To date, none of the nation’s top 10 philanthropic foundations, nor many major climate grant makers, have publicly committed to getting and staying out of fossil fuels.
By STEPHEN HEINTZ
Contributor
Philanthropy Should Help Create Better Jobs, Not Just Better-Trained Workers
A new foundation-supported effort will promote business models that put worker and societal interests on par with profits — and shift the narrative that retraining low-income workers is the surest path to good jobs.
By Marina Gorbis
Contributor
A Student’s Call to Education Grant Makers: Listen to Us
Youths are the true experts on today’s college experience, says a student intern at the Stupski Foundation. Philanthropic organizations need to embrace strategies that bring their voices into the decision-making process.
By Jodi Go
Contributor
9/11 Ignited the Era of Online Giving — and Permanently Changed Fundraising
Immediately after the terrorist attacks, tech companies helped galvanize a massive increase in online donations from people desperate to help. Twenty years later, nonprofits are still struggling with the promise and pitfalls of online fundraising.
By Gregory R. Witkowski
Contributor
Grassroots advocacy and justice organizations hold the playbook for restoring reproductive rights. But we cannot do it alone, and we cannot do it while chronically underfunded.
By Kia Guarino and Christel Allen
Philanthropy Must Confront This Era of Catastrophe With a Moonshot Response
If grant makers don’t act quickly and boldly to address the twin crises of climate change and threats to democracy, the future costs may be insurmountable. The philanthropic world needs to come together in a massive and coordinated effort to confront these existential threats.
By Loren McArthur
Contributor
A new measure in the Senate would prod foundations and donor-advised funds to stop hoarding assets. As a Giving Pledge signatory, I’m not the only big giver who thinks this is much-needed policy change, writes Melanie Lundquist. Plus: See our briefing on the Accelerate Charitable Efforts Act featuring Lundquist and four other expert speakers.
By Melanie Lundquist
Contributor
Scholar Lester M. Salamon Changed How We Think About the Nonprofit World
Salamon’s prolific research and writing punctured the myth of nonprofit independence from the fields of government and business but also showed the value of these partnerships in helping those in need.
By Leslie Lenkowsky
Contributor
Philanthropic Support for Communities of Color Is More Robust Than the Data Suggest
Recent research purports to show that philanthropy has fallen well short of what’s needed to support communities of color. But the research itself falls short by focusing on grants to groups that combat systemic racism rather than those that address day-to-day hardships.
By Howard Husock
Contributor
Can the Gates Foundation Cede Power to Those It Seeks to Help?
Recent events, including the impending divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates, are an opportunity for the world’s wealthiest philanthropy not only to diversify its board but to let those it serves participate in the grant-making process.
By Meg Massey and Ben Wrobel