Financial Concerns Mount for Nonprofits as Inflation and Other Economic Woes Prove Stubborn
The big question remains unanswered: When do these trends become entrenched enough to cause donors to curtail giving?
By dan.parks
Contributor
Young Organizers Are Taking On the Greatest Challenges of Our Time. Donors Need to Take Notice.
Philanthropy should stop trying to fit youth movements into their outdated giving practices. Instead, they should provide them with the power — and resources — to unleash their passion for freedom and justice.
Investor Gives Cornell $30 Million to Launch Real-Estate Department
Plus, five other universities landed big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
New Guide Urges Grant Makers to Fund Climate Justice
Foundations can partner with grant makers that already work with small community-focused organizations, especially those run by people of color, and examine their existing grantees in other causes for opportunities to fund climate work.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Progressive foundations have already raised $14 million after a string of victories at Amazon, Starbucks, and elsewhere demonstrated that workers have the potential to push for big changes.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Two $100 Million Gifts: to a Children’s Hospital and to the Entrepreneur Equity Fund
Also, the Anthem Foundation is committing $30 million to equity in mental health, and the Windgate Foundation donated $15 million to create an endowment for a group for ceramic arts.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Deep Disparities Persist in Finances of Nonprofits Led by White People and People of Color
Foundations made advancements in equity amid the pandemic and racial-justice protests, but BIPOC-led nonprofits still trail their white-led peers in many measures of financial health and sustainability, according to the results of a new survey.
By dan.parks
Contributor
The groups are pledging to commit their own money to put the spotlight on efforts to help women get safe abortions, especially those who are poor and women of color because they will bear the biggest impact in states where the practice could be outlawed.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
New Nonprofit Center Helps Children Who Are Being Cared For by Their Kin
The group helps families get legal, financial, health, and housing information.
By Kristen Griffith
Contributor
Bayer Commits $160 Million to the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
Also, the Wallace Foundation will make $100 million in grants over five years to advance equity in the arts, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation gave $50 million to 12 grantees.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
As trillions in federal infrastructure dollars become available to cities and towns nationwide, grant makers have an unparalleled opportunity to insist that people of color and those who live in rural communities play a role in determining what gets built and where the jobs go.
By Don Howard
Contributor
Will a Money-Back Guarantee Win Over Wealthy Donors? An Antipoverty Effort Aims to Find Out.
The campaign aims to tap two big sources of capital — the wealth of individual philanthropists and impact investments.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Grief Is Everywhere and Children Are Suffering Most. What Can Philanthropy Do About It?
The Covid pandemic and a gun violence epidemic have taken an enormous toll on kids. But childhood grief is consistently overlooked by grant makers who fund mental health research and services. Bereavement programs need much more support to reach the growing number of children in need.
By Sara Deren
Contributor
From Newtown to Uvalde: Growth in Gun-Violence Philanthropy and a New Mind-Set for a Movement
How a decade between the two largest school shootings opened a new flow of grant dollars and ushered in a strategic rethinking of gun-control efforts.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
The NoVo Foundation’s decision two years ago to stop funding gender-violence prevention underscored the problem of relying on one primary donor. Now, as the problem continues to grow, a consistent and coordinated response is needed across all of philanthropy.
By Judy Harris Kluger and Emily Hirsch
Fundraisers Do Care About DAF Regulation — but We Also Need to Work Within the Current System
A fundraiser for one nonprofit takes issue with the view expressed in a recent op-ed that professionals like her aren’t interested in efforts to regulate donor-advised funds.