Alex Daniels
Senior Reporter
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
202-466-1221
Before joining the Chronicle in 2013, Alex covered Congress and national politics for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He covered the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns and reported extensively about Walmart Stores for the Little Rock paper.
Alex was an American Political Science Association congressional fellow and also completed Paul Miller Washington Reporting and International Reporting Project fellowships.
Stories by this Author
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Philanthropy ResearchHow to Unlock More Gifts: New Research Says Enhancing Psychological Well-Being Is Key
Impact isn’t the only thing big donors care about; they often want to be part of a large community, says a new study of people with at least $1 million in assets. -
Foundation Giving
Gates Foundation to Increase Funding to $8.3 Billion This Year
The grant maker predicts its annual grant budget will grow to $9 billion by 2026. -
Foundation Giving
A Family Fund’s Response to the Racial Reckoning: Give All Its Assets to One Black-Focused Nonprofit
A Baltimore foundation gave nearly all of its $1 million in assets to resuscitate a nonprofit newspaper. Its goal: to put the money in the hands of a Black-led charity and counter the idea it’s enough just to give to racial-equity organizations -
Government and Regulation
Charities Lose Fight to Persuade Lawmakers to Adopt New Giving Incentives
Nonprofits say they will make a push again in 2023 to allow everyone to write off their gifts to charity. -
Philanthropists
Bill Gates Says His Giving Approach Won’t Change — Even as MacKenzie Scott and Others Shift Philanthropy
He says his hands-on approach is working, as he laments inaction on climate change and the way the pandemic upended progress on fighting disease. -
Government and Legislation
Nonprofits Urged to Move Fast to Push Their Agendas in Congress
An influx of new lawmakers means the best chance for action on the charitable deduction and other issues nonprofits care about is during the next few weeks, when the old Congress will be moving through legislation, advocates say. But it’s also crucial to start educating new lawmakers who don’t understand how nonprofits and foundations work, they said. -
Giving
Donors Added $73 Billion to Their Donor-Advised Funds Last Year. More Than $243 Billion Is Now Available to Flow to Charity.
Some $46 billion flowed to working charities last year, and now more money is available even as the stock market has been on a rollercoaster and could dampen charitable giving. -
Election Analysis
Nonprofits Could Benefit From Tuesday’s Divided Election Results
Lack of a decisive victory for either party means that nonprofits could have a stronger chance of getting legislation they care about moving, including extending access to the charitable deduction to more Americans. -
Grant Making
New Chair of Rockefeller Brothers Fund Wants the Public to Understand How Philanthropy Works
In an interview, Joseph Pierson, the new chair, and Valerie Rockefeller, the outgoing board leader, discuss general operating support, MacKenzie Scott’s giving approach, whether philanthropy should work to dismantle capitalism, and how the grant maker decided to divest from fossil fuels. -
Medical Care
Foundations and Big Donors Step In to Tackle the Nation’s Nurse Shortage
Grant makers are backing ways to pay educational costs and make the jobs more attractive, especially to people of color, who often don’t choose the profession, and promoting innovations such as the use of robots for routine tasks.
