Opinion
I Was Recently Detained by ICE. Here’s My Message to Philanthropy
Sitting on the sidelines isn’t an option as immigrant advocates are targeted.
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Foundation Giving
Seeking Rapid Response Grants? These Funds Are Offering Help.
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Featured Newsletters
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Philanthropy This Week
How to Push Back Against a Dangerous Tax Bill (Opinion)
Plus, a 15-month-old Instagram post cost a charity a fourth of its budget; and how to raise money from DAFs -
Philanthropy Today
ICE Detained Me; Here’s My Message to Philanthropy (Opinion)
Plus, tips for finding a nonprofit job in today’s tight market; and a guide to securing rapid-response grants -
Philanthropy Today
How Pope Francis Was More Than a Champion of Social Justice (Opinion)
Interfaith America’s Eboo Patel on the late pontiff’s “gospel of pluralism.” Also: the debut of a new Chronicle podcast on nonprofit leadership
Big Philanthropy
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Interactive
America’s Biggest Donors — the 25th Anniversary of Our Annual Philanthropy 50
Search or browse this year’s list of America’s biggest donors and all the past lists going back to 2000. You can sort by name, amount donated, source of wealth, location, and top cause. -
Philanthropy 50
America’s Mega-Donors Stuck to Their Giving Strategies in 2024
The donor backlash and MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings giving didn’t sway the country’s biggest philanthropists. -
Big Philanthropy
Power Couple Giving: The 10-Year Journey of Steve and Connie Ballmer
A yin-yang approach to philanthropy has shaped the Ballmer Group. But the husband-and-wife founders have remained focused on one goal: Improving economic mobility in the U.S.
Opinion
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‘Five Alarm Fire': How New Tax Law Could Decimate Nonprofits — and What Can Be Done
Local nonprofit leaders in Republican districts need to speak out against proposed changes and ensure lawmakers understand the consequences, suggests a former leader of United Way Worldwide. -
MrBeast’s Buzzy, Clickbait Videos Are Warping Gen Z’s Expectations of Philanthropy
Fundraisers puzzling over how to reach young donors must acknowledge and counter the misconceptions peddled by the influencer. -
Why We Stopped Asking for General Operating Support
When a financially stable nonprofit vacuums up precious dollars, smaller organizations lose out.
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Advice
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8 Ways to Snag a Nonprofit Job in Today’s Tight Market
Think creatively about what you can do, use AI tools wisely, and more tips from experts. -
Listen Now: Steps Leaders Can Take Today to Bridge Divides
Tim Dixon, co-founder of More in Common, joins Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer to offer research-based strategies leaders can use to bridge divides in the workplace and in their communities. Tune in as Stacy asks Tim to walk listeners through his approaches to persuading people with widely different views to unite and get things done. -
Tips to Maintain Your Well-Being Amid Tariffs, Layoffs, and Recession Talk
Nonprofit workers stressed by the uncertainty their groups face should acknowledge their emotions, set limits around work, and find purpose beyond their jobs, experts advise.
Fundraising
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Looking for DAF Donors? Here Are 4 Keys to St. Jude’s Success
The fundraising powerhouse uses every opportunity to let people know it accepts gifts from DAFs, and it tracks data carefully so it can make tailored appeals. -
After Monthslong Search, AFP Has a New CEO
H. Art Taylor knows the nonprofit world well. He served as CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance for 23 years. -
7 Ways to Secure Corporate Partnerships — and Make the Most of Them
Corporate-giving strategists share what works in closing the deal on grants and other valuable types of support from companies.
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The Commons
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Essay
The Pluralism Pope: A Light for Our Dark Divisions
In word and deed, the pontiff preached a gospel of pluralism that is illuminating for advocates working to bring Americans together. -
Technology
How Burnout Led to a Novel Way to Connect Black Women Across Generations
Amid a loneliness epidemic that affects Black women at high rates, can a network of “aunties” help? -
Opinion
7 Things Climate Philanthropy Gets Wrong — and How to Do Better
Let’s stop just blaming Big Oil, Republicans, and apathetic voters. The climate movement needs to reach out to conservatives and integrate ideas of the left and the right.
Technology
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Government & Regulation
How Data Subpoenas and Online Harassment Are Silencing Many Nonprofits
In reaction, targeted nonprofits are developing ‘subpoena playbooks’ and new cybersecurity strategies. -
Tool Kit
How to Keep Your Nonprofit and Its Data Secure
Whether you’re concerned about being hacked, smeared, or harassed, here are some guidelines. -
Technology
How Philanthropy Built, Lost, and Could Reclaim the A.I. Race
Philanthropy helped build artificial intelligence as a nonprofit research field. But as costs soar and corporations take over, donors and grantees are struggling to stay relevant.
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‘There’s a Hurricane Coming': Latino-Led Nonprofits Brace for Hardship Under Trump
There is tremendous pressure on the groups to provide services to their communities amid a flurry of Trump administration policies that affect immigration, higher education, and potential cuts to federal health care programs, advocates say. -
Most U.S. Adults Give to Charity, but Young People Are Less Likely to Donate, Survey Finds
The results of a new poll send mixed messages to fundraisers concerned about a “generosity crisis.” -
Trump Threats to Tax-Exempt Status: Can the Rhetoric Become Reality?
Nonprofits are bracing for what may represent the administration’s most direct action against them to date. Experts caution groups not to panic. -
First, the Vera Institute of Justice Lost Its Federal Grants. Then DOGE Called
Vera’s experience is a ‘harbinger’ for the rest of the nonprofit world, says Nicholas Turner, president of the criminal-justice reform organization. -
Endowments Aren’t Blank Checks — but Universities Can Rely on Them More Heavily in Turbulent Times
The law permits most colleges and universities to increase spending from their endowments in light of financial pressures, the author argues. -
How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
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