Nonprofits Have It Wrong About the Tax Law — and Why Their Lobbying Failed
Odds are that giving will be high in 2018, despite nonprofit alarms. But the biggest challenge for charities will be the approach to advocacy on federal spending cuts, write
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Opinion: Nonprofits Must Move Swiftly to Fight for Sound Public Policies
The tsunami of challenges caused by the new tax law will pummel nonprofit finances and their work forces — and hurt the charitable missions foundations and organizations strive to carry out.
The Politics Behind the Headline-Grabbing Corporate Giving Pledges After the Tax Cuts
Boeing, Wells Fargo, and other companies made a point of quickly announcing increases in charitable donations after the tax measure was passed, but their motives seem to be more about currying favor with the White House than helping communities, writes the philanthropy scholar Benjamin Soskis.
By BENJAMIN SOSKIS
Contributor
Fighting Misinformation, Grooming New Leaders, and Unlocking More Giving: Ideas for 2018
Fresh approaches to philanthropy’s urgent problems will be essential in the year ahead. Here are some of the best pieces from The Chronicle’s opinion section to get up to speed on new thinking.
A 2018 Resolution: Let’s Get Congress to Drop the Politicking Ban
Nonprofit leaders and scholars hate the idea of allowing charities to get partisan, but where has staying out of politics gotten us at a time of threats to our missions?
By Robert Egger
Contributor
Concrete Steps Foundations Can Take to Advance Racial Equity
Unless grant makers work to promote equity, it’s impossible to achieve our goals to improve education, health, and quality of life for all Americans, say leaders of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and the Deaconess Foundation.
By Starsky Wilson
Contributor
7 Reasons for Hope on Climate Change: Why Philanthropy Must Act
Though the impact of pollution on the planet is growing clearer every day, plenty of grant makers can join with government and business to stave off the worst effects.
Protecting the Safety Net Requires New Power-Lobbying Tactics
Mobilizing donors and volunteers is key, but that takes money from foundations, which must overcome both their arrogance and their self-serving timidity to focus on fixing our democracy.
By MARK ROSENMAN and Activist
Impact Washing, Data Refuges, Big Bets, and More: Philanthropy’s 2018 Buzzwords
Technology and changes in federal policies are behind most of the concepts that nonprofits and donors will be talking about in the year ahead.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
Hewlett Pledges $600 Million to Develop Renewable Energy
The commitment puts the grant maker at the vanguard of an effort to fulfill the goals of the Paris climate agreement even as U.S. support of the deal has vanished.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor