To Achieve Racial Justice in Philanthropy, We Must Invest in Fundraising and Make It Inclusive
Foundations only represent a small segment of philanthropy, but many fundraisers assign an outsize amount of clout to grant makers.
By Armando Enrique Zumaya
Contributor
FedEx Awards $100 Million to Create an Institute at Yale to Reduce Carbon in the Atmosphere
Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies has given $25 million to endow a fellowship program at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, and the Citi Foundation will make $25 million in grants to charities that work directly with small businesses owned by people of color.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
$10 Billion Bezos Earth Fund’s New CEO Expected to Provide Strategy and Transparency
Andrew Steer, who leads the environmental think tank World Resources Institute, says the Bezos fund plans to give all its money away in a decade.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Attacking Traditional Philanthropy Is Wrongheaded and Out of Sync With Most Americans’ Giving
Systemic social and economic change is not and should not be the primary focus of philanthropic support. Expanding the reach of our nation’s great charitable institutions and supporting local causes is still the best way to help people achieve the American Dream.
By Howard Husock
Contributor
How Nonprofits Are Helping Workers Cope With Pandemic Fatigue
A year into the pandemic, nonprofit workers are struggling. Here’s what leaders and foundations can do to help.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Technology Entrepreneur Nahum Guzik Gives $25 Million for Cultural Center
Plus, the ACLU lands $15 million for a project focused on LGBTQ and HIV issues, and three medical centers, a university, and a private day school also receive big donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
New Program Trains Athletes in Advocacy and Philanthropy
Players on the Indiana Fever WNBA team are the first group in the new program designed to train professional athletes in how to choose a cause they care about and inspire people to support it.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers
As investment companies like Alden Global Capital continue to decimate newsrooms, philanthropic and civic leaders should come together to provide the consistent resources they need to survive and thrive.
By Julie Sandorf
Contributor
Netflix Commits $100 Million to Support Artists of Color in TV and Film
Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies gave $150 million to establish the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, and Bank of America has awarded $10 million to create the Center for Black Entrepreneurship.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofits Welcome Billions in Pandemic Giving but Wonder if Support Will Last
Philanthropy’s response to Covid-19 in 2020 — $20.2 billion, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday — eclipsed giving to any other natural disasters in recent memory, and many grant makers dropped a wide range of restrictions they typically impose on their grantees.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
How Our Foundation Is Helping Small Businesses Make It Through the Pandemic
Providing no-strings-attached funding to neighborhood businesses will save jobs, bolster the local economy, and offer hope to struggling entrepreneurs. Now we need more grant makers to take on this task.
By Jane Wurwand
Contributor
Our Nation Cannot Heal Without First Acknowledging Who Made Us Sick
Too many of our ultrarich citizens and philanthropists have enabled, abetted, or turned a blind eye to extremism.
Working With Local Government Leaders Is the Right Path for Philanthropy
Foundations can serve as a neutral host in gathering key players from around a region and also fund research that drives decisions and builds support for projects.
As Attacks on Reproductive Rights Grow, Philanthropy Needs to Step Up Support for a Counternarrative
Well-funded abortion disinformation campaigns have become a basis for increasingly restrictive state laws. Grant makers should join forces with a cadre of scrappy nonprofits to fight back.
By Nina Sachdev
Contributor
Bill and Melinda Gates Say Digital Giving Can Democratize Philanthropy
They also highlighted winners of their foundation’s Reimagine Charitable Giving Challenge, which awarded as much as $100,000 to ideas for ways that help small-dollar donors support their own or other communities in need.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Dallas Mavericks Basketball Team Awards Emergency Grants for Winter Storm Relief in Tex.
Also, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation gave $115 million to 400 charities across New York State, and Goldman Sachs awarded $25 million to teach job skills in finance to students at eight historically Black colleges and universities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions