With seed money from Agnes Gund’s Art for Change fund, a new fellowship positions the written word as an important way to help tackle issues related to mass incarceration.
Read MoreWhen a profit-thirsty global corporation causes a devastating public health crisis, what should we think when it steps forward with a modest philanthropic pledge to address that crisis?
Read MoreThe Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is among a handful of major funders that's sticks with water and sanitation issues year in and year out. Its efforts in Ghana showcase the new approach it's now taking.
Read MoreThe Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) believes that supporting fair local economies means questioning the larger status quo. Which funders are behind its approach?
Read MoreFinancier Chris Flowers and his wife Anne have zeroed in on challenges far away in southern Africa and close to home in Harlem. What's the connection? And how does the J.C. Flowers Foundation operate?
Read MoreWith another big foundation joining the battle against disinformation, a division of labor among funders is coming into focus. Who's doing what?
Read MoreThe play movement recently scored a big investment from a relatively new billion-dollar foundation. This isn't the only deep-pocketed funder that backing a drive to expand play opportunities for low-income kids.
Read MoreMaking cities sustainable and resilient demands more money than philanthropy can provide, but foundations are trying to grease the wheels for private investment. A case in point is how Rockefeller is helping Atlanta.
Read MoreWith many experts agreeing that automation threatens to alter the American workforce, some donors are backing work to gauge its economic and societal fallout. Here's an example.
Read MoreData science is a draw for funders looking to unlock new research tools or just to give a school a boost in a hot topic. The latest gift brings together schools from the Bay Area and Israel, from a funder backing both regions.
Read MoreWith more workers—especially millennials—expecting the companies they work for to reflect their values, big changes are afoot in how corporations think about their employee giving and community programs.
Read MoreWith plans to spend a billion dollars in twenty years, the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation has charged into the struggle to revitalize Rust Belt cities. Eyeing new digital opportunities, one of its partners is MIT.
Read MoreAs donors come under greater scrutiny and nonprofits face more criticism for accepting—or keeping—gifts from controversial philanthropists, we look to a 100-year-old classic play for moral guidance.
Read MoreA new report provides an eye-opening snapshot of the private wealth flowing to conquer some of humanity's most intractable problems. But it also spotlights just how few billionaires and big foundations are giving for development.
Read MoreThe JPB Foundation is a rising funder with programs in poverty and the environment. One interest is clean energy in low-income communities, and a new grant backs HBCUs to plan nationwide projects.
Read MoreWhat's the future for this national trade group in an era when philanthropoids can turn to so many other—and more relevant—places for networking, learning, and support?
Read MoreDon't believe the rap that mega-donors now see L.A. as the innovative arts mecca and New York as the calcified city of yesteryear. A major gift to The Shed—by a billionaire Angeleno, no less—suggests otherwise.
Read MoreThe Alliance for Good is a donor-advised fund started by the founders of an up-and-coming health food e-commerce startup. They’re inviting other like-minded millionaires to join and figure out specific causes as a group.
Read MoreMeasured by giving, The Foundation For The Carolinas is now the number two community grantmaker in the country. Rising wealth in the region is one big reason for its surge. But there's more to the story.
Read MoreThe Wallace Foundation's latest Building Audiences for Sustainability Story looks at a theater troupe's successful efforts to attract younger attendees by tapping into the power of market research.
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