Critics Said Our Data Platform Exacerbated the Nonprofit World’s Inequities. They Were Right.
Candid learned that addressing power imbalances is only possible when those with the most resources change their own behavior.
By Aleda Gagarin
Contributor
A New Lawsuit Could Erase the Red Line Between Politics and Charity
If successful, the suit brought by a small nonprofit would damage the charitable world’s legitimacy and fuel partisan divisions.
By Craig Kennedy
Contributor
Columbia U.’s Firestorm Is Just the Beginning. Here’s How Philanthropy Can Respond
A young nonprofit leader argues that there’s a brief window of opportunity to ensure that hate won’t thrive on college campuses.
By Manu Meel
Contributor
Why My Nonprofit Relies on the Ideas of an 83-Year-Old Scholar
A champion of interfaith cooperation says “Bowling Alone” author Robert Putnam has answers to our crisis in loneliness and despair. Yet no one is listening.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
How ‘Yes, and’ Philanthropy Could Unite the Charitable World’s Opposing Forces
An innovative giving approach aims to maximize good while indulging donor choice. Could it settle the debate over philanthropic pluralism?
By Benjamin Soskis
Contributor
DAF Sponsors Aren’t All Created Equal. New Legislation Should Reflect That
Entirely separate legislation is needed for donor-advised funds managed by community foundations and commercial gift funds.
By Gerry Roll
Contributor
To Address Drops in Giving, My Nonprofit Turned Fundraising Into a Game
Fun and collaborative approaches to giving can be more successful than conventional efforts focused on major donors, the author found.
By Dana Nichols
Contributor
Charity Navigator’s Ratings Are Inherently Flawed. Here’s a Simple Solution.
The ratings process misses too much, so let the nonprofits being judged fill in the gaps
Equity Advocates Harm Their Cause When They Insist on a Raised Fist, Not an Extended Hand
Collaboration — not resistance — is the best path to lasting social change. For proof, just look at the debate over pandemic school closures.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
The Fearless Fund, DEI, and Attacks on Philanthropic Freedom
Even conservatives skeptical of race-based policies should support a foundation’s right to hold a grant contest for Black women.
By Howard Husock
Contributor