As Buffett’s NoVo Foundation Shifts Priorities, What’s Needed Now to Help Women
NoVo’s understanding of how social change happens, and what grantees need, is crucial for other grant makers to adopt, writes the head of Madre. And in the pandemic, more philanthropy needs to go to efforts to protect women’s safety and security, writes the board chair of Women Move Millions.
Two foundation leaders answer reader questions about how to be candid about financial struggles and how to approach grant makers about repurposing money that was earmarked for programs that a group can’t carry out in the social-distancing era.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Longtime Fighter for Philanthropic Freedom Steps Down and Looks Ahead (Exit Interview)
As Adam Meyerson leaves Philanthropy Roundtable this week, he says donors must play a vital role in preparing for the next pandemic, but he bemoans the “alarming decline” in household giving.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The News for Philanthropy Is More Positive Than You Think
Giving is better than many reports indicate, and foundations are making needed changes that will benefit charities long after the pandemic.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Foundation Requests for Proposals for Covid-19 Relief (May 26)
A compilation of requests for proposals from nonprofit groups focused on the arts, families living in low-cost housing, women and girls, public parks, and more.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
UVA Lands $27 Million for Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy (Gifts Roundup)
A roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nearly 300 Donors and Grant Makers Join Push to Require Philanthropic Funds to Give More Now
A letter sent to Congress today asks lawmakers to require foundations and donor-advised funds to give at least 10 percent a year over the next three years.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Other new grants focus on food security and economic relief in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, in addition to grant making for other issues.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Why Philanthropy Can’t Keep Hoarding Assets in the Pandemic (Dispatches)
The race to stockpile toilet paper is an illogical and impractical response to the crisis. So, too, is foundations’ unwillingness to increase the share of assets that go to charity every year.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
NoVo Fund, Led by a Buffett Son, Criticized for Staff and Program Cuts
Peter Buffett says overall grant making will increase this year even as priorities move away from advocacy to community building.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Foundation Requests for Proposals for Covid-19 Relief (May 19)
A compilation of requests for proposals for nonprofit groups focused on health care, food insecurity, journalism, mental health, African American communities, and more.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates Foundation’s Tactics to Remake Public Education During Pandemic Are Undemocratic
We should be wary of private foundations capitalizing on political opportunities created by Covid-19 to assert influence over our education system.
By Rebecca Tarlau
Contributor
Strategy and Reinvention Are Key to Staying Alive for Nonprofits, Leading Grant Maker Says
Too many nonprofits are scrambling to survive the immediate crisis while failing to adjust to what will become a new normal, says Jim Bildner, CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Community Foundations Study Finds Surge in Donor-Advised-Fund Grant Making
Grants increased 58 percent in March and April over the same period last year,
By MICHAEL THEIS
Contributor
Omidyar Network Commits $35 Million to Give Struggling Workers More Power
The commitment is part of an effort previously launched to rethink capitalism, a cause taken up by several major foundations and donors in recent years.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Wealthy Donors to Congress: Make Us Give More to Charity
Led by the Wallace Global Fund, the group is asking congressional leaders to impose a minimum payout requirement of 10 percent for foundations and donor-advised fund holders.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor