Two foundation leaders answer reader questions about how to be candid about financial struggles and how to approach grant makers about repurposing money that was earmarked for programs that a group can’t carry out in the social-distancing era.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Other new grants focus on food security and economic relief in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, in addition to grant making for other issues.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nine in 10 Foundations Say They Provide Aid for Advocacy Efforts
However, the report by the Center for Effective Philanthropy also found that many foundation leaders run into internal resistance to their policy work from legal counsel and board members.
By Alex Daniels and dan.parks
The Next Step in Promoting Equity
More grant makers are appointing senior-level people to focus exclusively on ways to help share power and promote diversity and inclusion.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
National Science Foundation Leader Joins the Science Philanthropy Alliance (Transitions)
Also, a Seattle Foundation executive will now lead the Scan Design Foundation, and the U. of Southern California names an interim head of institutional advancement.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How 25 Big Grant Makers Are Responding to the Covid Crisis
The Chronicle examined whether foundations plan to give more this year, how much they have committed in emergency funds, and more.
By Michael Theis and Alex Daniels
How One Social-Justice Organization Diversified Its Revenue
When its views clashed with those held by grant makers, leaders focused on fundraising events, individual giving, and more to keep growing.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
An open letter signed by 356 philanthropies and individuals urges grant makers to consider racist attacks as part of their rapid-response grants and as they shape their long-term response to the health and economic crisis.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Grant Maker Dilemma: Spend More Now or Protect Shrinking Endowments?
Some are ramping up spending when nonprofits need it most, but others are keeping a watchful eye on their ability to continue spending in the future.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Foundations Adopt Policies to Move More Money Faster, and With Fewer Restrictions
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing grant makers to do things differently. Some in philanthropy hope the changes stick long after the current crises ends.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
What’s Straining Community Funds Everywhere
They need to step up their game to compete with what feels like countless options available to donors.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Still, the unprecedented calamity means that many foundations are changing how they give and adding new flexibility and more general operating support.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
The Pandemic Has Revealed the Weaknesses in Our Democracy
Philanthropy’s focus is rightfully on urgent needs, but we must also do all we can to ensure that the voices of those hurt most by the coronavirus are heard in the 2020 elections and census count.
By Gary D. Bass
Contributor
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $65 Million to Aid Low-Earning American Families (Grants Roundup)
Also, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has received $36 million to expand mental-health care for young people, and Bridgewater Associates has sent $5 million to support medical aid for people with coronavirus in China.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Leader Helps Mobilize Asian Americans for Big Impact in Elections
EunSook Lee, executive director of the Asian American Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Fund, has accelerated grant making to groups to be ready ahead of the primaries and the conventions.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Most Nonprofits Lack Recession Plan
Only 33 percent of nonprofits say they have a plan to deal with a recession, according to a survey by the Center for Effective Philanthropy. Few have talked with the grant makers who fund them about how an economic downturn might affect their support.
By Michael Theis
Contributor