Philanthropy Leaders Decry Trump’s Order to Investigate Liberal Groups
The executive memorandum follows reports that the Department of Justice is calling on federal prosecutors to investigate George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
A Defining Moment for Democracy: The Immigration Crisis
The head of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights joins hosts Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette to discuss the unprecedented scale of current immigration enforcement and its implications for everyone.
With Global Aid in Retreat, a Pooled Philanthropic Fund Backs Cities on the Front Lines of Migration
Backed by donors including the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the project channels resources directly to municipal governments, helping them design their own solutions.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Bill Clinton Sees This Year’s Clinton Global Initiative as a ‘Counterweight’ to Aid Cuts
Clinton said he worried about the dismantling of domestic and foreign assistance programs, “the war on science and public health,” cuts to education, trade wars, and being “at risk of losing our freedom of speech.”
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
How 2 Wealthy Latino Donors Are Pushing Their Peers to Give More and Speak Out
Miguel Fernandez and Sergio Rodriguez are bringing together some of the country’s wealthiest Latinos to support college students and fight Trump’s anti-immigration policies.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Tim Shriver on Philanthropy and the ‘Vortex of Contempt’
The chair of Special Olympics and co-founder of the Dignity Index talks with The Commons about the Charlie Kirk assassination and nonprofit work to rid our disagreements of hate and outrage.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
MacKenzie Scott Gives $70 Million to UNCF to Financially Strengthen HBCUs
The gift is one of Scott’s largest ever and among the first to be publicly disclosed in 2025.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
Donors Say They Were Ghosted by a $10 Billion DAF
The SDG Impact Fund is under investigation, and a half dozen donors say the money they entrusted to the fund — to support charitable activities related to the U.N. Sustainability Goals — has not been put to its intended use.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Big Foundations and Nonprofits Still Flood to the Sidelines of a Diminished United Nations
The world’s uncertainty has made this year’s UNGA Week even more important, say some ready to join in the gatherings.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Shonda Rhimes Gift to Dartmouth Will Result in a Namesake Dorm
The television mogul is giving $15 million for a new residence hall. It will be the first building at the university named for a woman or Black alumna.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor