Today’s Racial Justice Grant Makers Could Learn a Lot From an Early-20th-Century Philanthropist
The billions pledged this year for racial justice should support more than legal, economic, and political change. As Julius Rosenwald showed us over a century ago, backing promising education programs can also make an enormous difference.
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky
USAA Provides $30 Million to Help Military Families (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation has granted $23 million to three college-attainment groups, and a sports company has pledged $20 million to combat systemic racism.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The ‘Warping Effects’ of Philanthropy
Foundation money fuels social movements but also holds them back, experts say.
By MARC GUNTHER
Contributor
‘Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win’
Foundations are putting unprecedented billions into racial equity, but some grant makers worry that too little is going to grassroots movements.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Confronting Philanthropy’s Uncomfortable Truths
Nonprofits and foundations hoping to address our interconnected health and racial-justice crises need to be prepared to take on the societal systems that created them — and that have allowed their own organizations to flourish.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Rockefeller-Led Covid Testing Plan Steps In to Replace Government Inaction
In the absence of clear federal guidance the grant maker, along with other partners, is leading the way on multiple fronts in the effort to include Covid testing and tracing.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
If the past is any prediction, things will probably worsen for females when the pandemic ends, setting back decades of progress on human rights.
By Sarah Green
Contributor
#HalfMyDAF Movement Spurs $4.7 Million in Grants So Far, Co-Founder Says
A movement to spur more giving fast from donor-advised-fund accounts has generated about $4.1 million for 442 charities, according to data provide by one of the founders of the effort.
By dan.parks
Contributor
#HalfMyDAF Movement Spurs $4.7 Million in Grants So Far, Co-Founder Says
A movement to spur more giving fast from donor-advised-fund accounts has generated about $4.1 million for 442 charities, according to data provide by one of the founders of the effort.
By dan.parks
Contributor
We All Have a Stake in What’s Next: Dispatches From Brazil
In a country with little philanthropy, bringing people together from business, government, and communities in need offers an approach worth emulating in the United States, say two prominent donors.
While the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine Grabs Headlines, Support for Treatments Is Lagging
A huge worldwide collaboration has raised barely a fraction of the $7.2 billion needed for the research, manufacture, and equitable distribution of coronavirus treatments by mid-2021. Philanthropic support is critical.
By Mark Henderson
Contributor
Obama Foundation Poised to Be a Powerful Force in Racial Justice Movement
However, some nonprofit leaders say they wish the Obamas had used their star power to engage with grassroots efforts more directly.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Salesforce Gives $20 Million to Boost Distance Learning for Low Income Students (Grants Roundup)
Also, a coalition of 12 grant makers have pooled $81.8 million to expand Covid-19 contract tracing in California.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Philanthropy Won’t Make Headway on Racial Justice Without Tackling Housing Justice
Black Americans have long suffered under policies that denied and devalued their right to housing, and systemic racism has exacerbated the problems that lead to homelessness.
By BILL PITKIN
Contributor
We Can’t Forget About Africa During the Covid-19 Crisis
As cases grow, helping Africa expand its network of community health workers and providing them with desperately needed personal protective equipment and training should be a top priority for donors, says leaders of the African Philanthropy Forum.
By Tsitsi Masiyiwa, English Sall and Jeff Walker
NBA Commits $300 Million for Economic Development in Black Communities (Grants Roundup)
Plus, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, are giving a total of $150 million to accelerate the manufacturing and delivery of future Covid-19 vaccines.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions