Impact of Proposed DAF Rules on Community Foundations Deserves More Coverage
If these regulations move forward, community-based nonprofits and the everyday donors who support them will feel the effects.
Hewlett Foundation Picks Astrophysicist Amber Miller as Its Next President
Recruiting the USC dean marks a generational change in leadership for the $13 billion foundation.
By George Anders
Contributor
California Endowment Awards $85 Million to Bolster Community Organizing
Also, the Nationwide Foundation commits $100 million to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and the ArtsFund and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation jointly give $10 million in unrestricted grants to 811 arts organizations in Washington state.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
$100 Million for Equity: MacArthur’s New Big Bet and Mandate
In the third installment of the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition, grant applicants are required to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The 50-year movement to legalize cannabis was funded by a handful of very rich and ideologically diverse philanthropists, including Hugh Hefner, George Soros, and Sean Parker.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
While she is widely expected to devote billions to women’s causes, she has been undertaking other efforts that could be just as consequential for philanthropy.
By Alex Daniels and Stephanie Beasley
Which Pro-Democracy Initiatives Work? Philanthropy Has No Idea
Clear answers will require investments in solutions-focused research — and an easily accessible evidence base.
By Andrew J. Seligsohn
Contributor
A Trip to Alabama, Lessons About Race, and the Payoffs of Out-of-the Box Grants
Visiting the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice helped grantees better understand America’s history of racial injustice while promoting empathy and awareness.
By Anne Marie Burgoyne
Contributor
Opponents as Allies: The Thorny Proposition of a First-of-Its-Kind Foundation Gathering
Grant makers at the National Council on Foundations annual meeting consider how to find the common ground to build broader coalitions for efforts in education, the environment, health, and more.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Novo Nordisk, Wellcome, and Gates Foundation Partner on $300 Million Global-Health Effort
Also, the Otto Bremer Trust gave $12.5 million to enhance quality of life for residents of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, and Global Impact awarded $12 million to use social media to build confidence in vaccines.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Expiring Tax Breaks, Charitable Giving, and What’s at Stake for Philanthropy
Proposed changes to the tax code will significantly reduce donations, the author argues, spelling trouble for charities.
By Jack Salmon
Contributor
MacKenzie Scott and the Case for Giving to Very Small Nonprofits Like Mine
Ninety-two percent of organizations — including the one I founded — have budgets of less than $1 million and know what their communities need most. But Scott and others make it impossible for us to get needed funds.
By Sneha Dave
Contributor
Op-ed (and Headline) Miss Essential Point: Pluralism Is Key to Racial Equity
Pluralism isn’t about flattening differences, but accepting each identity and experience so everyone can thrive.
Righteous Attitudes, Ideological Purity Tests, Zero-Sum Thinking: How Philanthropy Stokes Division
Privately, anti-polarization nonprofits and practitioners say philanthropy is part of the problem.
By Kristen Cambell
Contributor
Charitable Donors Operating in the Shadows Push Our Politics to the Extremes
Grant makers on the left and right finance a network of activists and advocates whose all-or-nothing, combative stances keep the political parties tethered to the poles.
By Daniel Stid
Contributor
Google.org Commits $75 Million for Work-Force Development in A.I.
Also, four big foundations give $36.5 million to eliminate the blinding disease trachoma in 16 African countries, and Cigna Group Foundation promises $27 million to bolster mental health and wellness for young people and veterans.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions