Editor’s Notebook: How We Put Your Ideas to Work
It has almost felt like normal in one part of the Chronicle’s editorial operations these past few weeks. Michael Theis, our data journalist, was working with our summer interns, Karenna Warden and Eleanor Walsh, on two important projects that we usually kick off in July or August. The only…
By STACY PALMER
Contributor
The ‘Warping Effects’ of Philanthropy
Foundation money fuels social movements but also holds them back, experts say.
By MARC GUNTHER
Contributor
‘Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win’
Foundations are putting unprecedented billions into racial equity, but some grant makers worry that too little is going to grassroots movements.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Confronting Philanthropy’s Uncomfortable Truths
Nonprofits and foundations hoping to address our interconnected health and racial-justice crises need to be prepared to take on the societal systems that created them — and that have allowed their own organizations to flourish.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Rockefeller-Led Covid Testing Plan Steps In to Replace Government Inaction
In the absence of clear federal guidance the grant maker, along with other partners, is leading the way on multiple fronts in the effort to include Covid testing and tracing.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
MacKenzie Scott Supports College Success Program
College Track’s mission is to help students of color as well as low-income and first-generation college students earn undergraduate degrees. The Oakland, Calif., charity starts working with young people in ninth grade to help them prepare. Then, when they get into college, the group provides…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
U. of Tenn. Lands $40 Million, and Spelman Receives $10 Million (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Marquette University gets support for first generation students of color, and Otis College of Art and Design lands $1 million for diversity, equity, and inclusions efforts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mercy Corps Taps Tjada D’Oyen McKenna as Next CEO (Transitions)
Also, the National Organization for Women replaced its president, and the Kresge Foundation has promoted two of its grant-making leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Companies Lead Philanthropic Response to Calls for Racial Justice, but Will It Last?
As the cries to end police brutality against Black people escalated in cities across the country this year, corporations led the philanthropic response, moving faster than foundations to get billions of dollars in grants for racial justice out the door.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
#HalfMyDAF Movement Spurs $4.7 Million in Grants So Far, Co-Founder Says
A movement to spur more giving fast from donor-advised-fund accounts has generated about $4.1 million for 442 charities, according to data provide by one of the founders of the effort.
By dan.parks
Contributor