Business-School CEO Switches Gears to Head Her Family’s Foundation
Robin Bruce, daughter of home builder David Weekley, has expanded the staff and taken grant making in a new direction.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
An Organizer and First in Her Family to Inherit Wealth Becomes an Environmental Activist
Jessie Bluedorn saw firsthand how an innovative small-scale approach to environmental justice could alter lives. That has inspired her grant making. <b>Plus:</b> See the rest of our special report on <a href="https://staging.philanthropy.com/package/the-future-is-now">young donors</a>.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Fundraisers for Black Causes Try to Build Momentum From a Moment
More than two years after the police murder of George Floyd sparked a wave of giving for racial-equity and justice, groups are fighting headwinds to keep the dollars coming.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
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
How Philanthropy Can Help Fight the Climate Crisis: a Live Debate
At a live discussion in Boston, the head of the Bezos Earth Fund joined climate activists and a scholar of conservation giving to discuss the ways philanthropy can make a difference — and where it needs to better. The session was sponsored by the Chronicle, Associated Press, and the Conversation.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
FedEx Founder Gives $65 Million to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Plus, four universities and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Growing equity concerns are adding to the push to bring the typically opaque world of compensation into the light.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
4 Career Paths to Get to the Top at Nonprofits
Interviews with 41 executive directors at social-service nonprofits in Chicago revealed why they wanted to become executive directors, the skills they brought with them to the position, and the paths they took to the job.
By Christopher Justin Einolf
Contributor
Lutheran Services in America Names New CEO
Also, the Phillips Collection and the American Museum of Natural History have appointed new leaders, and Dave Scullin plans to retire as CEO of the Communities Foundation of Texas in March.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits $60 Million to Diversify Science Education
Also, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grants $50 million for credentialing and career training in Kansas City, and Wells Fargo Foundation awards $22.5 million to close racial gaps in homeownership in three U.S. cities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions