Entrepreneur Gave $50 Million to His Alma Mater. Now He’s Looking to Broaden His Giving
Austin McChord started Datto, a data backup and security company, when he was a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Its success has fueled his philanthropy. Plus: See the rest of our <a href="https://staging.philanthropy.com/package/the-future-is-now">special report</a> on young donors challenging what it means to be a philanthropist.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Hitting the Gym to Change Lives — and Attitudes About Incarceration
The nonprofit InnerCity Weightlifting in Boston empowers people who were incarcerated to boost their income by becoming personal trainers. It also aims to make training clients think.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Wheelchairs Offer Independence and Dignity
Free Wheelchair Mission manufacturers low-cost, durable wheelchairs and then partners with organizations in developing countries to distribute them
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
An Arts Center in East Palo Alto, Calif., Designed for — and by — Young People
Students helped guide the creation of the 25,000-square-foot center and made key decisions, like pushing for cutting-edge sustainability practices.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Gives Kids a Leg Up on Tech Careers
This week we are featuring articles from our recent archive on issues that are of special interest to our readers: Coded by Kids is dedicated to preparing young people from underrepresented backgrounds for leadership roles in technology — with the ultimate goal of producing startup founders.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Takes Aim at Social Isolation
Even before the pandemic, the RFF Foundation for Aging made social connectedness one of its priorities because stronger social bonds improve older people’s quality of life.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
High-Powered Effort to Help Resettle Afghan Refugees Awards $8.3 Million in Grants
Officials from the Bush and Obama administrations started Welcome.US, which aims to make it easier for people and businesses to plug into efforts to welcome refugees.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Dance as a Tool for Social Change Is Honored
It’s been a good year for choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of the dance ensemble Urban Bush Women. She was named a MacArthur fellow, and her organization received $3 million from MacKenzie Scott.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Afghan Refugees Look to Build New Lives — With Some Help From Resettlement Nonprofits
Resettlement organizations like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service have had to gear up quickly to help thousands of new arrivals from Afghanistan.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tuesday’s Children now also serves children who lost a parent serving in the military and helps communities that experience mass violence.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor