Ellen Finkelstein Will Serve as Hadassah’s Next CEO
Also, a new CEO will take the helm of the Princeton Area Community Foundation in February, and the impact-investing expert Antony Bugg-Levine is joining Homium.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Does Board Leadership Look Like America? An Answer From One City
An analysis of Omaha nonprofit trustees who serve on three or more boards found they are older and more highly educated than the city as whole, and most are men.
As Nonprofits Hunt for Better Board Members, Can MBA Philanthropy Help?
A New York financier’s $25 million of support helps create nonprofit boardroom placements for students learning the realities of foster care, immigration, health care for the elderly, and more.
By George Anders
Contributor
Catawba Nation Foundation Selects First Executive Director
Also, the Middle East Institute has hired a retired U.S. ambassador to Jordan and Iraq as its next CEO, and the Purdue Research Foundation’s next leader will start in February.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Lead Well in Uncertain Times
With the second Trump administration on the horizon, experts share tips on communication, well-being, and financial sustainability.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Blue Meridian, a Big-Bet Funder, Promotes Jim Shelton to CEO
The philanthropic collaborative also is placing predecessor Nancy Roob in a new leadership role to grow its grant-making capacity.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
My State Is Struggling. Could the Answer Be Found Around the Kitchen Table?
Much like a family joins forces to address a crisis, ”kitchen-table philanthropy” brings locals together to solve problems in their own backyard.
By Ryan Rippel
Contributor
Threats to Nonprofits — and an Opportunity — on Capitol Hill in 2025
A new incentive for giving is one bright spot on a congressional slate filled with peril for philanthropy.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Charities Look Inward After the Election but Are Ready to Fight
Many nonprofits prepare for the resistance even as they confront their own role in Trump’s victory.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Can a Scrappy One-Person Nonprofit Transform in Time?
A tiny anti-gambling group is up against one of the country’s fastest growing industries. It’s trying to grow fast before the odds get even worse.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Article on Nonprofits’ Financial Hardships Draws Advice and Commiseration
The sector’s money troubles deserve more coverage, but some internal fixes could help, readers say.
Carnegie Science Taps Astrophysicist as Its Next President
Also, Shannon Green will become CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement in February, and the Archstone Foundation has named a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
In the Face of Conservative Populism, Darren Walker Gets It Right
To counter attacks from the Trump administration, philanthropy should adopt Walker’s pluralism playbook.
By William Schambra
Contributor
Did the Nonprofit World’s Identity Obsession Pave the Way for Trump’s Victory?
The progressive social sector needs to take a hard look at the gap between its views on identity and those of the people it claims to represent.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Conservation Grant Maker Nia Tero Names First Indigenous CEO
Also, Feed the Children has tapped its next president and CEO, and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History appointed an Israeli museum CEO as its new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
3 Questions to Ask in This Era of Trump and Uncertainty
When the way forward is unclear, we should get curious, summon courage to face uncomfortable truths, and resolve to act differently based on what we learn.
By Stephanie Ellis-Smith
Contributor