Faced With Anti-DEI Complaint, Gates Foundation Opens Scholarship to White Students
After Edward Blum’s complaint to the IRS about the Gates Foundation’s “illegal” scholarship program for students of color, the Seattle philanthropy giant said it would change the scholarship’s eligibility criteria to include all races.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
70-Plus Foundations ‘Meet the Moment’ and Pledge to Increase Their Grants
Trust-based funders are taking a stance to shore up nonprofits defunded by the Trump administration, although 10 of them declined to identify themselves publicly. Separately, a group of foundations offered a ‘statement of solidarity’ in response to the federal cuts.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis
As federal budget cuts ripple through an uncertain economy, at least 23,000 documented, full-time positions have been eliminated since Inauguration Day.
Seeking Rapid Response Grants? These Funds Are Offering Help.
In reaction to the Trump administration’s efforts to cut federal grants to some nonprofits, more foundations are offering emergency support.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
How Burnout Led to a Novel Way to Connect Black Women Across Generations
Amid a loneliness epidemic that affects Black women at high rates, can a network of “aunties” help?
By Nandita Raghuram
Deputy Editor, Opinion
Supreme Court Weighs Medicaid Coverage for Planned Parenthood Patients
The case, which began during President Donald Trump’s first term in office, could affect access to health care for 72 million Americans, including low-income people and their children and people with disabilities.
By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter
Recession Ahead? How a Tariff-Induced Downturn Might Change Giving
There’s good news and bad, according to analyses of how donors responded to the four most recent economic downturns.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
The Problem With Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center Isn’t the Possibility of ‘Cats’
The president’s moves highlight fundamental questions about the role of the U.S. government in the nation’s artistic life.
By Joanna Dee Das
Contributor
Former Citigroup Boss Gives Weill Cornell Medicine $50 Million
Plus, Lyric Opera of Chicago landed a $25 million unrestricted gift from a long-time supporter, and a couple who are chemists and entrepreneurs gave USC’s Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute $15 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Some fundraisers are unhappy with the organization’s response and are pushing for ways to participate virtually.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising