What Nonprofit Advocate Pablo Eisenberg Taught Us All About Fighting for Change
Pablo Eisenberg, who died last week, was unparalleled in bringing passion, energy, and fierceness to the fight for justice. See also a tribute to him by the Chronicle’s editor.
By Gary D. Bass and Mark Rosenman
Eisenberg was a longtime nonprofit leader and Chronicle columnist who never pulled punches and was appreciated by admirers and critics alike for his courage and determination to speak his mind.
By STACY PALMER
Chief Executive Officer
Alzheimer’s Association Elevates Next CEO From Within
Also, the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust has chosen its next leader, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation tapped a new chief program officer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Selects New President
Also, GoFundMe appointed the next president of its Classy platform, and the philanthropist Lorry Lokey has died at age 95.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
CEO of RIP Medical Debt Talks About Innovation and Debt Cancellation
Allison Sesso, CEO of RIP Medical Debt, discusses the stigma and burden of medical debt and provides insight into her organization’s innovative model.
Philanthropy Pours More Money Into Advancing Economic Wealth of Latinos
Community foundations and other grant makers saw during Covid and the racial reckoning that Latinos were often failing to get a share of government or banking aid to build their businesses. Now they are trying to turn things around.
By Kay Dervishi
Contributor
A new study by the Council on Foundations finds that grant makers are boosting benefits to make up for lack of pay raises. Meanwhile, the boards of foundations aren’t keeping up with strides in race and gender diversity of staff.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Sandra Breka Tapped as COO at Open Society Foundations
Also, Enterprise Community Partners named two interim co-CEOs to replace Priscilla Almodovar, and the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles has appointed a new CEO to succeed its longtime leader in January.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Walton Foundation’s Caryl Stern Plans to Step Down After Pandemic Leadership
The nonprofit veteran said she wanted to focus on advancing social change in different ways. Stern’s prior leadership role at Unicef helped her move quickly to advance an ambitious response to the pandemic, which erupted just six weeks after she took over the foundation.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Major Federal Funding to Close the Digital Divide Won’t Succeed Without Philanthropic Support
Digital inequity touches nearly every issue grant makers care about. Yet connecting marginalize people has remained an elusive goal for decades. New government investments totaling $42 billion have the potential to finally change that picture but will require targeted donor dollars to reach their potential.
By Lynette Bell and Larry Irving
Wheelchairs Offer Independence and Dignity
Free Wheelchair Mission manufacturers low-cost, durable wheelchairs and then partners with organizations in developing countries to distribute them
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Lumina Foundation Names First Vice President of Equity, Culture, and Talent
Also, the Wege Foundation has hired a new CEO, and Year Up promoted its next president from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Smart Fundraising: How to Streamline and Innovate
In the lead up to the year-end fundraising season, nonprofits can benefit from trying out innovative strategies for connecting with donors, say three development leaders during an online briefing organized by the Chronicle.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
If Foundations Want to Encourage Transparency, They Should Look in the Mirror
Grant makers are big proponents of transparency for everyone but themselves. To live up to their professed standards, they should embrace the same practices required of public companies and make available information about their entire operations, including how they invest endowment dollars.
By Clara Miller
Contributor
Fundraisers Earned More in 2021 and Anticipate Higher Wages to Come
More than three-fourths of fundraisers said they planned to stay at their current organization, according to a survey, and among those staying, three-fourths said they expected to earn more in 2022 than last year.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Human Rights Campaign Names a New President; Wells Fargo Foundation Installs Its First Black Leader
Also, the Leon Levy Foundation has promoted its next president from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions