Grant Maker Responses for Nonprofits in Need Vary Widely
The Ford Foundation is easing restrictions on many of its existing grants. Other foundations have set up rapid response funds, while some are taking a wait-and-see approach.
By MICHAEL THEIS and Alex Daniels
As Disasters Go, Coronavirus Impact on Philanthropy Unprecedented and ‘Crazy’
Regine Webster, who leads the grant making and consulting teams for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, talked with the Chronicle about how the coronavirus is different from anything the center has dealt with previously.
By MICHAEL THEIS
Contributor
A Novel Opportunity to Strengthen Public Trust in the Nonprofit World (Opinion)
Foundations and charities can play a calming role and remind our millions of constituents that we will be there during and after the crisis.
By DAN CARDINALI
Contributor
Coronavirus ‘Rapid Response’ Funds Proliferate as Threat Grows
Also, a coalition of 30 national nonprofits and charity advocacy groups is urging Congress to include nonprofits in any stimulus package enacted in response to the coronavirus.
By dan.parks
Contributor
How to Help the Most Vulnerable Through the Pandemic
The coronavirus will take a greater toll on people who were marginalized before the crisis started. It isn’t too late for the nonprofit world to do something about it.
By Lauren A. Smith
Contributor
New Health Foundation Commits $150 Million in Inaugural Round of Giving (Grants Roundup)
Also, two grant makers pledge a total of $75 million to develop antiviral drugs to treat the new coronavirus, and the W.M. Keck Foundation gives Linfield College $10 million for a new science facility.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How We Can Stop Hate Groups From Abusing Philanthropy to Raise Money
Hate groups have attracted millions of dollars by using the tax code to provide a veneer of respectability. But here are steps we can take to mitigate the spread of bias and terror attacks.
By Willemijn Keizer
Contributor
6 Steps for Grant Makers to Take Now to Ensure Nonprofits Recover From Coronavirus Spread
Lack of flexible funds and reserves will cripple many nonprofits; grant makers can help by loosening reporting rules and restrictions and maintaining grant levels even as the stock-market swoon hurts their endowments.
$3 Million in Grants Will Seek to Curb Violence Against Women
The new grants are the first round of a $20 million, five-year effort involving foundations like Ford and NoVo.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Philanthropy Needs a New Playbook to Fund Systems Change
If we’re serious about tackling the root cause of problems, we need long-term grants and more unrestricted aid. What’s more, we need grant makers who acknowledge what they don’t know and who turn to social entrepreneurs for their expertise.
By Michael Zakaras and Manmeet Mehta
Coronavirus Giving Tops $1 Billion Worldwide
At least $729 million has been pledged from sources based in China, and $182 million from U.S. sources, including $100 million from the Gates Foundation, according to Candid, a foundation research group.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $65 Million to Aid Low-Earning American Families (Grants Roundup)
Also, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has received $36 million to expand mental-health care for young people, and Bridgewater Associates has sent $5 million to support medical aid for people with coronavirus in China.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Philanthropy Can Test Innovative Ideas for Climate Change
More than 70 organizations have joined forces to focus on vulnerable islands, which are on the front lines of this evolving catastrophe and small and nimble enough to pursue what works to build resilience.
Many Small Foundations Wary of Impact Investing
Thirty-eight percent say it will hurt returns, and 36 percent say they lack the capacity to do it, according to a report from Exponent Philanthropy.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Leader Helps Mobilize Asian Americans for Big Impact in Elections
EunSook Lee, executive director of the Asian American Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Fund, has accelerated grant making to groups to be ready ahead of the primaries and the conventions.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
How Films and Philanthropy Can Bring About Social Change
The Oscars are one way of judging a movie’s success, but other measurements tell far more about how films can influence people and policies.
By Vincent Stehle
Contributor