Melinda French Gates Reflects on Legacy of Gates Foundation
The true measure of success, she says, will come years after the grant maker shuts down, in how lives will have changed as a result of its work.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
The Gates Foundation’s First 25 years: How It Changed Global Health and Philanthropy
Growing into one of the most powerful institutions in global health, the foundation drew acclaim and criticism.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
7 Ways to Earn Foundations’ Trust and Win General Operating Support
Three experts explain how to get to know foundation program officers and best position your nonprofit to secure flexible funding.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
In His Own Words: Bill Gates on Giving Away the Remainder of His Wealth
In an interview, the philanthropist discusses sunsetting his foundation, the Giving Pledge, and recent cuts in aid.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Stephen Heintz to End 25-Year Run Leading Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The 73-year-old practitioner of “acupuncture philanthropy” will step down next year, in part to make way for a younger leader to work with the sixth generation of Rockefellers on the grant maker’s board.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
‘Taking Action With Your Neighbors’: Inside a $30 Million Funder Collaborative
A conversation with Rockefeller Brothers Fund CEO Stephen Heintz and Katie Loudin of the West Virginia Community Development Hub about a national effort to strengthen democracy by improving life in rural communities.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
Philanthropy Opens the Vault: Payouts Are Surging in Response to Trump
Across the country, foundations are weighing the pros and cons of digging into their endowments. For some, increasing funding to grantees is a moral imperative.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
What a Spanish Cathedral Can Teach Funders About Responding to Trump
During the next 1,300 days of Trump’s presidency, let’s put the bricks in place for a better future while doing everything we can to hold up the foundation.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Marguerite Casey Foundation Dips Into Endowment to Donate $130 Million This Year
The grant maker, which has given $23 to $57 million annually since 2019, is increasing its support in response to the Trump administration’s actions.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Why We Stopped Asking for General Operating Support
When a financially stable nonprofit vacuums up precious dollars, smaller organizations lose out.
By Mark S. Gold
Contributor
New York Genome Center Receives $125 Million to Continue Operations
Plus, the 1803 Fund pledged $75 million to Oregon groups that serve Black youths, and the Bezos Earth Fund and the Global Methane Hub will give $27.4 million to lower methane emissions through livestock breeding programs.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
70-Plus Foundations ‘Meet the Moment’ and Pledge to Increase Their Grants
Trust-based funders are taking a stance to shore up nonprofits defunded by the Trump administration, although 10 of them declined to identify themselves publicly. Separately, a group of foundations offered a ‘statement of solidarity’ in response to the federal cuts.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
7 Things Climate Philanthropy Gets Wrong — and How to Do Better
Let’s stop just blaming Big Oil, Republicans, and apathetic voters. The climate movement needs to reach out to conservatives and integrate ideas of the left and the right.
By Trammell S. Crow and Bill Shireman
Pro-Immigration Forces Are Losing the Information War. Here’s How to Fight Back.
The far right has spent millions peddling its anti-immigrant narrative. Philanthropy can help tell a more powerful story about immigrants’ value to the nation.
By Beatriz Lopez
Contributor
Recession Ahead? How a Tariff-Induced Downturn Might Change Giving
There’s good news and bad, according to analyses of how donors responded to the four most recent economic downturns.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
4 Underfunded Strategies to Lift the Working Class and Strengthen Democracy
Philanthropy should invest big in projects that give more Americans a voice in policy decisions that affect their lives.
By Loren McArthur
Contributor