Conventional wisdom about grant making is often wrong. Here’s what the leader of the Nonprofit Finance Fund has learned — and how it’s changing the grant-making philosophy he had as a Rockefeller Foundation official.
By Antony Bugg-Levine
Contributor
Great Ideas Alone Don’t Advance Social Changes. Here’s What Does.
A growing cadre of entrepreneurial leaders are blazing new paths that meld the ambition, agility, and efficiency of technology businesses with the care, values, and ideals of nonprofits.
By Ann Mei Chang
Contributor
How Philanthropy Can Turn Dark Realities Into Hope
The president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund argues that civil society needs help from philanthropy at a fundamental level to deal with potentially catastrophic worldwide developments on multiple fronts.
By Stephen Heintz
Contributor
A Voice for the Forgotten Minority
A microphone in Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi’s hands is a powerful weapon. At venues across the country she confronts foundation leaders, and sometimes gets them to change course.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
To Heal Divisions in This Country, We Need to Redefine Success
Instead of focusing just on the GDP or stock-market indexes, let’s look at income inequality, health care, and economic mobility.
By Brian Gallagher
Contributor
The Woes of the Trump Foundation Are Pervasive Among Big Donors
The grant maker’s closure illustrates the difficulty the IRS has seeing that donors don’t get overly big benefits from their gifts while still giving them incentive to contribute.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Philanthropy’s Focus on the Southern U.S. Border Crisis Is Urgent
Foundations can play an important role in reminding Americans about the plight facing immigrant families and in making sure nonprofits have the resources they need to help people seeking to live in the United States.
By Robert K. Ross
Contributor
Philanthropy Can’t Solve the Toughest Problems Unless It Breaks Out of Silos
Versatile, collaborative, and multidisciplinary projects are what’s needed, yet too many foundations reject proposals that don’t fit neatly into specific grant-making programs.
By Louise Lief and Nonprofit Consultant
How Nonprofits and Government Can Work Together to Restore Public Trust
Nonprofits must speak out when other organizations commit wrongdoing and work with government to ensure all tax-exempt groups act ethically and legally.
By DAN CARDINALI
Contributor
Deep Fakes, Public-Interest Tech, and Norms: Philanthropy’s 2019 Buzzwords
As nonprofits grow ever more entwined with the digital world, the terms we use focus on how civil society responds to concerns about trust.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor