A Grant Maker Shifts Its Focus to Inequality and Climate Change
Simon Greer, who took over the Nathan Cummings Foundation last year, spent two decades as a community organizer, and he is using that approach to rally people with different views to promote big social changes.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Donor-Advised Fund Assets Reached $45-Billion in 2012, Study Finds
Much of the increase resulted from donors’ worries that federal lawmakers would alter the charitable tax deduction.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
7 Social Innovators Over 60 Win Purpose Prizes
One of the top two Purpose Prizes has gone to Vicki Thomas for her work with Purple Heart Homes, a group that renovates foreclosed homes for wounded veterans.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Effective Altruism at Work: Rating Charities
GiveWell, a group that works to identify the world’s most effective charities, currently recommends just three—all of them overseas.
Kellogg Hires Within Its Ranks for Foundation Presidency
The appointment marks the second time this year that one of the nation’s 10 largest foundations has appointed as its leader an African-American raised in modest circumstances.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Don’t Forget the Motor City: Philanthropy in Detroit
View a recording of a panel discussion about The Chronicle’s special coverage of philanthropy in Detroit at the Hudson Institute.
Kellogg Foundation Announces New CEO
La June Montgomery Tabron becomes the second African-American this year to be promoted to the top job at one of the nation’s wealthiest philanthropies.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Innovation in the Arts Helps Spark Detroit’s Revival
Although threats to sell Detroit Institute of Art’s masterpieces prompts concerns, other parts of the cultural world are energizing the troubled city.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Urban Renewal Leaves Out Some of City’s Needy, Say Nonprofit Activists
A thriving downtown and strong middle class are essential to the recovery, grant makers say, but some activists worry about who’s getting left behind.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Michael Bloomberg Uses Philanthropy to Take on Problems Others Ignore
New York’s departing mayor says he has no intention of abandoning major philanthropy after leaving office.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofits Pull Together to Fight Detroit’s Blight
Such efforts showcase the determination of Detroit’s residents to find their own solutions to the city’s problems.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Detroit’s Nonprofits Hope School Overhaul Will Become National Model
Among the efforts under way: a rating system to help parents compare schools and decide where to send their kids.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Heinz Fund CEO Retires Amid Controversy Over Fracking Grants
Robert Vagt’s departure comes after the big grant maker fired its longtime director of environmental grant making and its director of communications.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Detroit Tests What Foundations Can Do to Rescue Troubled Cities
Grant makers are plowing hundreds of millions of dollars into efforts that some experts say will show what works best to rescue troubled cities.
By Suzanne Perry
Contributor
Foundations Split on Their Response to Fracking
High-powered donors and foundations are taking an array of approaches to deal with fracking.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Former Education Secretary Looks to Build Bush Foundation’s Programs
Margaret Spellings plans to build programs that focus on global health, veterans, human freedom, and other causes.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor