White House Actions on Gun Violence Open Opportunities for More Philanthropic Investment
State and local groups are leading the fight for gun-violence prevention legislation, but they need more resources to get the job done and permanently reform our nation’s gun laws.
By Jen Pauliukonis
Contributor
A Philanthropic Call to Action Against Anti-Asian Hate
As we gather once more in philanthropy’s boardrooms and Zoom rooms, this time to consider our response to escalating racism toward Asian-Pacific Islanders, our organizations have a moral obligation to set the tone for a broader civic response.
By Cathy Cha and Robert K. Ross
When it Comes to Voting Rights, Philanthropy Needs to Act Like Every Day Is Election Day
Growing state efforts to restrict voting access threaten our democracy and the causes foundations care about. We need to start fighting back now.
By Geri Mannion
Contributor
Government, Nonprofits, and Companies Must Unify to Solve Our Biggest Problems
We need all three sectors of society working together to create positive and lasting change. Let’s draw on past successes to get beyond our differences.
By Bill Novelli
Contributor
New Program Trains Athletes in Advocacy and Philanthropy
Players on the Indiana Fever WNBA team are the first group in the new program designed to train professional athletes in how to choose a cause they care about and inspire people to support it.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Nonprofits Step Up to Bolster Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts
International aid groups, social service organizations, advocacy nonprofits and others are all doing what they can to ensure vaccines get to people of color, the homeless, and other people in need.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Our Nation Cannot Heal Without First Acknowledging Who Made Us Sick
Too many of our ultrarich citizens and philanthropists have enabled, abetted, or turned a blind eye to extremism.
As Attacks on Reproductive Rights Grow, Philanthropy Needs to Step Up Support for a Counternarrative
Well-funded abortion disinformation campaigns have become a basis for increasingly restrictive state laws. Grant makers should join forces with a cadre of scrappy nonprofits to fight back.
By Nina Sachdev
Contributor
Optimism Has Long Been Fuel for Philanthropy. It Still Should Be, if It’s the Right Kind
As the Biden administration takes off and vaccinations begin to slow the deadly Covid virus, this could be the moment to wed a conviction that things will get better with a chastened self-examination from those who have already been doing well.
By Benjamin Soskis
Contributor
Ga. Senate Runoff Shows Philanthropy’s Power to Mobilize Voters
Political donors poured more than $800 million into the two U.S. Senate races in Georgia. But a coalition of nonprofits with a much smaller budget may have made a huge difference in getting people out to vote in the run-off election, which resulted in a pair of Democratic victories last week.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Our Democracy Is Faltering, but We Can’t Rely on Philanthropy to Save It
When private wealth and philanthropy continually come to the rescue, we lose sight of the benefits of a representative democracy in which taxes provide for the common good and elected representatives uphold and respect the democratic process.
By Ellen Friedman
Contributor
Photo Competition Chronicles Life During Covid
The pictures document poignant stories of everyday people struggling to survive the disease and the economic fallout it has caused.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Influences on Trump Deserve Condemnation
The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol this week is a reminder that we can’t allow charitable organizations to become “moral launderers” for anti-democratic policies, writes the head of a nonprofit loan fund.
Philanthropy Can’t Replace Our Broken Government — but It Can Help Rebuild It
The Trump administration’s failures during the pandemic have revealed government’s essential role in protecting the public welfare. Philanthropists should work to restore that role, rather than simply stepping in to try to fill the breach.
By Loren McArthur
Contributor
Elizabeth McCormack: the Legacy of an Unofficial Power in Big Philanthropy
McCormack, who died in December at 98, was an adviser to the Rockefeller family and served as a trustee of many big foundations and nonprofits. She was one of the first women to have so much power over the distribution of big money, writes Gara LaMarche, her friend and a former president of Atlantic Philanthropies, on whose board she served.
By Gara LaMarche
Contributor
Grant Makers Urged to Stay Focused on Climate Change in Biden Administration
After four years playing defense, leaders fighting climate change have a friend in the White House. That’s no reason for foundations to dial back their efforts on the issue, advocates say.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations