How A.I. Could Hurt Your Cause: A Veteran Tech Watchdog Explains
The Center for Democracy & Technology’s Alexandra Reeve Givens on artificial intelligence’s proliferating risks, and why tech policy is now social-justice policy.
By Lynn Schnaiberg
Contributor
First Woman to Join Washington & Jefferson College’s Board Leaves It $50 Million
Plus, the University of Connecticut’s Nursing School and the University of Buffalo received $40 million each, UCLA landed $15.4 million, and three other universities got seven- and eight-figure gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Does Alternative Meat Need Philanthropy to Take It Beyond?
Support from philanthropy helped spark an alt-meat boom, and the industry finds itself at a crossroads.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Mental-Health Nonprofit Popular Among Colleges Is Expanding. Has Its Approach Worked?
Twenty-five years ago, a college student took his own life. Now a foundation bearing his name — and based on an Air Force program — is working to improve mental health in hundreds of colleges.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Also, the California Association of Nonprofits has named a new CEO, and March for Our Lives promoted its next executive director from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The crisis demands intense, pressure-packed effort, yet the horrifying violence is hitting close to home.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
A Philanthropy Rebrand Ditches ‘Foundation’ for Being Old and Controlling
To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
For Grant Makers With Programs in Israel, the Attacks Are ‘Deeply Personal’
Reeling from the news of the war atrocities in Israel, philanthropies with close ties to the country pledged to help with immediate needs, trauma response, and more.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Citi Foundation Pledges $50 Million in Unrestricted Grants to Community Groups
Also, four big foundations pooled $30 million to organizations that serve the populations most vulnerable to climate disruption, and the UJA-Federation of New York is giving $10 million from its endowment to help victims of Hamas’s attack on Israel.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Israel-Gaza War Is Pushing Relief Groups to the Brink
In the wake of Hamas’s attack on Israel over the weekend, and the Israeli military’s reprisal in Gaza in the days that followed, nonprofits on the ground in the region are struggling to deliver aid to civilians amid a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor