The Microsoft alums are major donors who are building a brain trust of the best minds in philanthropy to understand how race undergirds big problems like homelessness and educational disparities.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
How the Roosevelt Institute Carries On Its Namesake’s Progressive Legacy (Podcast)
The nonprofit arm of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library works with students, policymakers and the media to promote long-held values and ideals of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in today’s context.
How the Trevor Project’s Hotline Is Saving the Lives of LGBTQ Youths (Podcast)
The staff of the nonprofit, whose mission is to prevent suicides, includes a medical director, mental-health professionals, and social workers.
How the Center on Addiction Helps Families Overcome Substance Abuse (Podcast)
The center focuses on helping families with prevention and recovery, new treatment and research, new media efforts to change the culture of addiction, and advocacy for coverage by insurers.
A Master Class for Philanthropy in Listening
Family Pictures USA, a new PBS program, offers tools that foundations and nonprofits can use to conduct their own community photo-sharing events to help people understand that difference is what weaves together the American fabric.
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
How an Estate-Planning Tool Can Help Fundraisers Win Bequests (Podcast)
FreeWill has raised more than $700 million for charities over the past few years.
It’s Time to Bring Back America’s Noble Impulses
‘Realists’ who say equality, a living wage, and environmentalism are fine in theory but not in practice need to turn to more noble ambitions. Philanthropy can lead the way.
By GRANT OLIPHANT
Contributor
‘If It Were Easy, Someone Would Have Done It Already’
After traveling to Ghana 10 years ago, she came back wanting to invest in low-cost schools that could be a global force for improved education.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
What to Do When a Fundraiser on Your Team Gets Another Job Offer
There’s a good chance that money isn’t the reason for the switch. Also, a bidding war for development professionals has contributed to the epidemic of job hopping.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
How the American Museum of Natural History Uses New Programs to Teach Science (Podcast)
The New York City institution is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
Trump’s Racist Tweets Prompt Foundations to Speak Out
Several grant makers, including the Barr Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation spoke out about the president’s recent statements.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Giving the Poor a Voice — With Help From the Rich
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of several much-acclaimed books on the working class, formed a nonprofit that finances journalists to do in-depth reporting about those losing out as inequality grows. More and more, she’s winning grants from the nation’s biggest foundations and billionaire donors.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
How Arne Duncan’s Nonprofit Seeks to End Gun Violence in Chicago (Podcast)
The organization, started by the former Obama administration education secretary, provides education, mentorship, and therapy for boys and men ages 17 to 24.
Foundations Buy Historic African-American Photo Archive
The grant makers will donate the archives to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Getty Research Institute, and other leading cultural institutions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Upsolve Helps Low-Income Americans Get Out of Debt (Podcast)
The legal-services provider, founded by two lawyers, helps people achieve a fresh start through Chapter 7 bankruptcy at no cost.
Tiny Grant Maker North Star Points the Way to Big Shake-Up in Philanthropy
Its “participatory grant making” model, where control of the money is ceded to the community it serves, has drawn notice from bigger foundations and young philanthropists.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter