We Have Just One Decade to Turn Back the Worst of Climate Change: Here’s How Philanthropy Can Lead
Boldness, innovation, scale, and speed are all required. Here are some ideas and approaches that could make a difference, says the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
By Peter Goldmark
Contributor
New ‘Quick Start’ Guide Helps Grant Makers Establish Emergency Funding Programs
The Covid-19 pandemic and the racial-justice protests present serious challenges for grant makers who want to help. There are opportunities to make a difference.
By dan.parks
Contributor
New ‘Quick Start’ Guide Helps Grant Makers Establish Emergency Funding Programs
The Covid-19 pandemic and the racial-justice protests present serious challenges for grant makers who want to help. There are opportunities to make a difference.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Mastercard Foundation Pledges $200 Million to Its Young Africa Works Program (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Southern Poverty Law Center has committed $30 million to voter outreach, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded its annual Humanitarian Prize to an organization that helps former gang members.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Give Young Men and Boys of Color What They Need to Thrive
The murder of George Floyd — and others like him — are causing mental stress and trauma that we need to find ways to fight and understand, say two experts at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which just issued a guide on advancing equity in grant making.
Anonymous Donor Commits $95 Million to Coastal Carolina U. (Gifts Roundup)
Also, the Campaign for Female Education and Howard University are among the beneficiaries of MacKenzie Scott’s $1.7 billion in recent giving.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Giving to Faith-Based Nonprofits Likely to Hold Steady or Increase, Survey Says
Eighty-five percent of people who gave at least $1,000 in 2018 or 2019 to a faith-based nonprofit say they expect to give the same amount or more this year as they did last year, according to a new survey.
By dan.parks
Contributor
In the Pandemic, We’re All in This Together. Going It Alone Won’t Work, Grant Makers
New research on how foundations solve big problems demonstrates that meaningful and deliberate coordination is the key to success, a lesson that needs to guide philanthropy’s response to today’s crises.
By Lija Farnham and Zoe Tamaki
Legacy Giving Program Raises $1 Billion for Jewish Communities
The Life & Legacy program includes coaching, training, and incentive grants to ensure that legacy giving becomes a norm in Jewish philanthropic culture.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
California Endowment Pledges $225 Million for Black-Led Activism (Grants Roundup)
Also, Robin Hood has made $35.5 million in grants to frontline charities addressing the pandemic in New York, and Lowe’s gave $25 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to support small businesses in rural areas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
MacKenzie Scott Showers $1.7 Billion on Nonprofits, Mostly Groups Fighting for Equity
The ex-wife of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos said the money was distributed to 116 nonprofits, mostly to organization devoted to equity that are led by women, minorities, and LGBTQ people.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Bay Area Activist Enlists Tech Giants to Help End Homelessness
A Bay Area activist has persuaded tech giants like Cisco and government leaders to join forces to end homelessness by building homes rather than shelters. Now Covid might upend some of their gains.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
There Is No Better Time Than Now for Philanthropy to Spend Itself Out of Existence
If we are to live our values, we must ask ourselves and our peers, “What are we saving our endowments for?” say three foundation leaders whose organizations are set to distribute all their assets in the next several years.
By Ellen Friedman, Glen Galaich and Pia Infante
Editor’s Notebook: Philanthropy’s Quickened Pace
Racial justice grant making is taking off but a debate is raging over whether philanthropy is doing enough fast enough.
Black Philanthropy Month Organizers Hope Current Crisis Will Spur a Burst of Giving
The coronavirus pandemic and this spring’s racial justice uprisings might inspire more donations and investments to black-led nonprofits and entrepreneurs during this year’s event, organizers say.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Bruce and Martha Karsh Give Cedars-Sinai $25 Million (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Financier Robert Smith gave $1.9 million for prostate cancer research aimed at developing a new noninvasive test.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor