August 16, 2017
Bill Gates announced the "Mosquito War" bed-net campaign a day after federal filings revealed his huge stock donation to his charity. Also, the MacArthur Foundation funds efforts to promote diversity in documentary filmmaking, and the Rockefeller Foundation backs bonds to help cities deal with fierce storms.
August 16, 2017
The share of money that nonprofits get from corporations hasn’t budged in a decade, even as businesses can afford to do more and the need for aid keeps rising.
August 15, 2017
Pledging more money and starting new programs is not enough to curb hate and promote diversity and equity. Grant makers must listen and learn to understand what kind of help is really needed.
August 15, 2017
Mainstream online-fundraising firms say hosting campaigns to raise legal-defense funds for James Fields would violate their policies on hate speech. Also, humanitarian groups suspend Mediterranean migrant-rescue missions, fearing clashes with Libya's beefed-up Coast Guard.
August 15, 2017
Fundraisers and marketing consultants share tips for producing materials with diverse audiences in mind.
August 14, 2017
A Chronicle chart lists major commitments grant makers linked directly to administration policies or more generally to the shifting political environment.
Special Report
August 01, 2017
The Chronicle staff reports on colleges, hospitals, social-service organizations, and other nonprofits that took a risk and got results.
August 14, 2017
In the wake of the violence at a white-supremacist rally in Virginia, the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center said the president’s chief strategist and other White House figures they link to white nationalism must go.
August 14, 2017
Foundations and nonprofits would do better to tackle the problems that led to the president’s rise, such as the opioid crisis, rural unemployment, and the sources of anger at elites.
August 14, 2017
Activists normally allied with the civil-liberties group blasted its legal defense of the free-speech rights of white supremacists who rallied in the Virginia city. Also, Microsoft billionaire Steve Ballmer establishes a philanthropic beachhead in his native Detroit.
August 14, 2017
The sixth in a series of conversations with semifinalists in the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change contest covers the Carter Center’s efforts to wipe out the parasitic infection in Nigeria.
