MacKenzie Scott Gave Us $60 Million. We’re Giving It Away.
How the Freedom Fund, which has now received two unrestricted gifts from the billionaire philanthropist, is spending its windfall.
By Nick Grono
Contributor
How to Spend $100 Million to Help Victims of Wildfires
A community foundation raised the money after the LA fires. Spending it offers a singular opportunity to help survivors and a daunting challenge of where to focus resources.
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira
Associated Press
Gates Foundation Unveils $9 Billion Budget, Plan to Cut Staff
The grant maker will maximize its spending in key areas such as global health.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
Will Larger Payouts Be the New Norm? This Pledge Offers a Test
The Level Up pledge calls for funders to increase their grant making for at least two years.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Rural Dreams, Urban Dollars — A Solution From Mississippi
How a big-city philanthropy came to embrace a swath of rural America. Will big money follow?
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How a Notorious Billionaire’s Foundation Is Saving Lives in Rural America
A 16-year effort by Leona Helmsley’s philanthropy to improve rural health care offers lessons for other grant makers.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
How to Stop Authoritarianism: What Every Funder Needs to Know
This two-step strategy has helped other countries halt democratic backsliding. It can work in the U.S. if we act quickly.
By Joe Goldman, Laleh Ispahani and Deepak Bhargava
OpenAI Awards $40.5 Million to a Wide Range of Nonprofits
It’s the first round of grants since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
As FEMA Falters, Philanthropy Is Forced to Step Up
Shrinking federal disaster support is prompting philanthropies to recalibrate how they plan and fund local relief, recovery, and resilience efforts.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Stop Giving Funders Tax Breaks for High Salaries, Fancy Offices
To ensure foundations contribute more to charity, Congress should target expenses — not just the payout rate.
By Craig Kennedy
Contributor
Invisible, Essential, Ignored: Philanthropy’s Missing Asset
In today's political climate, the gritty work of creating big-tent coalitions is essential to notching wins on climate and other big issues
By Eva Hernandez
Contributor
Stronger Together: the Benefits of Joining Nonprofit Networks
From emergency funding to encouragement, nonprofit networks help their members thrive. Here’s how to find one that will amplify your work.
By Laurie Mazur
Contributor
This Year’s Federal Funding Freezes Offer Lessons on Emergency Grant Making
The federal spending freeze may have come to an end, but its impact on nonprofits offered a preview of where the most urgent needs might be next if there are further cuts to federal safety net programs.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
MrBeast and the Rockefeller Foundation Team Up to Spark Youth Philanthropy
The venerable foundation and the 27-year-old "influencer" aim to instill young people with a concern for what they call the world's "most vulnerable" populations.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
MacArthur Foundation Awards $100M to Pandemic Prevention Group
The winner of the 100&Change competition is Sentinel, which creates cost-effective pathogen detection tests, monitors outbreaks in real time, and trains local scientists to carry out community-led responses.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
SNAP Crisis Exposes Limits of Philanthropy’s Safety Net
As the longest government shutdown comes to an end, food banks remain under crushing demand. New data analysis shows most rely on contributions from individuals, not foundations, to keep shelves stocked.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor