Who Holds Philanthropy Accountable for Racial Justice?
The Movement for Black Lives is doing something new by getting grant makers to call their peers. Now we need a bigger push to ensure we’re all working every day to advance change, writes Lisa Pilar Cowan of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Who Holds Philanthropy Accountable for Racial Justice?
The Movement for Black Lives is doing something new by getting grant makers to call their peers. Now we need a bigger push to ensure we’re all working every day to advance change, writes Lisa Pilar Cowan of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
How the 2.4% Gain in Giving Last Year Points to What Will Happen in 2020
Giving was uneven last year, so some nonprofits — like those focused on education and the arts — had a big fundraising cushion before the pandemic hit. We show you how trends in 2019 point the way to what might happen by the end of 2020.
By Emily Haynes and Michael Theis
Foundations’ Debt Strategy Charts New Ground, Raises Policy Questions
The decision by several major foundations to take on debt to finance an additional $1.7 billion in grants is a milestone moment in big philanthropy, but it is unlikely that a large number of foundations will follow the practice, experts say.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
After the Protests, Will Philanthropy Do the Right Thing This Time Around?
The well-meaning response to 1960s civil unrest by foundations and nonprofits too often failed to produce the desired results. Now we have a chance to do a better job.
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky
A Gates-Led Donor Collaborative Awards $2.8 Million to Change Attitudes on Poverty
More than 1,225 groups competed to get aid for projects that reduce the stigma of being poor and eliminate inaccurate, conflicting, or dehumanizing accounts of who is poor and why.
Ford and Other Funds Issue $1.2 Billion in Debt So They Can Give More Now
The unprecedented move is expected to put pressure on other foundations to give more.
By dan.parks
Contributor
64 Black Foundation Leaders Tell Philanthropy to Go Big in Response to Pandemic and Police Killings
They are seeking support for efforts to use data to track the spread of Covid-19, tamp down outbreaks, and develop a plan to emerge from the pandemic with a healthy economy. They also said the response to police brutality should not fall solely on Black-led organizations.
The Movement for Black Lives Calls On Philanthropy to Provide $50 Million
Following nationwide protests to condemn police brutality against black people, a key grassroots organization this week has shifted its attention to raising grants that will allow it to advocate for policy change at every level of government.
Gates Foundation Pledges $1.6 Billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Also, a number of high-profile companies and grant makers promise millions for racial justice in response to widespread protests against police brutality.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Foundations Can Make Covid Research Grants More Equitable
Today’s system is broken, but we can do more to make sure grants support health servicesthat help people of color and others too often ignored in scientific work.
By Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Contributor
Racial Equity Needs to Be More Than Philanthropy’s Catchphrase
I am tired. First, there was the unfathomable health and economic catastrophe caused by Covid-19. And now there is this.
By Sharon Bush
Contributor
Nonprofits That Rely on Foundation Grants Fare Better Than Others Amid Pandemic
Thirty-one percent of nonprofit CEOs say that their grants have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, and 39 percent say they’ve stayed the same.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Why Foundations Like Mine Need to Give More to Stave Off the Collapse of Vital Nonprofits
Businesses and government must also do more to ensure that organizations can provide essential services, advocacy, education, cultural enrichment, and all that makes America strong, says Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation.
Wave of Nonprofit Closures Likely on the Way Soon, Nonprofit Leaders Forecast
As federal stimulus aid runs out and state budgets face new strains, many nonprofits may soon be forced to close or merge.
By dan.parks
Contributor
To Achieve Justice, Philanthropy Must Give Up Its Power
Today is a day for all of us in philanthropy, most particularly those of us who are white, to hold ourselves and our institutions to account, writes the head of the Hazen Foundation.
By Lori Bezahler
Contributor