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
Grantees’ Open Letter Accuses Grant Maker of Bias and Lack of Transparency
It’s uncommon for grantees to speak out against a funder’s practices. But with the media spotlight on protests for racial justice throughout the country, some philanthropy experts expect to see more grantees making public critiques in the future.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Nonprofit leaders are thrilled to get more general operating support, but they are still spending a lot of time complying with rules that have little to do with helping their organizations accomplish essential work.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Grant makers can help equip grass-roots groups led by people of color to play a leading role as governments seek to secure public safety by spending more money on social services.
By Rev. Ruben Austria
Contributor
A New Move to Limit the Census Will Harm Virtually Every Cause
Foundations and nonprofits need to do all they can to oppose the Commerce Department’s plan to cut short the count, say the leaders of five foundations.
Private Foundation Pledges Top $1 Billion for Racial Justice
Recent commitments of $100 million each by the Packard Foundation and Lilly Endowment helped push the total above that threshold.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
We Have Just One Decade to Turn Back the Worst of Climate Change: Here’s How Philanthropy Can Lead
Boldness, innovation, scale, and speed are all required. Here are some ideas and approaches that could make a difference, says the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
By Peter Goldmark
Contributor
New ‘Quick Start’ Guide Helps Grant Makers Establish Emergency Funding Programs
The Covid-19 pandemic and the racial-justice protests present serious challenges for grant makers who want to help. There are opportunities to make a difference.
By dan.parks
Contributor
New ‘Quick Start’ Guide Helps Grant Makers Establish Emergency Funding Programs
The Covid-19 pandemic and the racial-justice protests present serious challenges for grant makers who want to help. There are opportunities to make a difference.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Mastercard Foundation Pledges $200 Million to Its Young Africa Works Program (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Southern Poverty Law Center has committed $30 million to voter outreach, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded its annual Humanitarian Prize to an organization that helps former gang members.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Give Young Men and Boys of Color What They Need to Thrive
The murder of George Floyd — and others like him — are causing mental stress and trauma that we need to find ways to fight and understand, say two experts at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which just issued a guide on advancing equity in grant making.
In the Pandemic, We’re All in This Together. Going It Alone Won’t Work, Grant Makers
New research on how foundations solve big problems demonstrates that meaningful and deliberate coordination is the key to success, a lesson that needs to guide philanthropy’s response to today’s crises.
By Lija Farnham and Zoe Tamaki
California Endowment Pledges $225 Million for Black-Led Activism (Grants Roundup)
Also, Robin Hood has made $35.5 million in grants to frontline charities addressing the pandemic in New York, and Lowe’s gave $25 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to support small businesses in rural areas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Bay Area Activist Enlists Tech Giants to Help End Homelessness
A Bay Area activist has persuaded tech giants like Cisco and government leaders to join forces to end homelessness by building homes rather than shelters. Now Covid might upend some of their gains.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
There Is No Better Time Than Now for Philanthropy to Spend Itself Out of Existence
If we are to live our values, we must ask ourselves and our peers, “What are we saving our endowments for?” say three foundation leaders whose organizations are set to distribute all their assets in the next several years.
By Ellen Friedman, Glen Galaich and Pia Infante
Editor’s Notebook: Philanthropy’s Quickened Pace
Racial justice grant making is taking off but a debate is raging over whether philanthropy is doing enough fast enough.