Ten years after Sandy Hook, it has fresh voices, more clout, and even a new name. Is that enough?
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Advice for the Gun-Safety Movement From a Former NRA Lobbyist
John Goodwin broke with the gun-rights giant because it balked at even common-sense measures. Now he warns his former opponents not to do the same.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
From Newtown to Uvalde: Growth in Gun-Violence Philanthropy and a New Mind-Set for a Movement
How a decade between the two largest school shootings opened a new flow of grant dollars and ushered in a strategic rethinking of gun-control efforts.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Gun Violence, President Biden, and Philanthropy: An Activist Talks About What’s Next
Politicians on both sides of the aisle stand in the way of preventing tragedies like the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., says the founder of Guns Down America.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Black Lives Matter Protests Are Shaping How People Understand Racial Inequality
Researchers found that the protests were able to shift attention toward an agenda of building an anti-racist society and changed how people learn about issues that involve police violence, mass incarceration, and other systemic problems in Black communities.
The organization has long been pushing donors to direct money toward nonprofits they may have never heard of before — small charities working to rebuild communities. Its peers around the country have taken notice.
By dan.parks
Contributor
How Nonprofits Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis
Opioid manufacturers donated tens of millions of dollars to patient-advocacy and physicians’ groups. Those organizations downplayed addiction risks and helped create a massive market for deadly pain killers.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Disabled People Are Not Invisible — Even if Grant Makers Too Often Overlook Us
A disabled woman working in philanthropy says a Chronicle opinion piece on advancing equity in “invisible” communities “perpetuates the very invisibility it pushes against.”
To Save American Democracy, Donors Should Trade Tax Breaks for Political Wins
One year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, grant makers need a much more powerful response to the continuing spread of right-wing extremism. That should include more direct funding of political organizations and candidates — and a less exclusive focus on organizations with charity status.
By PAMELA SHIFMAN and Lateefah Simon
$1 Billion in Gifts Attracts New Attention to the Rules on Charities and Political Giving
The New Venture Fund doubled its donations last year, becoming what some see as a liberal powerhouse to counter Charles Koch’s support of conservatives charities and advocacy groups.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Saving our democracy will require remaking a civil society that not only reckons with the legacy and harms caused by racism but intentionally brings together workers of all races, unites urban and rural communities, and creates opportunity for all Americans.
By Loren McArthur
Contributor
What to Do About Facebook? Nonprofits Weigh Benefits Against Ethical Concerns
Many organizations are uncomfortable with the way the social network operates, but few feel they can forgo access to the billions of people who use it.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Charity Advocates Push to Extend Expiring Tax Breaks for Giving
The most likely path to enactment would be inclusion in a broader package of year-end tax provisions.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Nonprofit Advocates Praise House Passage of Build Back Better Legislation
The measure includes $30 billion for a Civilian Climate Corps as well as money to significantly expand the federal safety net.
By dan.parks
Contributor
GiveDirectly’s Paul Niehaus Discusses Direct Cash Transfers and Trust
Niehaus also explains why trusting those in need with cash is effective, and when an alternative is better.
To Stop Gun Violence, Grant Makers Need to Follow the Covid-19 Collaborative Playbook
Rather than trying to devise its own solutions, philanthropy should collectively support approaches that combine changes in government policy with community action.
By Burgundi Allison and DAVID BROTHERTON