Grant Makers Can Do a Better Job Handling Risk. Here’s How.
Foundations take a variety of steps to assess potential projects and protect resources, but too often they either seek to avoid risk or, worse, fail to acknowledge it.
By Jim Joseph
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit With Trump Ties Offering Access to New President
Also, the foundation tasked with building the Obama presidential library names a White House political aide as its chief executive.
California Endowment to Channel $25 Million to Aid Those Hurt by Trump Policies
The wide-ranging effort aims to help people who lose health care and food stamps and to stem hate crimes and deportation of immigrants.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Progressive Foundations Brace for Trump Administration
Some are taking immediate measures, such as holding money in reserve in case grantees need to shift their tactics. But many foundations aren’t planning sweeping changes.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Fake News Prompts Knight Foundation to Offer $1.5 Million Matching Gift
Many nonprofit journalism groups have already seen fundraising spikes in response to the phenomenon.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: New York Clamps Down on Giving to Politicians’ Nonprofits
Also, Ivanka Trump raises ethics questions by auctioning a coffee date for charity, and Denver suspends enforcement of an urban-camping ban criticized by advocates for the homeless.
How Emily’s List Turned Donors’ Attention to Planned Giving
Sensing supporters’ curiosity about legacy gifts, the pro-choice political-action committee surveyed donors and adapted communications to draw more bequests.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Daily News Roundup: Giving Via GoFundMe Passes $3 Billion Mark
Also, Amazon raises its profile in Seattle philanthropy amid a downtown building boom, and the NFL de-pinks its annual October cancer campaign.
How to Build a Communication Plan for a Merger
Two Boston homeless-services charities made sure important constituencies knew about their impending union and got answers to key questions before the merger was made public.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Bloomberg Looks to Boost Working-Class College Enrollment
Also, how maverick tech investor Peter Thiel’s fellowship program for young entrepreneurs has evolved, and how philanthropist and Education Secretary-designate Betsy Devos fought regulation of charter schools.
Trump Relief Pledge Urges Donors to Give Tax Savings to Charity
More than 100 people have signed the pledge to give the money they retain through tax breaks under the Trump administration to progressive nonprofits.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Opinion: We Need New Approaches to Eliminate Inequity
Instead of just looking at racial disparities, we should envision what life would be like if we achieved equity. That will help us plot a path to get there.
By Nicky Goren
Contributor
Independent Sector Lays Off One-Quarter of Its Staff
Financial pressures and a desire to focus on technology, globalization, and other changes affecting nonprofits led to a major restructuring.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Video: Building a Foundation From Social Work
Gabriela Smith, founder and president of the Crimsonbridge Foundation, recounts how her background as a social worker informs the organization’s grant making and collaborative approach.
By Eden Stiffman and Nidhi Singh
Daily News Roundup: Gun-Control Groups Find Advocates in ‘Big Law’
Also, a Chinese couple donates $115 million to Caltech to establish a neuroscience center and a look at how Judith Rodin reshaped the Rockefeller Foundation.
Daily News Roundup: Sandy Hook Nonprofit Makes Waves With New Ad
Plus, the family foundation co-led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law and possible Middle East envoy has made grants to support West Bank settlements.