Plan to Accelerate Giving Would Have Opposite Effect (Letter)
An idea floated by the philanthropist John Arnold and law professor Ray Madoff would take away all the advantages of donor-advised funds and crimp the role of family members in running their foundations.
By baroneditorial
Reporter
A Philanthropist’s Plan to Get the Wealthy to Give More Faces Headwinds
A blueprint for Congress that would add new tax incentives to channel more money from donor-advised funds and foundations to charities is drawing criticism.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Conservative and liberal foundations are putting money into a cadre of nonprofits working to help Americans find common ground on political and public policy matters.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
To Help the Formerly Incarcerated, Support Change at the Intersection of Health and Justice
If philanthropists are genuinely committed to anti-racism, improving public health, and ensuring justice for all, helping formerly incarcerated people integrate successfully into communities is an excellent place to start.
By Paula Thompson and Victoria Palacio
Easy Steps Charities and Foundations Can Take to Safeguard Election Day
Nonprofits can use their skills in mobilizing volunteers to serve as poll workers, their power with mailing houses, and their resources to arrange free rides for voters who can’t afford to get to the polls — all important steps in a time of social distancing.
By Jamison Shipman and Garrett Pratt
Philanthropy Must Confront Our Country’s History of Racist Immigration Policies
Anti-immigrant policies have been propelled in part by foundation-financed hate groups, says the head of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.
By Daranee Petsod
Contributor
Nonprofits Call on Congress to Enact More Relief Now
The leaders of 38 national nonprofits pressed Congress and the White House to negotiate a Covid relief package now, and not to wait until after the election.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Foundations Should Give Employees Paid Time Off on Election Day
We need to back up philanthropic efforts to support democracy and ensure a fair election by making certain our own staffs and our grantees can fully exercise their rights as citizens on November 3, say Ellen Dorsey and Darren Walker.
By Ellen Dorsey
Contributor
Philanthropy Can’t Support the Common Good When It Supports White Supremacy (Letter to the Editor)
Nonprofits that are at the vanguard of advancing nationalism don’t deserve philanthropic support, write two leaders of advocacy groups.
Chronicle Failure on Immigration Interview Hurts All Nonprofits
All of us should expect nonprofits, philanthropists, and the media that covers them to rely on accurate data, provide complicated context, and invite public scrutiny, writes a philanthropy scholar.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor
‘Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win’
Foundations are putting unprecedented billions into racial equity, but some grant makers worry that too little is going to grassroots movements.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
We Can’t Forget About Africa During the Covid-19 Crisis
As cases grow, helping Africa expand its network of community health workers and providing them with desperately needed personal protective equipment and training should be a top priority for donors, says leaders of the African Philanthropy Forum.
By Tsitsi Masiyiwa, English Sall and Jeff Walker
How to Accelerate Equity, From the Founder of a Leadership-Training Group (Podcast)
Monisha Kapila of ProInspire discusses 16 leadership practices to follow and the unique challenges leaders of color face.
A New Move to Limit the Census Will Harm Virtually Every Cause
Foundations and nonprofits need to do all they can to oppose the Commerce Department’s plan to cut short the count, say the leaders of five foundations.
How the PowerUp Fund Is Aiding Small Businesses (Podcast)
This episode of the Business of Giving podcast features Ana Marie Argilagos, president of the Hispanics in Philanthropy, a grant-making organization that helps Latinx communities.
Coronavirus Exposes Gaps in Digital Voter Mobilization
As the pandemic makes person-to-person canvassing difficult, nonprofits push get-out-the-vote efforts online.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor