The Onslaught of Anti-Trans Legislation Demands a Crisis Response From Philanthropy
Several women’s funds across the country are showing what an effective response to attacks on trans rights looks like — and why the historic underfunding of the LGBTQ+ community is no longer tenable.
Kendeda Fund’s $30 Million ‘Living Building’: Inspiration for Nonprofits
Diana Blank’s foundation put up $25 million to build the structure — and another $5 million to tell its story and help others launch similar projects.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Nonprofits Often Live on the Fiscal Brink. The Kendeda Fund Did Something About It.
In a rare move by a grant maker, the Kendeda Fund gave $8 million to 37 groups to boost their cash on hand. <b>Plus:</b> Read about why grantees of Diana Blank’s Kendeda Fund say she put on a “<a href="https://staging.philanthropy.com/article/1-billion-of-trust-based-philanthropy-before-mackenzie-scott-there-was-diana-blank"><b>master class</b></a>” during her 30 years of big giving.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
$1 Billion of ‘Trust-Based Philanthropy’: Before MacKenzie Scott, There Was Diana Blank
Why grantees of Diana Blank’s Kendeda Fund say she put on a “master class” during her 30 years of big giving.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Chicago Botanic Garden Receives $21 Million to Save Endangered Plants From Extinction
Also, Baylor College of Medicine has received $30 million to name its new Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower, and the Stupski Foundation awarded $15 million to strengthen health clinics across Hawaii.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofits that help local economies thrive are doing the work needed to promote individual liberty and counter authoritarianism across the globe. Philanthropy should invest in them rather that pouring more funds into big government programs.
By Brad Lips
Contributor
How to Write Grant Proposals That Get Results
Mismatches between the narrative and the budget and misjudgments in the project scope are among the common reasons grant proposals fail.
By Barbara Stratton
Contributor
IBM and Google Commit $150 Million for Quantum Computing
Plus, the University of Kentucky has received $100 million for its College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, and Yosemite National Park will use a $17 million grant to restore its most popular trails and make other improvements.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundations say the summer of protests following his murder changed them forever. But for many racial-justice nonprofits, the free-flowing supply of grants proved to be short-lived.
By Alex Daniels, Marc Gunther and Sono Motoyama
Grant Makers Join Together to Learn About — and Fund — Racial Justice
New pooled funds seek grants from foundations or individuals, aggregate the money, and give it away. The efforts aim to drive fundamental change by building Black nonprofits’ public-policy muscle.
By Marc Gunther
Contributor
Texas Woman’s U. Receives $15 Million to Recruit and Train More Women Airline Pilots
Also, the bank First Horizon has committed $50 million to make grants to nonprofit groups in the southeastern United States, and the InnerScience Research Fund will give up to $10 million to study how meditation may limit the progression of serious illnesses.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Opinion | Corrected: Stand Together’s Call for Philanthropic Pluralism Rings Hollow
Koch umbrella organization has done far more to create polarization than cure it, says the head of the nonprofit UnKoch My Campus.
Ballmer Group Awards $42.5 Million to Help More Than 100 Black-Led Groups Expand
The grants will support organizations that are less than two years old and focused on improving economic mobility.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
House Republican budget proposals over the debt ceiling threaten many programs put in place by FDR and his vice president, Henry A. Wallace. The answer, say their grandsons, is to support social movements that hold those in power accountable.
Woodruff and Whitehead Foundations Commit $100 Million for Low-Cost Housing in Atlanta
Also, the Walton Family Foundation gave $34 million to build a new theater for opera in Arkansas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
East Palestine Disaster Shows How Philanthropy Can Halt Chemical Accidents in Their Tracks
When a derailed train leaked hazardous chemicals into an Ohio community, donors and advocates helped residents get the aid and information they needed. They also demonstrated how to effectively address and prevent future catastrophes.
By Ansje Miller
Contributor