To Fight Fake News, Philanthropy Must Invest in Helping Citizens Sort Out Truth From Fiction
Everyone is latching on to efforts to find convenient solutions instead of spreading proven efforts to fight disinformation.
After Parkland, How Foundations Can Act
The California Endowment last week decided to reject stock investments in gun makers and oppose policies that militarize schools — two of many steps Robert Ross, the philanthropy’s CEO, says foundation boards nationwide should consider.
By Robert K. Ross
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Charities and Their Founders Need More Exit Ramps
The nonprofit world would be stronger if we offered new incentives and approaches that encourage mergers, alliances, and other ways to prompt efficiencies.
By Andrew Lovett-Barron
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Defeatism About Philanthropy’s Role in Curbing Climate Change Unwarranted
Executives of the Environmental Defense Fund, the Energy Foundation, ClimateWorks, Solutions Project, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation say grant makers have accomplished more than an op-ed in the Chronicle suggested — but all agree far more needs to be done.
Promoting Diversity Goes Hand in Hand With the Push for Effectiveness
While some experts have suggested that groups promoting social justice are hurt by grant-making efforts that focus on results, it doesn’t need to be that way. Fay Twersky and Lissette Rodriguez, two grant makers, offer ideas on how to tackle the challenge.
By FAY TWERSKY and Hewlett Foundations</
Podcast: Former Obama Official Discusses How to Create a Culture of Innovation
Sonal Shah, former President Obama’s director of social innovation and civic participation, now leads a center at Georgetown University that teaches methods of social change, with a heavy emphasis on data and technology.
White People in Philanthropy — This Is Our Move
If grant makers are serious about fighting racism, we need to take actions that help promote the growth of nonprofits led by people of color, according to Pamela Shifman, executive director of the NoVo Foundation
By PAMELA SHIFMAN
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In Fighting Sexual Harassment, Donors Hold Power
The role grant makers and others played in the departure of Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle should become a model for all donors, write Jessica Culpepper and Adele Kimmel of Public Justice.
Foundations Are Losing the Fight Against Climate Change
Grant makers and the environmental nonprofits they support have failed to build a robust, broad-based political movement for climate action, even though their critics have urged them to do so for years, says Marc Gunther, a journalist who writes about business and sustainability.
By MARC GUNTHER
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5 Ways to Combat Sexual Harassment at Nonprofits
Boards play a key role in changing the culture at a moment when we can expect more revelations of problems like those at the Red Cross and Humane Society of the United States.
By MARK LIPTON
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