How Grant Makers Can Tune In to What Nonprofits Need Most
Foundation officials must get out of their own echo chambers and understand the realities of what nonprofits and their beneficiaries face every day.
By HILARY PENNINGTON
Contributor
Chronicle’s Impact-Investing Report Missed a Key Ingredient
Matt Onek, head of Mission Investors Exchange, says our analysis of impact investing at the 15 wealthiest foundations should have more prominently noted the importance of program-related investments.
Understanding the Modern Family in Philanthropy
Virginia Esposito, a champion of family foundations, talks about how they’re changing and what’s to come.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
The people on the Philanthropy 50, the Chronicle’s annual list of the biggest U.S. donors, collectively gave more than $7.8 billion last year. Artificial intelligence and privacy were among their top concerns.
By Maria Di Mento and Ben Gose
How Philanthropy Can Advance the Green New Deal
Foundations can make a difference by powering activists to encourage lawmakers to focus on solutions that provide a real economic boost to the people most likely to be hurt by climate change.
By TYLER NICKERSON
Contributor
Council on Foundations Staff Continues to Shrink as More Leaders Depart
The group’s top policy and communications executives were laid off as the group prepares for the arrival of its new president, Kathleen Enright.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Stand Together Commits $30 Million for Anti-Poverty Groups: Grants Roundup
Also, the Crow Family Foundation has donated thousands of Asian artworks and $23 million to create a new museum in Dallas. Plus, Americares will use a grant to offer mental-health support to aid workers in Puerto Rico.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
2 Information Giants, Foundation Center and GuideStar, to Join Forces
The organizations will bring together vast troves of data as they merge to become Candid, a portal that provides information about grant makers and nonprofits.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Kellogg Renews Commitment to Train Social-Justice Leaders
The grant maker has allocated $8.7 million to a fellowship program that aims to give a boost to leaders who can promote racial equity and get people involved in their communities.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Rockefeller, Mastercard Team Up for $50 Million Data-Sharing Program: Grants Roundup
Also, the University of Central Arkansas gets $20 million for its performing-arts center, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards $2.2 million for poetry fellowships.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
John and Laura Arnold Join Other Billionaires in Move Away From Traditional Philanthropy
The couple announced the creation of a limited-liability company so they can do more political advocacy as they work toward goals such as reducing the cost of health care and overhauling the criminal-justice system.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Nonprofits and Donors Worry About Long-Term Impact of Shutdown
Big companies are donating money, as are individual donors who want to help community foundations, United Ways, and other organizations helping people who have lost pay because many federal agencies have been closed for five weeks.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
How to Say No to Grant Seekers
Grant makers who have to turn down requests on a regular basis say it’s an art form — you need to be sensitive but also firm. Here are their tips.
By PAGE SNOW
Contributor
Grant Making Up, Household Giving Will Be Nearly Flat This Year, Projections Say
Fundraisers are urged to focus on grant seeking and bequest fundraising and to invest in seeking donations of all kinds given the outlook for the next two years.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Huntsman Cancer Institute Gets $30 Million Boost for Patient Care
Also, USAA gives $15 million to make no-interest loans to Coast Guard members affected by the federal government shutdown, and Google.org awards $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation’s endowment.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Get Serious About Racial Healing
On this day the Kellogg Foundation has pitched as a day to promote harmony, a philanthropy executive who is a member of the Lumbee Indian tribe urges philanthropies to give more power and resources to people who today still suffer the impact of imperialism and slavery.
By Edgar Villanueva
Contributor