Major Funders Bet Big on Rural America and ‘Everyday Democracy’
Takeaways from a new $50 million venture with national grant makers investing in philanthropy-starved rural America: “No one is coming to do this work for us.”
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
The nonprofit Big Sunday is defying the downturn in volunteerism as it pursues founder David Levinson’s dual mission: community service that builds community.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
6 Ways a Volunteer Program Can Burst the Bubbles We Live In
One tip from a charity leader with a 25-year track record of success: Ask those on the receiving end of charity to help, too.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
A Hopeful New Way to Pursue Racial Equity
The Chronicle talks to social-justice advocate john a. powell and structural-racism scholar Stephen Menendian about how philanthropy can help end society’s marginalization of “others.”
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
An Activist and an Adversary Found Common Ground. Making Change Proved Harder
Leah Garcés ran hard-hitting animal-rights campaigns. Craig Watts raised 700,000 chickens on a factory farm. Their partnership can be celebrated, but collaboration has its limits.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
The Exodus of Everyday Donors Is Bad for America. Here’s How to Stop It.
The decline in charitable giving by average Americans threatens democracy. Among the solutions: pooled micro-donations, giving incentives, and a focus on the donor relationship.
By Victoria Vrana
Contributor
The PEN America Crisis, Free Speech, and the Future of Big Tent Organizations
Foundations that fund organizations focused on free speech and bridging ideological divides must ask themselves which ideas are worth defending.
By Joel Simon
Contributor
Promoting Trust in Elections Is Crucial to Bridge-Building Work
An article missed a key element of nonprofit efforts to strengthen democracy — establishing faith in elections.
New Builders Initiative Looks to Fight Polarization by Encouraging Collaboration and Alliances
Among the coalition members: entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber, journalist Katie Couric, and Lonnie Ali, director of the Muhammad Ali Center,.
By Glenn Gamboa
AP Business Writer
“These days, it seems so easy to hear opinions of what people are against,” wrote CEO Scott Harrison. “But there’s also something powerful about being for something good.”
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects