How Highlighting Slavery’s Legacy Helped This Tiny Louisiana Nonprofit Boost Its Revenues 10-Fold
The Descendants Project used a compelling message, social media, and a personal touch to convey its unique approach to the environment and history.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
Patagonia’s ‘Dirtbag’ Billionaire Is Out to Transform Philanthropy
David Gelles’s new book examines the life of Yvon Chouinard, an entrepreneurial outdoorsman whose $3 billion company is now giving its profits to a charity fighting the environmental crisis.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor
Celebrating a Free-Flowing River
Indigenous youths kayaked the 310-mile length of the Klamath River in a monthlong descent organized by the nonprofit Ríos to Rivers.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The DEI Dilemma: Double Down or Back Down?
In a year of tests for nonprofit leaders, one of the most challenging decisions is whether to take a public stand for diversity and inclusion.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Mergers Have Become a Lifeline for Nonprofits. Will Foundations Help Cover the Costs?
Charities are looking for strategic partners to survive a rough 2025, and they hope foundations — which have long pushed for consolidation — will help pay for the mergers.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
A New Playbook: How Nonprofits Are Reinventing Themselves
Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
How Well Do You Know the New Tax Law? A News Quiz
What will change for big donors, corporate giving, charities? Test how much you know.
Federal Cuts, Local Food Banks, and What Donors Can Do
This podcast conversation challenges common misconceptions about who needs food assistance and addresses debates about the roles of government and private philanthropy.
Trump Wants to Axe an Affordable Housing Grant That’s a Lifeline for Many Rural Communities
Experts and state housing agencies say that would set back tens of thousands of future affordable housing developments nationwide, particularly hurting Appalachian towns and rural counties where government aid is sparse and investors are few.
Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman on Funding Urgent Needs
Suzman weighs in on the crisis in international development brought on by the dismantling of USAID.