How Foundations Can Heal the Housing Crisis
Now that Congress has finally passed legislation to tackle the burgeoning problem of vacant foreclosed properties that were victims of the subprime-mortgage crisis, foundations must answer the question of how best to deploy their billions of grant-making and investment dollars to help solve the…
By Rick Cohen
Contributor
‘The New Yorker’: Nourishing Creativity
The Church of the Holy Apostles, in New York, “is a church only two-sevenths of the time,” writes Ian Frazier in The New Yorker (May 26). The rest of the time, it’s the largest soup kitchen in New York City, serving roughly 1,200 meals each day. Mr. Frazier, who’s long taught a writer’s workshop at…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Opinion: Nonprofit Groups Should Narrowly Define Their Missions
Opinion: Nonprofit groups should narrowly define their missions
Makeup Company Raises $100-Million for HIV/AIDS
Makeup company raises $100-million for HIV/AIDS
Opinion: “SingleStop” Shopping for Antipoverty Benefits
Opinion: “SingleStop” shopping for antipoverty benefits
Opinion: Philanthropy’s Jeremiah Wright Problem
Following is an opinion article by William Schambra, a philanthropy scholar and former foundation executive, that appeared recently in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, plus letters in response to his observations. We urge you to join in the debate over this article by clicking on the comment link…
Readers Respond: Other Views on Structural Racism and Philanthropy
Following are letters to the editor that appeared in last week’s issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy in response to the opinion article,. “Philanthropy’s Jeremiah Wright Problem,” which was published in the May 15 print issue of The Chronicle. To the Editor: Many Chronicle readers may have been…
Grants Offered to Groups That Offer Ideas for Cleaning Up Elections
Grants offered to groups that offer ideas for cleaning up elections
By STACY PALMER
Contributor