A new funding effort aims to unite gender and climate justice movements in the South, a region that philanthropy often overlooks. Women of color are the driving force behind this initiative, which just released its first grants.
Read MorePowered by historic wealth creation and new efforts at collaboration, a stronger ecosystem of grantmakers has emerged in the Southeast in recent years. Now, these investments are paying off as funders come together to meet a crisis.
Read MoreClimate change is altering the physical landscape of Louisiana—and causing deep societal impacts, rooted in generations of systemic racism. One state community foundation is backing local leaders to drive the response.
Read MoreThe Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area supports communities in both Georgia and South Carolina. Here are a few important things to know about how this funder supports its region.
Read MoreBank foundations play a big role in local and regional philanthropy scenes, especially in the South. So there are good reasons to pay attention to a new grantmaker in Charlotte, North Carolina, that’s the result of a $28 billion bank merger.
Read MoreHigher ed donors are stepping up support for programs focused on conservation, climate change and other green issues. A donation for a new interdisciplinary center at William & Mary shows how such gifts can play out.
Read MoreMany college grads are buried in debt or even unemployed at a time when well-paying skilled trade jobs are going unfilled. More funders see an opportunity in this dichotomy, including the foundations of two Home Depot billionaires.
Read MoreFounded by New Orleans activists and a wealthy donor, the Weavers Fellowship takes an unconventional approach to funding movement building and offers a window into emerging efforts for radical philanthropy reform.
Read MoreThe J. L. Bedsole Foundation specifically focuses its attention on five Alabama counties. Here are details about this accessible funder’s grantmaking in human services and other local needs.
Read MoreThere are many under-resourced places in the U.S. with failing schools. But not all of them are ripe for multi-sector partnerships to improve outcomes. Here’s how the stars aligned—and the money followed—in one African American community.
Read MoreWith Miami on the international arts map thanks to Art Basel, funders are now focusing their efforts on building a strong arts ecosystem in the city. As part of this push, billionaire Jorge M. Pérez is building a new private museum and art center.
Read MoreEven as Opportunity Zones draw fire as a giveaway to wealthy investors, more nonprofits, foundations and local governments are backing efforts to make the new law work. A case in point is an ambitious statewide initiative in Alabama.
Read MoreA new health conversion foundation just emerged in North Carolina and is developing strategy for its first round of grantmaking. The opioid epidemic will likely be a focus. We talk to the chair of DHT’s board of directors to learn more.
Read MoreMike Fernandez is another top Republican turned off by Trump and the GOP’s rising xenophobia. Through his philanthropy, he’s been supporting immigrants under pressure in Florida. He‘s also deeply committed to education.
Read MoreA rare opportunity to conserve a large swath of land led the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to make a large and unusual program-related investment. But the sustainable forestry model behind this move is not without its critics.
Read MoreAfter selling his tech company, Brian Hamilton started a foundation to scale up work he’d been doing for many years to help formerly incarcerated individuals start businesses. But the foundation’s work has expanded beyond that.
Read MoreAs state governments cuts support for the arts, regional donors often try to fill the gap. For a particularly stark example of this phenomenon, we turn our attention to Florida, where private wealth is offsetting some cuts to public arts funding.
Read MoreGilead Sciences is a leading player in HIV/AIDS funding in the U.S. South, with a major grantmaking program aimed at tackling an epidemic that’s still raging in this part of the country. Where’s the money going?
Read MoreThe creation of a new organization tasked with supporting Northwest Arkansas’ growing arts ecosystem represents the latest phase in Alice Walton and her family’s plans to make their home region into a cultural hotspot.
Read MoreElizabeth and Kevin Phillips found themselves on the leading edge of a seismic shift in giving when the young couple assumed leadership of Kevin’s family foundation. The choices they’ve made offer insights into how “generation impact” thinks.
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