‘First Step Act’ Aids Newly Released Prisoners, but Philanthropy Is Still Much Needed
The United States puts women behind bars in disproportionate numbers; grant makers can help remove barriers to re-entering society by supporting education, housing, and other essential programs.
By Judy Belk
Contributor
CVS Health Commits $100 Million for Community Wellness: Grants Roundup
Also, the Lilly Endowment awards $48 million for human-service charities in Indiana, and Arizona State University receives $25 million for its business school.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates, Skoll, and Others Pool Funds to Give First $80 Million in Grants
The fund supported by some Giving Pledge signers is going toward large-scale international efforts to improve health and education and bring people out of poverty.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
$4 Million Grant Will Promote Board Diversity at Museums
A board-member matching service to identify and train candidates of color — and assess groups’ readiness to engage people of different backgrounds — will be key to change. Today, nearly half of all museum boards are made up entirely of white people.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Environmental Groups Get Poor Marks for Diversity Efforts
Green 2.0, an independent advocacy campaign, takes aim at some of the biggest names in conservation.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $23 Million to Promote Greek Opera: Grants Roundup
Also, the Starr Foundation awarded $10 million for a secret-operations museum, and Boeing granted $2 million to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 space mission to the moon.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Family Feud Erupts Over Direction of $1 Billion-Plus Grant Maker
Several heirs say the mission of the Surdna Foundation has been hijacked to focus on social justice instead of hospitals, schools, churches, and orphanages.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Conventional wisdom about grant making is often wrong. Here’s what the leader of the Nonprofit Finance Fund has learned — and how it’s changing the grant-making philosophy he had as a Rockefeller Foundation official.
By Antony Bugg-Levine
Contributor
How Philanthropy Can Turn Dark Realities Into Hope
The president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund argues that civil society needs help from philanthropy at a fundamental level to deal with potentially catastrophic worldwide developments on multiple fronts.
By Stephen Heintz
Contributor
A Voice for the Forgotten Minority
A microphone in Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi’s hands is a powerful weapon. At venues across the country she confronts foundation leaders, and sometimes gets them to change course.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
To Heal Divisions in This Country, We Need to Redefine Success
Instead of focusing just on the GDP or stock-market indexes, let’s look at income inequality, health care, and economic mobility.
By Brian Gallagher
Contributor
The Woes of the Trump Foundation Are Pervasive Among Big Donors
The grant maker’s closure illustrates the difficulty the IRS has seeing that donors don’t get overly big benefits from their gifts while still giving them incentive to contribute.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Social Worker Leaves Surprise $11 Million to Charities for Children: Daily News Roundup
Several million came from savings and investments and several million more from inheritance. In other articles, the Baltimore archdiocese is changing the name of its fundraising drive to reassure donors the money isn’t going to defray the costs of the sex-abuse scandal; Jeff Bezos has chosen a former Amazon vice president to head his education philanthropic effort; donors can use voice commands to give to charity through Google Assistant; and much more.
Charities Will Soon Learn How the Tax Law Has Affected Charitable Giving: Daily News Roundup
Studies predict nonprofits will bring in $13 billion to $20 billion less. Plus, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading app Coinbase has signed the Giving Pledge; Planned Parenthood has been accused of discriminating against pregnant employees; the Justice Department is investigating the biggest migrant shelter for possible misuse of federal money; Fast Company suggests 28 nonprofits for year-end donations; and more news and articles about big donors, corporate giving, and workplace giving.
Northwestern Mutual Foundation Commissions Artwork Inspired by Their Grantees
For its 25th anniversary, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation matched 25 of the nonprofits it has supported with Wisconsin-tied artists to create artwork inspired by the organizations, filling its Milwaukee building with art in the process.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
December 20: Trump Attacks N.Y. Attorney General Over Foundation Lawsuit: Daily News Roundup
President Trump lashed out at the New York attorney general who brought the suit against his foundation. In other articles, Steven Spielberg is expanding the mission of his Shoah Foundation to fight hate; the Justice Department has sued promoters of conservation easements, which it alleges use overvalued land appraisals; and much more news, articles on innovation; and opinions about the Trump philanthropy.