Water Charity Drills Down to Get to Know Real Needs
Well Aware seeks input from residents to ensure its projects make sense for the Kenyan communities they serve.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Advice for Chan and Zuckerberg: Pursue Real Education Innovation
Don’t follow the path of Gates and Broad in getting cozy with government — take risks and seek alternative routes to expanding educational upward mobility.
By Chester Finn Jr.
Contributor
A Hong Kong Philanthropist With a Vision
Having helped pioneer the “family office” concept in Chinese giving, entrepreneur James Chen sets his sights on helping vision-impaired people in the developing world.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Fatherhood Sparked J.B. Pritzker’s Crusade for Kids
The Hyatt hotel heir, investor, and philanthropist says early-childhood education is the key to the nation’s economic future. He wishes more donors agreed.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mutual Funds for Nonprofits Help Donors Diversify Giving
Agora for Good and Bright Funds say their methods of screening and pooling charities can help ordinary donors give like the Gates family.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Donor-Advised Critics Miss the Point About the Value of These Tools
The fast growth of these accounts means more money for charities and has led to misplaced concerns about financial institutions like Fidelity that offer them.
By HOWARD HUSOCK
Contributor
Nonprofits That Saw Big Gains in the Philanthropy 400
How the Sierra Club Foundation, Junior Achievement, and other groups made major moves in The Chronicle’s rankings.
How the 2016 Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled
A variety of sources were used to make The Chronicle’s list as comprehensive and accurate as possible.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips
Contributor
A New Way to Give: Inside the Donor-Advised-Fund Explosion
A Chronicle analysis of 85 sponsors of donor-advised funds offers insights into the phenomenal growth of these giving vehicles that are challenging conventions of philanthropy.
By Drew Lindsay and joshua.hatch
Many Wealthy Donors Plan to Increase Giving, Report Says
Religious groups and charities that meet basic needs get the most money from affluent households, according to the study by U.S. Trust and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Doing Good Requires Happier, Healthier Workers
Nonprofits need to stop celebrating leaders who give up everything for the cause and instead get everyone — including boards, donors, and staff — to focus on well-being.
By CLAIRE PEI and Aliza Sherman
Foundations Bet It All on Advancing Equity
Grant makers like the Meyer Memorial Trust in Oregon are reworking internal policies and spending practices in an effort to close gaps in education and economic opportunity.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor