To Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy, Philanthropy Must Get Over Its Religion Hesitancy
Congregations and faith-based nonprofits are an untapped resource for persuading more people to get vaccines, but they need much greater philanthropic support.
By EBOO PATEL and Robert P. Jones
Philanthropic giving can never match the power and purse strings of the federal government to address centuries of systemic racism. But we can insist that the Biden administration and Congress rise to the task.
By John H. Jackson
Contributor
Venture Capital Executive Gives $80 Million to Expand Maternal Health Care in Bay Area
Plus, the Home Depot co-founders jointly gave the Gary Sinise Foundation $40 million, and Marymount Manhattan College received $25 million.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grant Makers Use $3 Billion in Bond Offerings to Pump More to Charities
The California Endowment is among the latest entrants taking advantage of historically low interest rates to spend more now on grantees’ urgent needs.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Philanthropists Across the Political Divide Must Work Together to Cure Extremism
A pandemic of hate will destroy our democratic institutions unless we can put aside our differences and devise a cohesive plan for treating this disease. Here’s what grant makers can do next.
By Sarah Ruger
Contributor
Blackstone Promises $40 Million to Entrepreneurship Program for Students of Color
Also, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded $18 million to reduce over-incarceration in 15 U.S. cities and counties, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation is giving $11 million in matching grants to re-open Jewish summer camps.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Why Foundations Benefit When They Focus on What Nonprofits Need Most
In a new book of essays, grant makers and nonprofits share what happened when they loosened the strings on grants and offered generous, multiyear support and focused on the experience of grantees, not the pedigrees of their leaders.
By Lowell Weiss
Contributor
New Name and Focus — on Strengthening Democracy — for a Longtime Nonprofit
Democracy in serious trouble, says Rajiv Vinnakota, and he is upending the mission of the 75-year-old Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to respond.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Elon Musk and Geneticist Arthur Riggs Each Give $100 Million
Plus, Arthur Blank donates $17 million to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and several university land big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Analysis of Money Flowing to Hate Groups Is One-Sided
A Chronicle study of money flowing from donor-advised funds and foundations failed to separate nonprofits that advocate hate from those that advance unpopular views, writes a top executive of the Philanthropy Roundtable.
Fighting Covid in Africa, Curbing Inequities in Prenatal Health Care, and More
Also, the IKEA Foundation is giving $36.2 million to the International Rescue Committee and foundations have committed $100 million to advancing racial justice in California.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Philanthropy Should Join Forces With Mayors to Tackle the Nation’s Multiple Crises
Innovative city programs offer grant makers the breadth and scale they are looking for to tackle racial injustice, climate change, and other challenges.
By Anil Hurkadli
Contributor
A Close Look at the Pooled Funds That Are Shaking Up Philanthropy
Organizers of pooled funds and other efforts to get foundations to collaborate have used them as a test bed for changes they’d like to see in philanthropy.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
2020’s Top Donors: Where They Live, Where They Give, and More
Find out more about America’s 50 biggest donors: their ages, sources of wealth, where they live, and where they give.
By Maria Di Mento and carmen.mendoza
Telling My Truth as a Black Woman Made Me a Better Grant Maker
To address systemic racism, foundations need to value the lived experience of employees, not just data-driven decision making and academic credentials.
By Jasmine Sudarkasa
Contributor
37-Year-Old Billionaire Gives $100 Million to St. Jude
Plus, an orchestra, an art museum, and several universities land multimillion dollar gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor