New Fund Offers Speedy Grants in Response to Trump Victory
Two donor networks teamed up to create a fund designed to quickly distribute money to nonprofits and activists working to protect vulnerable people.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Nonprofit With Trump Ties Offering Access to New President
Also, the foundation tasked with building the Obama presidential library names a White House political aide as its chief executive.
California Endowment to Channel $25 Million to Aid Those Hurt by Trump Policies
The wide-ranging effort aims to help people who lose health care and food stamps and to stem hate crimes and deportation of immigrants.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Listening to Beneficiaries Helps Nonprofits Learn What Doesn’t Work
The focus on results sometimes means grants makers and charities forget to ask clients what they think might make a difference, Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation and Fay Twersky of the Hewlett Foundation write.
By HILARY PENNINGTON
Contributor
New Impact-Investment Fund Taps Leading Philanthropists
Reid Hoffman, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Jeff Skoll are among the business titans and giving experts who will advise the Rise Fund on investments’ social returns.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Foundations Can Ensure Diversity Efforts Include People With Disabilities
10 questions a nonprofit can ask to assess whether its policies and practices promote inclusion.
By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Contributor
Progressive Foundations Brace for Trump Administration
Some are taking immediate measures, such as holding money in reserve in case grantees need to shift their tactics. But many foundations aren’t planning sweeping changes.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Trumps Drop Charity Auction of Coffee With Ivanka
Also, Catholic Charities of Cleveland uncovers a $1.9 million theft, and the Austrian government plans to give Hitler’s first home to a nonprofit.
Despite Layoffs, Nonprofit Associations Tout Strengths
The Council on Foundations and Independent Sector say they will continue to work to protect the charitable deduction and court the Trump administration.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Indiana U. Health Hires New Chief Philanthropy Officer, Los Angeles Universal Preschool Names CEO
Plus, the Sloan Foundation’s president announces his retirement, and the latest moves at the Arnold, Broad, and Silicon Valley Community foundations.
By ANAIS STRICKLAND
Contributor
Girl Scouts’ 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave Is Rarity Among Nonprofits
The organization draws strong praise for its benefit to new mothers and fathers, but nonprofits in general still lag far behind the corporate world.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Giving Via GoFundMe Passes $3 Billion Mark
Also, Amazon raises its profile in Seattle philanthropy amid a downtown building boom, and the NFL de-pinks its annual October cancer campaign.
Sloan Foundation Leader Paul Joskow to Retire Next Year
As head of one of the nation’s biggest philanthropies, Mr. Joskow drove more money to basic science and enlisted other donors to support research.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
How to Build a Communication Plan for a Merger
Two Boston homeless-services charities made sure important constituencies knew about their impending union and got answers to key questions before the merger was made public.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: W. Va. Reviews Ties With Nonprofit in Flap Over Racist Post
Also, the University of California at San Francisco gets a $50 million gift to pursue unconventional medical research, and a foundation official predicts a wave of grant making in support of journalism.
Opinion: Refugee Tech, Hybrid Donors, and 2016’s Other Philanthropy Buzzwords
Technology, politics, and global crises shaped the words we heard this year — and the trends that will become even more important in 2017.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor