A $200 Million Endowment Focused on Black Americans Is Taking Shape
The Black Freedom Fund has raised $100 million — and plans to double that amount — in a rare effort to build a Black-led endowment.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Former Librarian of Congress, Fired by Trump, Vows to Improve Public Information in New Mellon Role
Her new position as a senior fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation places her back at the center of the very debates over American culture that surrounded her dismissal.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Tyler TerMeer: The Equity Champion
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation chief is finding commonalities and building bridges among organizations with different missions.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
How Women Funders Are Building a Gender-Equity Movement
Female philanthropists say they are increasing donations to nonprofits affected by anti-DEI policies, per a new survey from Women Moving Millions. They also have tips for doing so.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Word Jumble: When Nonprofits Talk Fancy, America Tunes Out
Our language is packed with elite-sounding jargon. It is ineffective — and dangerous — amid today’s heightened distrust of institutions and growing hostility to the sector.
By Matt Watkins
Contributor
‘Top Chef’s’ Recipe for Making DEI More Palatable
The long-running show offers lessons on how to reframe diversity initiatives so they unite rather than divide.
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
How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
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
Faced With Anti-DEI Complaint, Gates Foundation Opens Scholarship to White Students
After Edward Blum’s complaint to the IRS about the Gates Foundation’s “illegal” scholarship program for students of color, the Seattle philanthropy giant said it would change the scholarship’s eligibility criteria to include all races.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
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
‘Strategic Ambiguity’ of Trump DEI Orders Raises Big Questions About What’s Legal
Progressives have criticized the orders for being vague and attacking a concept — DEI — that does not have an agreed-upon legal definition. Conservatives argue that race-based grant making amounts to illegal discrimination.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
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
How to Better Include People With Disabilities in Your Hiring Process — and Why Now
Six takeaways from an executive search consultant, including a few key pitfalls to look out for.
By Vincent Robinson
Contributor
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
To Counter the Right’s ‘Narrative Coup,’ Invest in a New Story About American Democracy
In the battle to influence public opinion, democracy funders have fallen behind. Here’s how to change that.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor