One Foundation CEO’s Plan to Respond to Today’s Outrages. What’s Yours?
For too long, philanthropy’s anger has been diluted, blunted, and bludgeoned by a relentless barrage on our sense of basic humanity and civic well-being — fueled by race-, gender-, LGBTQ-, and immigrant-centric attacks flying under the guise of patriotism.
By Robert K. Ross
Contributor
Critiques of Philanthropy Are Important, but Some Have Entered the Realm of the Absurd
Even Sunday’s stirring announcement from Robert Smith that he’ll pay off the loans of Morehouse’s graduating class was greeted with reflexive skepticism. We need more of that kind of compassionate giving, not lambasting.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
In Our Broken Economic System, All Nonprofits Face the ‘Sackler’ Donation Question
For small nonprofits especially it doesn’t make sense to reject money that could fund an important mission, but we all must decide these days where we draw the line about what sources of money to accept.
By Andy Posner
Contributor
Social Change Can’t Happen Without Powerful Storytelling
All of us in the nonprofit world need to remember to make our stories accessible: It really doesn’t matter how smart your ideas are or how persuasive your pitch is if nobody can understand you.
By Cecile Richards
Contributor
The Federation for American Immigration Reform advertisement in the Chronicle attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center was unjustified, says the center’s intelligence project director.
Rescuing Philanthropy From Business
The use of management principles is all the rage at nonprofits these days, but a new book calls into question whether that’s such a good idea.
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Contributor
How Philanthropy Can Preserve Press Freedom
Only 13 percent of the world’s population benefits from a free press, and press freedom continues to drop. Independent journalism is in the interest of people and institutions supporting a wide range of missions.
By Stephen King
Contributor
After Slamming the Doors on Too Many Grantees, a New Approach Improved Our Foundation’s Impact
The Boston Foundation focused so tightly on five strategy goals that it lost the ability to help start-ups and nonprofits facing increased demands. A new small-grants program meant that it could still focus on those goals — but do a lot more.
By Paul S. Grogan
Contributor
Social Change Won’t Happen Unless Philanthropy Gives More Power to Grassroots Leaders
Top-down problem solving creates practices that hobble giving.
By Tulaine Montgomery and Jeff Walker
How Philanthropy Can Curb the Rise of Hate: Count It, Condemn it, Confront It
The shootings in Poway, Calif. made painfully clear yet again that foundations must move forcefully to use their grants, their investments, and their power to build movements to mobilize against the rise of white nationalism.
By ARTEALIA GUILLIARD
Contributor