How One Foundation Built a Board That’s Standing Up to Trump
Young, racially diverse trustees who include several grantees are helping the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation hold the line on equity despite threats from the administration.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Big Funders Back 10-Year Campaign to Inspire Community Action
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Stand Together, and the National Basketball Association are among the members of a new effort tied to the country's 250th anniversary.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
MacKenzie Scott Gave Us $60 Million. We’re Giving It Away.
How the Freedom Fund, which has now received two unrestricted gifts from the billionaire philanthropist, is spending its windfall.
By Nick Grono
Contributor
Craigslist Founder Signs Giving Pledge and Narrows Focus
Craig Newmark's philanthropic strategy is shaped as much by what didn’t work as by what did — leading to an approach that favors scale, networks, and trusted intermediaries over scattershot giving.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Gates Foundation Unveils $9 Billion Budget, Plan to Cut Staff
The grant maker will maximize its spending in key areas such as global health.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
MacKenzie Scott Gives the Trevor Project $45 Million
The gift comes after years of management turmoil, layoffs, and federal funding cuts.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Tax Law Will Affect Donors Big and Small
It’s critical to keep larger donors close while helping small-dollar donors learn about their new tax advantages.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Minn. Billionaire Glen Taylor Gives $100 Million for Rural Families
Taylor’s donation to help people in southern Minnesota, where he grew up, and in northwest Iowa, is his second nine-figure gift to benefit rural families.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Tax Scholar Suggests Policy Fixes for Charitable Giving
As written, the new tax law could motivate some people to give who might not otherwise donate, but it could also cause a lot of confusion.
By Ray Madoff
Professor of Law at Boston College
Bezoses Award $5 Million to a Leader in Neurodiversity Education
The recipient is among this year's five winners of the Courage & Civility Awards from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, which celebrate people who unify others behind solutions to often neglected challenges.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Most U.S. Adults Aren’t Making Year-End Charitable Gifts, New Poll Finds
About half U.S. adults say they've already made their charitable contributions for 2025.
By James Pollard and Linley Sanders
Billionaire Ray Dalio Pledges $75 Million to Connecticut Kids
The hedge fund founder is joining the push to fund Trump Accounts.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
More DAF Gifts Are Going to Politically Active Charities
As the funds grow to unprecedented levels, the lines between charity and politics have become increasingly blurred.
By Brian Mittendorf and Helen Flannery
Knight Donation Tops List of 2025’s Biggest Gifts
Cancer research and care got the most money, followed by the Buffett family’s private foundations, university athletics, and an effort to end malnutrition.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Will Larger Payouts Be the New Norm? This Pledge Offers a Test
The Level Up pledge calls for funders to increase their grant making for at least two years.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
DAF Assets Soar 30% to $326 Billion
Donors put more money into the funds in 2024 than in any other of the past five years.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising