Eden Stiffman
Senior writer
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Eden Stiffman is a senior writer at the Chronicle of Philanthropy where she reports on nonprofit results, impact, and accountability. She previously led coverage of fundraising and authored the Chronicle’s weekly fundraising newsletter.
Eden started her journalism career covering local news at The Dallas Morning News and has worked as an editor at Stanford Social Innovation Review. She’s a graduate of the University of Michigan in her hometown of Ann Arbor.
Stories by this Author
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Global DevelopmentIt’s Halftime for the Sustainable Development Goals. Are They Achievable?
Danish author Bjorn Lomborg argues the United Nations promised too much — and recommends 12 priorities. -
Research and Data
‘The Single Best Tool for Forcing Public Scrutiny': New Collaboration to Expand Access to Nonprofit Data
The 990 data infrastructure project aims to make it easier to access and analyze large sets of nonprofit data. -
Climate change
Behind Landmark Climate Ruling in Mont., a Trailblazing Nonprofit Law Firm and an Army of Youth Activists
By putting the stories of young people front and center, the small public-interest law firm has been a “leading light” in the climate litigation field. -
Climate change
How Philanthropy Is Helping Cities Adapt to Extreme Heat
Foundations are supporting efforts to reduce the impact of climate change and to hire chief heat officers. Plus: See our August cover story on how nonprofits are confronting their own climate perils. -
Innovation
Quick Grants From Tech Billionaires Aim to Speed Up Science Research — but Not All Scientists Approve
Silicon Valley’s biggest names are backing new ways to organize and fund science research. Some worry their experiments signal a “move fast and break things” approach. -
Interview
Abortion Funds Face Slowdown in Giving a Year After Supreme Court Ruling
Demand for help has outstripped philanthropic giving as more states have restricted abortion rights, says the head of the National Network of Abortion Funds, who talked to the Chronicle about how the group is evolving to meet the needs of the post-Roe era -
Affordable Housing
Grant Makers Support Affordable Housing to Further Many Other Causes
Donors and foundations that seek to improve education, health, and economic opportunity are backing solutions to fix the housing crisis. -
Affordable Housing
To Stem the Housing Crisis, Religious Congregations Are Building Homes
Churches and other religious organizations are developing vacant or underutilized land in their own backyards to meet the need for affordable housing. Nonprofits are helping them navigate the financial and political challenges. -
Homelessness
Can $100 Million Change San Francisco’s Response to Homelessness? One Grant Maker Tried. Here’s What Happened.
The effort hasn’t reached its goal to reduce the city’s chronically homeless population by half, but it helped galvanize new ways of working and expand the set of solutions to address a seemingly intractable problem. -
Environmental Justice
Foundations Promised Flint, Mich., $125 Million During the Water Crisis but Gave Much More. Here’s Where It Went.
Foundations and donors made investments in health care as well as economic development, education, and community organizing.
