Amid stepped-up deportations and mounting panic, new grant money is flowing to legal and advocacy groups, especially in Southern California, where a million undocumented immigrants live.
Read MoreNews out of D.C. provides a striking example of how one school grappling with its past can build for a better future thanks, in part, to foundation assistance.
Read MoreSome of the best legal minds in the nation are in the academy, and donors who figure out how to bring that firepower to bear on public debates—like immigration—can have a big impact. Here's an example.
Read MoreThe Brooklyn Community Foundation recently launched an Immigrant Rights Fund with initial grants going out to a range of nonprofits. What's the plan, here?
Read MoreThe Oscar nominees are finally more diverse this year. And within the film industry itself, one power couple is taking a stand on diversity, and putting up new funding, too: Will and Jada Smith.
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Colin Kaepernick’s name has been in the news lately, as the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers takes a stand (or rather a knee) for racial justice. He's engaged in philanthropy for the cause, too.
Read MoreBillionaire siblings Jon and Pat Stryker are both known for their progressive philanthropy. But where did these values come from? Jon offers IP some insights in explaining a recent gift for a new lynching memorial.
Read MoreThe Brooklyn Community Foundation continues to be at the forefront of backing community-based groups with a racial justice lense. Grants for youth are key to its strategy.
Read MoreTSFF is an edgy and progressive funder that's engaged in a new push to challenge the underlying structures that sustain racial and economic inequities. What's that mean for would-be grantees?
Read MoreThe fight to stop the Dakota Access pipeline underscores a huge unmet need, but also tremendous power, in funding for Native American communities. Can philanthropy rise to the challenge?
Read MoreThere's a reason we included Lebron James on our list of top philanthropists of color. Now's he's made another major gift, this time to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Read MoreThe Open Society Foundations, which knows a thing or two about standing up to intolerance, is mobilizing at a critical moment.
Read MoreA new book takes a deep dive into the cultural factors that shape giving by different groups of Americans and shows how fundraisers can navigate a fast changing demographic landscape.
Read MoreWith Native Americans experiencing high rates of obesity, diabetes, and other nutrition-related health problems, one tribe with a big philanthropic track record is putting millions toward the problem.
Read MoreAfter last night, many might wonder how valuable opinion surveys are. But one effort sees room for a deeper dig into how a growing demographic group, youth of color, thinks. Who's funding this work?
Read MoreThe 2016 election may well hinge on Latino turnout. We look at what funders have been doing in recent years to boost Latino civic engagement, and remake the electoral map.
Read MoreThe Emerald Cities Collaborative is working to ensure low-income communities of color have a strong role in city sustainability efforts. Who's writing the checks?
Read MoreRace has been getting a lot of attention from funders lately, but Atlantic Philanthropies has long been a leader in this area. Now it's aiming to extend that influence for years to come.
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