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Four More Years of the Rich Getting Richer? The Election and Billionaire Giving
Koreatown Community Center Shows Off Place-Based, Multisector Funding in L.A.
How Is Philanthropy Stepping Up to Meet the Mental Health Crisis?
Three Years Since It Went Public, What Should We Make of Lukas Walton’s Philanthropic Project?
Philanthropy’s 30 Most Powerful Couples
How a Foundation Is Stepping Up for Military Kids Facing Mental Health Challenges
Legacy Foundations Love Listing Out Their Grants. Billionaire Givers? Not So Much
Visit the website of a major legacy foundation and almost without exception you will find one of the hallmarks of philanthropic transparency: a grants database. But if you’re hoping for the same from America’s biggest individual donors, you’re often … [Read more...] about Legacy Foundations Love Listing Out Their Grants. Billionaire Givers? Not So Much
Who’s Backing Rural Ed? A Selection of Key Funders to Know
“Homelessness Is Solvable.” Why Funders Are Flocking to This Housing Nonprofit
Community Solutions, a New York-based, national nonprofit founded by Rosanne Haggerty in 2011, has a bold goal: to put an end to homelessness. Or at least make it “rare and brief.” As its website proclaims, “Homelessness is solvable. This is not a … [Read more...] about “Homelessness Is Solvable.” Why Funders Are Flocking to This Housing Nonprofit
Billionaire Climate Donors’ Interest in Food and Agriculture Is Surging. That’s Helped This Fund Soar
Why Don’t the Wealthy Give More? This Philanthropy Advisor Has Some Ideas
At Inside Philanthropy, we often point out that many of the nation’s wealthiest individuals and institutions give away just a tiny fraction of their vast wealth. We’ve looked at some of the structural factors that make it easier to hold onto … [Read more...] about Why Don’t the Wealthy Give More? This Philanthropy Advisor Has Some Ideas
How the Truist Foundation Takes a Multisector Approach to Economic Development in the South
In the growing world of place-based, multisector partnerships, a new entry comes from the South. Truist Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Truist Financial Corporation (TFC), recently announced a $22 million, … [Read more...] about How the Truist Foundation Takes a Multisector Approach to Economic Development in the South
The Power of Place-Based Partnerships in the Fight for Equity
Last month, a federal appeals court suspended a grant program for Black female entrepreneurs operated by the Fearless Fund, setting a dangerous legal precedent that jeopardizes foundations’ ability and willingness to make identity-based grants to … [Read more...] about The Power of Place-Based Partnerships in the Fight for Equity
A Look at Eight Major Conservation Regrantors Based in the Global North
Summer Reading for Climate Grantmakers — and Other Funders Sweating the Heat
There’s no bad time to start reading up on climate philanthropy. But summer feels like a particularly apt season to learn a bit more about what grantmakers can do about our overheating world.Whether the U.S. heat dome has led you to crank up the AC, … [Read more...] about Summer Reading for Climate Grantmakers — and Other Funders Sweating the Heat
Making the Most of Historic Federal Infrastructure Spending: Seven Funder Efforts to Note
Nearly two years have passed since President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which you may have heard was the largest climate investment in the history of the United States, and there’s still a mind-boggling amount of money to … [Read more...] about Making the Most of Historic Federal Infrastructure Spending: Seven Funder Efforts to Note
Seven Funders Working to Improve Child Welfare and Foster Care
Almost a Year After Launch, What Has Philanthropy’s Leading Climate Bill Implementation Effort Funded?
After months of rumors, the details emerged last July: A handful of the nation’s largest climate funders had joined forces to spend $180 million over the next three years to ensure that the United States’ biggest climate bill in history, the … [Read more...] about Almost a Year After Launch, What Has Philanthropy’s Leading Climate Bill Implementation Effort Funded?
The Nation’s Richest Are Moving Enormous Sums Via LLCs and DAFs. We Should Demand Transparency
It’s easy to lose sight of just how much power today’s billionaire donors wield via their philanthropy. In many cases, the sums they’re spending on tax-deductible giving, often with policy ramifications, dwarf the amounts spent to elect and influence … [Read more...] about The Nation’s Richest Are Moving Enormous Sums Via LLCs and DAFs. We Should Demand Transparency
To Break Down Age Silos, the Eisner Foundation Seeks Intergenerational Innovators
Most of us are aware of this startling fact: Our nation and our world are aging. People over 65 are expected to outnumber those under 18 in the U.S. by 2035. Yet despite growing numbers of older folks, younger people don’t necessarily interact with … [Read more...] about To Break Down Age Silos, the Eisner Foundation Seeks Intergenerational Innovators
Decades in the Making, a New Alliance Is Bringing Together Funds from the Global South
Maria Amália Souza kicked off the December 9, 2021 video conference with a chuckle and a beaming smile. She had waited decades for this moment, but with the pandemic upending everyone’s schedules, she thought no one would show up. She need not have … [Read more...] about Decades in the Making, a New Alliance Is Bringing Together Funds from the Global South
What Is Going on in Education Philanthropy? Here Are the Currents Shaking Up the Field
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series about a wave of disruption in the world of education philanthropy. In the first installment, we took stock of changes underway at major K-12 funders and how it’s impacting grantees. Here, we … [Read more...] about What Is Going on in Education Philanthropy? Here Are the Currents Shaking Up the Field
What Is Going on in Education Philanthropy? Cutbacks and Shifting Strategies Disrupt the Field
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series about a wave of disruption and uncertainty in the world of education philanthropy. Here, we look at changes underway at major K-12 funders and how it’s impacting grantees. In the second … [Read more...] about What Is Going on in Education Philanthropy? Cutbacks and Shifting Strategies Disrupt the Field
By the Numbers, Google Founders’ Philanthropies Are Now Peers to Legacy Giants
Nearly two decades have passed since Google went public and its founders officially joined the billionaire class. Now, a new set of filings show that their philanthropy is starting to rival, at least by the numbers, that of some of the largest and … [Read more...] about By the Numbers, Google Founders’ Philanthropies Are Now Peers to Legacy Giants
10 Funders to Watch in 2024
Following a year in which seismic, disruptive change appeared to level off in philanthropy (though looks can be deceiving, as our latest round of Philanthropy Awards amply illustrates), 2024 may well bring us more of the norm-shattering shifts we’ve … [Read more...] about 10 Funders to Watch in 2024
Rural Capacity Building: New Funding Gives This Appalachia-Based Ed Nonprofit Room to Grow
Education may be one of the top causes philanthropists support, but the sector as a whole often glosses over rural education despite the obvious need there. A recent study by the Center for Public Education found that while rural youth make up nearly … [Read more...] about Rural Capacity Building: New Funding Gives This Appalachia-Based Ed Nonprofit Room to Grow
Philanthropy Awards, 2023
Following a few years of chaotic change and disruption, it’s tempting to view 2023 as a year in which philanthropy slid back into its comfy, often frustrating norms. After all, data is emerging to suggest that there was not, and there probably won’t … [Read more...] about Philanthropy Awards, 2023
These Climate Funders Hired Lobbyists Who Also Work for Fossil Fuel Companies, Report Finds
What exactly does it mean for philanthropy to divest from fossil fuels? Traditionally, the term refers to ridding endowments of any such investments, something only a few philanthropies have pledged to do. But some campaigns have pushed a broader … [Read more...] about These Climate Funders Hired Lobbyists Who Also Work for Fossil Fuel Companies, Report Finds
Gates Sticks With U.S. Antipoverty Giving, But Deeper Structural Questions Remain
The end-of-year “season of giving” isn’t a new phenomenon. Charles Dickens, after all, chose the winter holidays to school Ebenezer Scrooge — and Victorian England — on the scourge of poverty and the corrosive effects of wealth hoarding. The timing … [Read more...] about Gates Sticks With U.S. Antipoverty Giving, But Deeper Structural Questions Remain
