Opinion: Clinton Failed to Maintain ‘Ethical Wall’ With Foundation
Hillary Clinton did not adequately separate her family foundation from her duties heading the State Department, although it’s an exaggeration to say she ran a pay-for-play scheme, writes The Washington Post in an editorial.
Foundations Can Help Use the Power of Sports to Shape Positive Behavior
With a steady stream of news about toxic behavior on campuses, grant makers need to support programs that use sports to show kids and coaches how to encourage healthy relationships.
By ESTA SOLER
Contributor
Opinion: Assessing Think Tanks’ Big-Business Ties
A Tufts University professor and think-tank scholar examines The New York Times’s recent reporting on nonprofit policy institutes’ relationships with corporations in an online Washington Post commentary.
Grant Makers Could Help Push Gun Control to Forefront of Public Policy
Instead of buying ads pushing for “bridges of dialogue,” grant makers could make a real difference by financing a broad coalition of nonprofits to take on the National Rifle Association.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Opinion: Why Philanthropy Needs to Embrace ‘Black Rage’
A Baltimore nonprofit leader argues in an essay on Medium that grant makers and nonprofits urgently need to reflect, and act upon, the anger in communities of color over inequality and racial violence.
Ga.-Based Global Health Charity Wins $2 Million Hilton Prize
The Task Force for Global Health, which has led collaborative efforts to tackle large-scale health issues affecting people in poverty, has been awarded the 2016 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced Tuesday.
‘Pay It Forward Fund’ Sends Wrong Message to Donors
The Minneapolis Foundation’s fundraising effort to build a grant pot for use in 50 years distracts donors from dealing with the today’s problems.
By Alan M. Cantor
Reporter
Dozens of Think-Tank Scholars Also Work for Corporations
The dual roles are often undisclosed by representatives of nonprofit policy institutes who do research on issues for which they also serve as corporate lobbyists or consultants, The New York Times writes in the second article in a series detailing ties between think tanks and big business.
Documents Show Big Think Tanks Courting Corporate Donors
Prominent think tanks like the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies are increasingly promoting the agendas of corporate donors as they aggressively ramp up fundraising, according to The New York Times.
Donors Who Want Social Change Should Do More to Fix Democracy
Far less than 1 percent of all grants go to groups working to reduce the influence of money in politics and preserve the integrity of self-government.
By David Rockefeller Jr.
Contributor