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Sara Herschander is a staff reporter for the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Before coming to the Chronicle, she worked in podcasting at Futuro Media and as a freelance journalist covering social movements, labor, and housing. Sara previously worked in education, refugee services, and homeless services. She is a graduate of Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and received her M.A. in bilingual journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

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New Era in Women’s Sports Fueled by Decades of Women Donors

Since Title IX’s enactment in 1972, female athletes, activists, and donors have steadily fueled a slow-burning revolution in women’s sports, culminating in today’s record-breaking participation.

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How Nonprofits Really Feel About A.I.

More than two-thirds of nonprofits have already tried using artificial intelligence in their work, despite low comfort levels with the technology and concerns about data protection and bias, a new survey reveals.

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Nonprofit Executive Pay Rises, but Inflation and Gender Gap Issues Persist, Report Finds

Smaller organizations have made modest strides in pay equity for women since 2012, but the nonprofits with the deepest pockets have seen the gap expand.

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‘We Can Save Our City’: The $100 Million Plan to Revive East Oakland

With Rise East, longtime residents aim to write a new chapter for East Oakland, starting with $100 million.

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Can a $30 Million Bet on Supreme Court Reform Rise Above Partisan Divides?

The Brennan Center’s new Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court will test whether judiciary reforms can rise above the political fray or just widen it.

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Why $20 Million From MacKenzie Scott Couldn’t Save This A.I. Nonprofit

For a moment, Benefits Data Trust was a golden child of the nonprofit tech world. How did it all go so wrong, so fast?

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The Rise of the A.I.-Powered Nonprofit — and Why Not Everyone Is Convinced

A new survey from Fast Forward categorizes four main ways nonprofits are using artificial intelligence.

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Nonprofits Are Taking a Stance on Gaza — and Paying the Price

Some progressive groups say donor response to their political statements about the Israel-Gaza War are leading to painful conversations about whether to tone down messaging to preserve needed revenue and avoid layoffs and program cuts.

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This Silicon Valley Veteran Is Teaching Nonprofits to Harness A.I.

Raffi Krikorian has built a robust tech team — including A.I. chatbots for nonprofits — at Emerson Collective, the philanthropy venture founded by Laurene Powell Jobs.

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LGBTQ Funding Doubled in a Decade, Yet Falls Short Amid Rising Attacks

A record number of bills last year censored school curricula, targeted trans athletes, and weakened protections for LGBTQ people, but funding for those groups actually stagnated despite progress over the previous decade.