The idea: As a program analyst at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Howard Bornstein wondered how to respond to a friend who came to him seeking advice on an education charity to support. Sitting down the hall from Mr. Bornstein were dozens of people with vast knowledge of the question, yet…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Map Tracks Grants to Help Charities Cope
An interactive map tracks foundation grants made to help charities deal with fallout from the economic crisis.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Pursuing Operating Support: Tips From Experts
By Elizabeth Schwinn In pursuing operating-support grants, experts say, charities can improve their chances of success ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Back to BasicsTABLE: Grant Makers That Provide the Most Money in Operating-Support Grants by taking the following actions: Focus on results. To persuade a…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Back to Basics: Making the Case for Operating Support
More charities are seeking -- and getting -- operating support from foundations
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
New York Amid old hotels, church missions, a furniture shop, and numerous restaurant-supply stores, the 31-year-old New Museum last month opened a new building on this city’s infamous Bowery street. And unlike anything else in this gritty neighborhood of worn bricks and faded signs, the new New…
By Sam Kean
Contributor