refugee children, the hope is that the adapted TV show will validate early-childhood development as a key to any humanitarian emergency response.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Does Alternative Meat Need Philanthropy to Take It Beyond?
Support from philanthropy helped spark an alt-meat boom, and the industry finds itself at a crossroads.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Mental-Health Nonprofit Popular Among Colleges Is Expanding. Has Its Approach Worked?
Twenty-five years ago, a college student took his own life. Now a foundation bearing his name — and based on an Air Force program — is working to improve mental health in hundreds of colleges.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
A Philanthropy Rebrand Ditches ‘Foundation’ for Being Old and Controlling
To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor