The Pluralism Pope: A Light for Our Dark Divisions
In word and deed, the pontiff preached a gospel of pluralism that is illuminating for advocates working to bring Americans together.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
‘There’s a Hurricane Coming’: Latino-Led Nonprofits Brace for Hardship Under Trump
There is tremendous pressure on the groups to provide services to their communities amid a flurry of Trump administration policies that affect immigration, higher education, and potential cuts to federal health care programs, advocates say.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Hispanic Federation Chief Describes Defunding, Harassment Facing Latino Nonprofits
Funding shortfalls and the growing public perception that Spanish-speaking people are “potential invaders and potential criminals” are putting Latino organizations in crisis mode, said Frankie Miranda, president of Hispanic Federation.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Seeking Rapid Response Grants? These Funds Are Offering Help.
In reaction to the Trump administration’s efforts to cut federal grants to some nonprofits, more foundations are offering emergency support.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
60 Years of Government Outsourcing to Nonprofits Could Be Coming to an End
Claire Dunning, author of “Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State” talks about how the 1964 war on poverty expanded federal grants to nonprofits to provide social services in low-income communities and how Trump appears to be dismantling that strategy.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
The Commons in Conversation: A Monthly Interview Series
The Commons in Conversation is a monthly interview series on LinkedIn that’s part of our project The Commons to explore divisions in the country and philanthropy’s efforts to bring Americans together.
Nonprofits Are Struggling. These Emergency Funds Are Offering Help
The philanthropic response to the federal government’s defunding of nonprofits has been sluggish, but emergency funds are starting to emerge. The Chronicle of Philanthropy provides a list.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Can GiveDirectly Show the Value of Universal Basic Income?
GiveDirectly has delivered more than $800 million to over 1.6 million people, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. Now it is experimenting with, and learning from, cash payments to recipients in the United States.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Nonprofits Feel ‘Defeated,’ Unsafe as Trump Rolls Out Policy Changes
Nearly 70 percent of nonprofit leaders say Trump’s policies have hurt their organizations’ work, and data shows much of the sector would collapse if federal funding were discontinued.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
How Distrust of Institutions Is an Opening for Philanthropy-Led Change
GOP pollster and CNN contributor Kristen Soltis Anderson talks of a growing “market for reform” that she believes nonprofits and funders are poised to lead.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Are Nonprofit ‘Trusted Messengers’ More Important Than Ever? A Report From Rural America
Experts brandishing statistics aren’t always trusted in this age of polarization. So in gun-owning communities, advocates are turning to gun owners themselves to stop the increasing rate of rural suicide.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
‘Don’t Tell Your Strategy’: Bernice King Has Advice for Nonprofit Leaders
“I think everybody has to start looking at language,” says the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. “It doesn’t mean you have to go do away with your core mission, but you’re going to have to wordsmith to get through this season.”
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
A Warning for Progressive Groups? Trump Yanks $50 Million From a Climate Justice Nonprofit
The Climate Justice Alliance was among 11 organizations chosen by the EPA to distribute $600 million to nonprofits. It was the first to be completely defunded.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Foundations Remain Largely Mute as Nonprofits Face Slashed Federal Funding
Most large private foundations have been slow to respond to the Trump administration’s policy changes affecting nonprofits. Bloomberg Philanthropies is the one exception.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
A Polarization Expert on What Nonprofits Need to Do — and Stop Doing
Mónica Guzmán of Braver Angels talks about how her family handles its fundamental disagreements about politics — and how bridge-building groups mistakenly try to change minds rather than listen.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
PBS Journalist Judy Woodruff on What Ails America, and How to Fix Things
In a Chronicle interview, the veteran reporter talks about her two years exploring what is tearing Americans apart — and the nonprofits working to bring people together.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor