Major Liberal Donors Weigh Funding for Black Lives Matter
The Democracy Alliance, which includes some of the biggest contributors to left-wing causes and Democratic politicians, will discuss offering direct support to the anti-police-violence movement at an upcoming closed-door conference, Politico reports.
White House Gathering Tackles Issues Facing Females of Color
The Obama administration, which has taken heat for the gender-specific focus of its My Brother’s Keeper effort for minority males, is hosting a summit Friday focused on expanding opportunity for girls and women of color, Time reports.
Opinion: Gates Giving Increasingly Includes Corporations
A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation critic raises questions about the philanthropy’s relationships with major multinational corporations, which often include direct donations to the companies, in an essay for left-wing journal Jacobin.
How Offering an Innovation Prize Energized Our Grant Making
Today’s prizes of up to $175,000 apiece helped us learn about cutting-edge approaches and why we need to give nonprofit groups room to fail.
By Amy Freitag
Contributor
Supreme Court Turns Down Calif. Case on Donor Disclosure
The justices’ decision Monday leaves in place a lower-court ruling that a conservative nonprofit must comply with an order by the state’s attorney general to name major donors in regulatory filings, reports the Associated Press.
Donors, Consider Whether the Charity You’re Supporting Is Already Rich
In the nonprofit world, wealthy organizations keep attracting all the money, whether they need it or not.
By David Nocenti
Contributor
Opinion: Pay-for-Success Financing Model Shows Promise
The growing technique of pay for success, which uses an intermediary to fund a government program at no risk to taxpayers, shows much promise, a health-care program evaluator writes in an opinion article in The Wall Street Journal. The writer also notes some of the model’s drawbacks, including misguided incentives and potentially biased program evaluations.
For Giving Tuesday Success, Emulate Black Friday
While charities are focused on raising money, the same post-Thanksgiving techniques that work on shoppers can boost donations.
By Roger Dooley
Contributor
The Lessons of the Philanthropy 400: Investing in Fundraising Matters in a More Competitive World
A scholar who has examined 25 years of the rankings says donors and charities should use the list to learn what causes are failing to attract what they need to meet society’s demands.
By William Suhs Cleveland
Contributor
Opinion: Is Can-Do Silicon Valley Doing Philanthropy Right?
A New York Times analysis looks at the growth of tech-sector giving and the attitudes and tools Silicon Valley moguls are bringing to philanthropy.