International Nonprofits Best Suited to Address Global Refugee Crisis, Study Finds
A study of the public’s opinions on humanitarian issues also found that three-fourths of American respondents wanted to know how their charitable dollars to aid groups were being spent and two-thirds researched nonprofit groups before they gave.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Growth or Mission? The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Made the Wrong Choice.
It started raising money from all over for causes everywhere — and lost its way.
By Strategy, Governance and Alan M. Cantor
Opinion: Foundations Would Do More Good if They Embraced the Unknown
Grant makers and nonprofits are so programmed to reduce risk that they miss finding the ideal solutions.
Build Trust in Democracy by Supporting the Arts
Knight Foundation leader Alberto Ibargüen says a mix of grants to cultural institutions and grass-roots groups can help people connect to one another and to their communities.
By Alberto Ibargüen
Contributor
Advance the Common Good, Big Donors, by Saving Journalism
Charles Sennott and Steven Waldman argue that it’s time to stop thinking of nonprofit journalistic organizations as Band-Aids and instead turn them into entities as big and powerful as the United Way and the Red Cross.
By Steven Waldman
Contributor
Rise of Robots Makes Nonprofit Workers More Essential Than Ever
As artificial intelligence grows in power, nonprofits should push the growth of an empathy economy — because social intelligence is still a skill only humans have.
By George Weiner
Contributor
Opinion: Why I Returned to the Board of the Humane Society of the United States
A board member left after hearing about accusations of serious problems in the way employees were treated. The mission and the group’s response to the allegations brought her back.
By Marsha Perelman
Contributor
We’re Doubling Our Grant Budget; You Should, Too
The Wallace Global Fund will be giving an additional $10 million this year to respond to threats to the climate and democracy.
By Ellen Dorsey
Contributor
Finance Titan Who Gave $75 Million for Philosophy Studies Says ‘More to Come’
Famed investor Bill Miller III talks about his big donation to Johns Hopkins University, how philosophy influenced his Wall Street career, and his philanthropic plans.
By David Wescott
Contributor
Putting ‘New Power’ to Work in Philanthropy
A rich and deeply researched new book expertly delineates the fundamental shift in how people get things done in a hyperconnected world, offering lessons every foundation and nonprofit leader should heed.
By Phil Buchanan
Contributor