Fresh from announcing a five-year, billion-dollar philanthropic game plan, Google.org is doubling down on evidence-based criminal justice reform. Racial equity is one big priority.
Read MoreWith government at all levels facing fiscal problems, more donors are stepping forward to pay for public services. We dive into the latest example—and the tricky issues raised by such giving.
Read MoreFive months after its launch, the fund, seeded with money from Gund's sale of Roy Lichtenstein's "Masterpiece," announced its first round of grants, with a surprising focus on literary organizations.
Read MoreThis year, 700,000 people will be released from jails and prisons across the country. Forty percent will return. Some foundations see college as a key to breaking this cycle.
Read MoreThe first pay for success model has been launched in Los Angeles County, with the hope that permanent supportive housing can reduce the cycle of homeless people revolving through the criminal justice system.
Read MoreThe Trump administration may like the idea of locking people up and throwing away the key. But local officials of both parties are keen to lower the costs of mass incarceration. MacArthur is helping them.
Read MoreThe Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has lately been a leader on arts funding to advance social change. We talk to the foundation's Risë Wilson about how criminal justice moved front and center in this work.
Read MoreWhile yet another mass shooting is unlikely to bring a strong federal response, the good news is that funders and advocates are doing more to tackle gun violence at the local level, including in California.
Read MoreChris Stone is out as president of OSF. What led to his departure from one of the world's largest foundations? And what challenges, internal and external, does OSF face as it confronts a new era of authoritarianism?
Read MoreAmid a spike in homicides, Chicago's top funders are partnering to stem the deadly tide, putting the city on the forefront of a growing national push by grantmakers to reduce the carnage from guns.
Read MoreWilliam R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust isn't a well known name in philanthropy, but it's made some sizeable grants lately to address community violence and advance racial equity more broadly.
Read MoreThe first anti-trafficking group in the U.S., working locally with survivors who've escaped bondage, is now going stronger than ever. Where does its funding come from?
Read MoreIf there's an "it" organization in the criminal justice space right now, it's Measures for Justice, which is attracting support from a growing list of top funders. What's all the excitement about?
Read MoreWith an epidemic of gun violence creating a sense of crisis in Chicago and other cities, some funders are stepping up with new grantmaking efforts, including Google.org and MacArthur.
Read MoreAfter years of deadlock on an issue that seems hopelessly polarized, some funders feel new optimism as they invest in state and local strategies to prevent gun violence.
Read MoreThe California-based Sierra Foundation tried working within the system to improve how juvenile offenders are treated by the law. When that approach hit roadblocks, it switched strategies.
Read MoreRising interest among funders in criminal justice has coincided with another trend in philanthropy: new excitement about the potential of better data and evidence-based solutions. How's this playing out?
Read MoreEven as another multi-million dollar Koch gift goes out the door to curb draconian criminal justice policies, the jury remains deadlocked about the motives for this philanthropy.
Read MoreTrump's election hasn't slowed philanthropy's drive to reform U.S. criminal justice systems. Most of the reform action is local, which is exactly where top funders are directing a rising flow of grant dollars.
Read MoreReeling from defeats in November, opponents of the death penalty are still winning the long game. We look at the top funders behind a slow, steady movement to change attitudes and policy.
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