After the Shutdown: an Action Plan for Foundations
The budget battles that will occur in coming months make it essential for grant makers to use their grants and their influence to change how Washington works.
By Gary D. Bass and Patricia Bauman
Opinion: Survey Challenges Assumptions About High-End Donors
New York Times financial columnist Paul Sullivan assesses a recent study by private bank U.S. Trust that found significantly divergent views on philanthropy between the wealthy and their financial advisers.
‘The Gathering’: a Philanthropic Satire
To spur conversation about how the philanthropy world works, this fictional account examines the life of a foundation CEO in the strategic-philanthropy era.
Foundations Should Use ‘Giving Tuesday’ to Show How to Choose Charities
Grant makers should give generous unrestricted awards to high-performing charities as a way to signal to donors what matters.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
As Government Funds Dwindle, Giant Foundations Gain Too Much Power
It’s time for a new progressive era, complete with muckrakers and trustbusters, to cast a critical eye on philanthropy.
By JOANNE BARKAN
Contributor
Detroit Tests What Foundations Can Do to Rescue Troubled Cities
Grant makers are plowing hundreds of millions of dollars into efforts that some experts say will show what works best to rescue troubled cities.
By Suzanne Perry
Contributor
Foundations Should Work to Fix a Broken Washington
Grant makers must support efforts to persuade lawmakers that it’s their duty to govern responsibly.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
Shutdown Watch: Donations Get Ford’s Theatre, D.C. Charities Going Again
The historic stage will reopen temporarily with a $25,000 emergency gift from philanthropist and theater trustee Ronald O. Perelman, the Associated Press writes. Other shutdown-hit nonprofit groups in the District are getting a helping hand from the business community, according to The Washington Post.
The Dangers of Shutdown Philanthropy
Gifts that keep government running are well-intentioned, but they undermine America’s commitment to distributing public benefits equitably and transparently.
By BETH GAZLEY
Contributor
Opinion: Raiding Endowment Fueled N.Y. City Opera’s Demise
The fate of New York City Opera’s endowment, established to ensure the arts group’s long-term financial stability, starkly charts the management failure that led to the company’s bankruptcy, a New York Times business columnist writes.