How We Can Stop Hate Groups From Abusing Philanthropy to Raise Money
Hate groups have attracted millions of dollars by using the tax code to provide a veneer of respectability. But here are steps we can take to mitigate the spread of bias and terror attacks.
By Willemijn Keizer
Contributor
6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover From Coronavirus Spread
Lack of flexible funds and reserves will cripple many nonprofits; grant makers can help by loosening reporting rules and restrictions and maintaining grant levels even as the stock-market swoon hurts their endowments.
$3 Million in Grants Will Seek to Curb Violence Against Women
The new grants are the first round of a $20 million, five-year effort involving foundations like Ford and NoVo.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Philanthropy Needs a New Playbook to Fund Systems Change
If we’re serious about tackling the root cause of problems, we need long-term grants and more unrestricted aid. What’s more, we need grant makers who acknowledge what they don’t know and who turn to social entrepreneurs for their expertise.
By Michael Zakaras and Manmeet Mehta
Coronavirus Giving Tops $1 Billion Worldwide
At least $729 million has been pledged from sources based in China, and $182 million from U.S. sources, including $100 million from the Gates Foundation, according to Candid, a foundation research group.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $65 Million to Aid Low-Earning American Families (Grants Roundup)
Also, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has received $36 million to expand mental-health care for young people, and Bridgewater Associates has sent $5 million to support medical aid for people with coronavirus in China.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Test Innovative Ideas for Climate Change
More than 70 organizations have joined forces to focus on vulnerable islands, which are on the front lines of this evolving catastrophe and small and nimble enough to pursue what works to build resilience.
Many Small Foundations Wary of Impact Investing
Thirty-eight percent say it will hurt returns, and 36 percent say they lack the capacity to do it, according to a report from Exponent Philanthropy.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Leader Helps Mobilize Asian Americans for Big Impact in Elections
EunSook Lee, executive director of the Asian American Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Fund, has accelerated grant making to groups to be ready ahead of the primaries and the conventions.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
How Films and Philanthropy Can Bring About Social Change
The Oscars are one way of judging a movie’s success, but other measurements tell far more about how films can influence people and policies.
By Vincent Stehle
Contributor
Ideas for Innovation That Deserve More Attention in Philanthropy
The death last month of Harvard Business School’s Clayton M. Christensen should remind donors and nonprofit entrepreneurs to pay more attention to his focus on creating disruptive change that spreads limited resources to more people.
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Contributor
As Super Tuesday Approaches, Philanthropy Must Stay Above the Fray but in the Fight
As the need to combat misinformation, hold fair and free elections, and stand up for the rights of everyone intensifies in 2020, foundations should send extra support this year to nonprofits working on these essential issues.
By JOE GOLDMAN
Contributor
Nonprofits Decline Gifts With Too Many Strings or Misaligned Values, Survey Finds
Only 55 percent of organizations have a gift-acceptance policy of any kind, according to new survey results from the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
By MICHAEL THEIS
Contributor
JPMorgan Chase Pledges $75 Million to Help Young People Enter Lucrative Careers (Grants Roundup)
Also, a $38 million grant will build a new medical hub in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, and Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation commits $5 million to boost soccer programs for girls and women.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A ‘Mischaracterization’ of the Movement Toward More Equitable Evaluation (Letter to the Editor)
Equitable evaluation does not suggest that data hurts equity efforts, nor does it suggest any particular type of data is better.
Philanthropy Must Declare a Climate Emergency
The new commitments from Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are insufficient. It is up to everyone in philanthropy to make climate the top priority in their investments, grants, and other actions.
By Ellen Dorsey
Contributor