Headwaters Foundation Leader Joins McKnight Foundation (Transitions)
Also, Wellcome Leap announces its inaugural leadership team, and TechPoint Foundation for Youth has promoted its next CEO from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Huge Sums of Money Are Flowing to Racial Justice. Are They Going to the Right Places?
Racial-justice advocates worry the money will go to superficial efforts or will overlook the small, Black-led grassroots groups that will be crucial for creating systemic change.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Coronavirus Exposes Gaps in Digital Voter Mobilization
As the pandemic makes person-to-person canvassing difficult, nonprofits push get-out-the-vote efforts online.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $50 Million to Ramp Up Covid-19 Testing (Grants Roundup)
Also, Dominion Energy will give $35 million to support historically black colleges and universities in four states, and the Meyer Memorial Trust has promised $25 million over five years to Justice Oregon for Black Lives.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
As Nonprofits Shed Jobs, Some Fundraisers Are Getting Pink Slips
It’s a reverse from recent years, when the demand for fundraisers outstripped supply.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Some Nonprofits Hail Paycheck Protection Program as a ‘Savior’; Others See Layoffs Continue
Some groups have hired back workers or reopened programs. For others, the benefits have been fleeting.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Religious Groups and Schools Got the Most PPP Loans
The Chronicle of Philanthropy analyzed the data for 42,462 organizations that received loans of $150,000 to $10 million.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
MacArthur’s $100 Million Challenge Finalists Take Aim at Issues of Health, Homelessness, Environment
Report for America, which would send 1,800 reporters to work at news outlets throughout the United States, is also one of the finalists.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Star Sports Couple Give $5 Million to Start New Fund Backing Social-Justice Efforts (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, a Silicon Valley billionaire and his wife established an immigrant relief fund; and two hospitals, Albion College, and USC received big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
New Report Offers 4 Scenarios for How Covid and the Economy’s Fall Will Reshape the Nonprofit World
As many as 40 percent of charities could be wiped out, according to one forecast — but grant makers and nonprofits could also seize new ways to advance their missions.
By Michael Anft
Contributor