A Very Personal Fight on Mental Health
Matt Kuntz of the National Alliance on Mental Illness talks openly about how depression almost led him to take his life.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
After 16 Years in Prison, a Massachusetts Man Helps Others Rebuild
Many of the kids who come to YouthBuild have a criminal record. CEO John Valverde can relate.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Winning the Fight to Bring Justice to the Jailhouse
Alec Karakatsanis has filed a barrage of lawsuits to reform a cash-bail system he says discriminates against the poor. And he’s winning.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How New Forms of Philanthropy Are Squeezing Traditional Charities
Donors and foundations look to alternative legal structures and for-profit investments to effect change, with big implications for grant-supported nonprofits.
By Alex Daniels and Rebecca Koenig
A study by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy draws on a survey of 9,000 U.S. households and offers insights into the 21st-century American donor.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Cash in Donor-Advised Funds Takes Years to Trickle Out
The report also raises concerns about whether the funds are sometimes used as a tool for tax avoidance with no net benefit to the public good.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
A Family That Doesn’t Shy Away From Big, Complex Gifts
Kenn and Pamela Ricci’s $100 million pledge to the University of Notre Dame in October made news not just for its size but also for how it intertwines the donors’ family with the benefactor.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
15 More People Changing the Nonprofit World
These nonprofit leaders are finding innovative ways to take on society’s toughest problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Breaking Down the Color and Gender Barriers of Outdoor Sports
In a Minneapolis city park, Anthony Taylor makes clear that nature and adventure don’t belong just to white men.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Daily News Roundup: How the Tax Bill Could Alter Giving
In other articles, the Metropolitan Opera suspended its renowned conductor and former music director after three men claimed he sexually abused them as teenagers; Jared Kushner failed to disclose his role as a co-director of a foundation when the group funded an Israeli settlement; a nonprofit associated with the Koch Brothers gave $1.7 million to Project Veritas; and much more on giving.