‘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 Editor, Foundations
A New Book Discusses How Nonprofits Can Succeed With Business Concepts (Podcast)
The author Jim Collins says running a social-sector enterprise is far more complex than running a business, because “money is an input, but not an output.”
Gaining a Say: Lifting Up Philanthropy’s Unheard Voices
Grant makers, board members, journalists, conference organizers, and others can do far more to ensure that it’s not just powerful men who get to offer critiques of giving.
By JEN BOKOFF
Contributor
How the Environmental Defense Fund Is Working to Reduce Emissions Worldwide (Podcast)
Its goal is a 45-percent reduction in emissions by 2025.
Aileen Getty and Rory Kennedy Lead New Climate Fund to Support Activists and Protesters
Trevor Neilson, one of the leaders of the new fund, said the goal is to ratchet up the level of urgency by supporting those who are “screaming loudly that our government is not taking action.”
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Helping Government Workers Learn Is Crucial to Social Change
Savvy grant makers have recognized that instead of lobbying to advance a specific solution, they must recognize the needs of government workers and adapt programs to incorporate their concerns.
Health Care for People — and for the Planet
People living in rainforests survive in part by cutting down trees and selling the wood, which contributes to climate change. Health in Harmony is trying to change that.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
Editor’s Notebook: How We Make Decisions About Advertising
Why the Chronicle chose to publish a full-page ad from the Federation for American Immigration Reform attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center.
By STACY PALMER
Contributor