Rebecca Rimel to Step Down as CEO of Pew Charitable Trusts
She oversaw one of the most stunning changes in the philanthropy world, shifting a wealthy family fund to charity status so it could do more advocacy and political work. That change paved the way a generation later for donors like Mark Zuckerberg, Pricilla Chan, and Laurene Powell Jobs to eschew the typical foundation structure of their philanthropic work.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
What Grant Makers Can Do to Help Small, Local Nonprofits Thrive
Multiyear general support is essential. So is help paying salaries of talented staff members.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
Editor’s Notebook: Urgent Calls to Action
More and more foundation CEOs are offering their ideas for how philanthropy can do better. A look inside the Chronicle’s opinion section.
Real Equity Means Including People With Disabilities in Philanthropy
Fifteen grant makers are providing $10 million in a push to make sure foundations are hiring and getting advice from people with physical, mental, and other disabilities.
By Darren Walker and Rich Besser
Justice Funders wants to weaken top-down decision-making at foundations and expand the scope of grantee influence. The group already has a big footprint in California and hopes its ideas catch fire nationwide.
By Alex Daniels and Ben Gose
The Giving Impulse: One Family’s Story
One of them worked as a counselor. Another worked as a teacher in low-income communities. Here’s how heirs to the Procter & Gamble fortune nurtured a culture of philanthropy for more than a century.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Benefits of a ‘Blended’ Campaign
The tally includes revenue from sources not usually counted, such as government grants and contracts. Donors like these drives because the combined money fuels greater results.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Nonprofits Named in Opioid Lawsuit Stay Mum About Ties to Sacklers
The lawsuit names several New York cultural institutions as beneficiaries of Sackler donations, then accuses the family of using their philanthropy “to cover up their misconduct.”
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Foundations Must Do Far More to Aid Transgender People
More than 30 foundations pledge to speak out against the vicious abuses such people face and to provide support for a burgeoning activist movement.
Purdue Pharma Will Pay $103 Million to Create Addiction Institute: Grants Roundup
Also, the Lilly Endowment gave almost $31 million to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and the John Pritzker Family Fund will spend $25 million to expand a San Francisco park system.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Venture Capital Overlooks Women and Minorities; Philanthropy Should Step In, Study Says
Foundation leaders and individual donors will miss out on key investments if they don’t diversify whom they invest in.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Preventing War Should Get More of Philanthropy’s Attention
Less than 1 percent of giving goes toward work to prevent conflict. Figuring out where to give is hard but here are some ways foundations and big donors could make a real difference.
By NICK SCOTT
Contributor
Campaign Urges DAF Providers Not to Give to Hate Groups
A drive called Hate Is Not Charitable is the brainchild of the Amalgamated Foundation, More than two dozen grant makers and other groups have joined the effort.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Arnold Ventures Promises $39 Million for Pretrial Justice Reform: Grants Roundup
Also, the Petco Foundation awards $14 million to pet shelters, and Bloomberg Philanthropies puts up $10 million to reduce opioid overdoses in Michigan.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New $20 Million Fund Aims to End Sexual Harassment Against Low-Income Women
The money will come from nearly a dozen organizations, including the Ford Foundation and CBS, and will seek to protect women in the workplace and in schools, health-care facilities, and prisons.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
What It Takes to Persuade Affluent Donors to Aid Fledgling Efforts to Save the World
Pooled funds and savvy nonprofit board members are keys to unlocking all the money now sitting on the sidelines as wealthy people struggle to figure out where their dollars will do the most good.
By Mark Grayson
Contributor