5 Trends Fundraisers Need to Watch in 2024
Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Gifts From Warren Buffett and Phil Knight Top the List of 2023’s Biggest Donations
Among the recipients: Harvard, Henry Ford Health, and the 1803 Fund to revive a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Portland, Ore.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The 10 Best-Read Articles in the Chronicle in 2023
Giving is down, leading a nonprofit has become nearly impossible, and A.I. looms on the horizon: Here are the stories that philanthropy and nonprofits cared about in 2023.
By Chronicle Staff
Contributor
War Exacerbates Need for, Threat to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Groups
Government revenue is often volatile, but there is little precedent for the rapid surge and subsequent decline of the past few years.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
Ta-Nehisi Coates Spearheads New Fund Combating Sexual Violence
Inspired to action after singer R. Kelly’s trial, author Ta-Nehisi Coates is teaming up with two nonprofits to create the Courage Fund.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
In 2023, nonprofits were forced to make tough decisions — including mergers, layoffs, and program cuts — to stay afloat.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Donors shouldn’t try to control a charity through their gifts after the fact, and charities should reject gifts that are offered with strings attached that they aren’t happy about.
By Ellen P. Aprill and Jill Horwitz
Education Cannot Wait Commits $500 Million to Serve Refugee Students and Teachers
Also, the Lilly Endowment gave almost $146 million to six colleges and universities in Indiana for community-development projects, and the U. of Massachusetts at Boston received $10 million to establish the New Balance Institute for Innovative Leadership in Sport.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Larry Kramer, longtime president of the Hewlett Foundation, talks about his early support of the fight against climate change and how grant makers can persuade other foundations to work together.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
How a Debate Over Vaping Might Derail the War on Tobacco
Anti-smoking groups aren’t just fighting big tobacco. They’re fighting amongst themselves.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor