Philanthropy Must Never Forget What the Pandemic Taught Us About How to Support Public Health
During the past two years, reaching marginalized people with information about Covid-19 has required giving grantees the freedom to use creative and unorthodox strategies. Grant makers must continue to trust these local nonprofits to lead such work and avoid returning to their old tightly controlled practices.
By Susan Watson
Contributor
Chicago Financier Ken Griffin Gives $40 Million to N.Y. Museum
Plus, the Atlantic Council and six other nonprofit institutions received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
I Apologize for My Inartful Language but Not for My Proposal to Address Homelessness
A nonprofit leader agrees that he could have chosen different words to describe his plan for helping those who are unhoused.
Scott has emerged as the most notable practitioner of trust-based philanthropy — the notion that there should be fewer strings attached to donations and that reporting requirements and other expectations that often come with grants from foundations can be excessive.
Money laundering doesn’t just make it harder to sanction Vladimir Putin and his cronies for the invasion of Ukraine. It depletes countries of funds needed to address the social problems that grant makers care about. There is no better time for philanthropy to do more to promote change.
By Michael Jarvis and Leslie Lang Tsai
The Latest of MacKenzie Scott’s $12.3 Billion in Giving Shows Strong Support for Equity
Some of the recipients of her philanthropy have included Habitat for Humanity, Planned Parenthood, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Philanthropy Helped Reduce Institutional Placements for Foster Kids. Now Many Have Nowhere to Go.
Good philanthropic intentions fueled efforts to severely limit the number of foster children placed in group settings. But the movement has gone too far. More such facilities are needed for kids whose mental and behavioral challenges make placing them with families extremely difficult.
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
Contributor
Why Philanthropy’s ‘Free College’ Programs Don’t Always Live Up to Their Promise
New college scholarship programs aim to do what’s proved elusive so far: generate benefits for communities as well as students.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Airbnb Co-Founders Pledge $10 Million for Their Charity’s Ukraine Efforts
Plus, MIT lands $100 million from the Chan brothers, and five universities and the Rhode Island Foundation all received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
MacKenzie Scott Gives Boys & Girls Clubs of America $281 Million
The charity’s national office will receive $25 million. The remainder will be divided among 62 local Boys & Girls Clubs, chosen by Scott and her advisers.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donating to Ivy League Schools Is Ineffective and Unnecessary, and It Reinforces Inequality
If donors genuinely want to support higher education, they should consider sending their funds to the institutions that really need it — those that promote economic and social mobility.
By Andrew Babbitt
Contributor
Actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher Give to Help Ukrainian Refugees
Plus, the billionaire novelist MacKenzie Scott gave $10 million to help refugee children continue their education, Barnard College landed $55 million to prepare women for STEM careers, and three other nonprofits received large donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Wealthy Donors of Color Talk About What Motivates Their Giving in New Report
Interviews indicate that their personal experiences — completing higher education, experiencing racism, and grappling with economic inequality — influence their giving priorities.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
The success of the Child Tax Credit, despite current setbacks, shows why grant makers need to break out of their ideological bubbles and help the left and right find common ground on social-policy issues.
By Samuel Hammond
Contributor
How Can Philanthropy Curb Climate Change?
Donors are pouring billions into saving the planet as activists demand more money and influence and question foundations’ policy solutions.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Let’s Stop the Destructive Practice of Focusing on the Needs of Donors Instead of Grantees
A foundation executive is concerned about recent coverage of the priorities of big philanthropists.