Amalgamated Bank has been around for a century, while the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation only got started in 2018. But both organizations bring a progressivism to their offerings that’s unusual in corporate giving.
Read MoreThe author and political strategist reflects on his long career in progressive giving — including the early days of the Democracy Alliance, the Obama years, and working with his late wife Susan Sandler to back racial justice leaders.
Read MoreBhargava, a longtime insider and former grantee of the JPB Foundation, will take over from founding donor and president Barbara Picower in February 2024. We connected with him to learn more about the transition.
Read MoreRay Colmenar recently succeeded Lateefah Simon as president of the Oakland-based Akonadi Foundation. We spoke to him about his career, the notion of co-governance, Akonadi’s racial justice commitments and more.
Read MoreJack Dorsey’s star has faded somewhat since he became a high-profile megadonor back in 2021, but his philanthropy is still going strong. We take a look at what Start Small is backing these days.
Read MoreAs left-of-center groups grow ever more reliant on big funders, is there a price to be paid? If and when the liberal donor class pulls back, the fallout may leave its beneficiaries impoverished in multiple ways.
Read MoreBy the numbers, government spending dwarfs philanthropy. Guest author Loren McArthur argues that by pushing forcefully for a more progressive tax system, funders can harness that scale to advance equity-oriented goals.
Read MoreThe Rural Democracy Initiative, Open Society Foundations and more are supporting the Winning Jobs Narrative Project, which aims to build strong progressive messaging about workers, jobs and the economy.
Read MoreWhile we’ve seen some advances in the push for more general operating support, the norm is still restricted funding. Nonprofit veterans share the many ways project grants have led them astray and held back progress.
Read MoreIt’s a very different world than it was when the Democracy Alliance formed, way back in the Bush era. How has this progressive donor powerhouse, once the only game in town, changed over the years? And where is it headed?
Read MoreThe founder of the Democracy Alliance, who died earlier this month, tried to rally progressive funders to copy the Right's infrastructure-building. But wealthy donors had other, less effective, ideas about where to put their money.
Read MoreFor decades, Patricia Bauman has had an outsized impact in progressive philanthropy, as both donor and organizer. She’s now narrowing her foundation’s focus to confront dire threats to democracy.
Read MoreWith a possible midterm wipeout on the horizon, some progressive funders remain committed to vanguard issues that large numbers of the traditional Democratic base don’t prioritize. Is that a problem?
Read MoreStaunchly progressive, Way to Win is an umbrella organization for both philanthropic and political funding. Its Sun Belt-focused strategy faces some headwinds as it seeks to galvanize voters ahead of the midterms.
Read MoreThe Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the nation’s 50 biggest donors reads a lot like a return to 2019—hardly a narrative of surging progressive giving. Even if activist giving is on the upswing, big donors aren’t driving it.
Read MoreWhile some funders do back progressive organizations, the argument that philanthropy has played any major role pushing Democrats to the left misunderstands what is still a very cautious, behaviorally conservative sector.
Read MoreShe’s pretty much the nation’s biggest progressive philanthropist, whether or not she’d use that term. After a third round of grants furthered her commitment to equity work, what can we learn about MacKenzie Scott’s progressivism?
Read MoreStalwart grassroots progressive funder Marguerite Casey Foundation has a new president with ambitious goals for power-building in marginalized communities. We catch up with Dr. Carmen Rojas to find out where she’s taking MCF.
Read MoreIP’s David Callahan talks with Neera Tanden—who leads the Center for American Progress and has been tapped to head OMB—on the center’s work, the donors who support its $50 million budget, and the role of think tanks in shaping policy.
Read MoreThe super-rich are under heavy fire from progressives, especially as they rack up billions while the nation’s vulnerable suffer. So what are we to make of mega-donors now backing justice movements?
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