Marc Gunther
Contributor
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Marc Gunther is a veteran journalist, speaker, and writer who reported on business and sustainability for many years. Since 2015, he has been writing about foundations, nonprofits and global development on his blog, Nonprofit Chronicles.
Marc was editor at large of Guardian Sustainable Business US from 2012 through 2015. He was a senior writer at FORTUNE magazine from 1996 through 2008.
Stories by this Author
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Grant MakingThe grant maker has given $10 million largely to help poor people, rural whites, and people of color. -
GivingIn September 2019, Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire philanthropist, and Matthew Myers, president of the nonprofit Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, unveiled a $160 million, three-year campaign to end what they described as an epidemic of e-cigarette use among kids.
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Finance and RevenuePhilanthropists and companies are pouring money and fresh ideas into community-development financial institutions.
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Foundation GivingCongress is facing growing pressure to stop the transfers, which allow grant makers to keep secret many of the details about their giving.
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Government and RegulationA detailed proposal comes as the pandemic, recession, and growing inequality are raising questions about whether philanthropy is hoarding assets.
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Philanthropy's InfluenceFoundation money fuels social movements but also holds them back, experts say.
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Diversity, Equity, and InclusionFoundations are putting unprecedented billions into racial equity, but some grant makers worry that too little is going to grassroots movements.
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HomelessnessA Bay Area activist has persuaded tech giants like Cisco and government leaders to join forces to end homelessness by building homes rather than shelters. Now Covid might upend some of their gains.
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OpinionPeter Buffett says overall grant making will increase this year even as priorities move away from advocacy to community building.
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Foundation GivingThe foundation makes permanent a grant-making effort focused on bolstering Congress’s effectiveness, a contrast to other foundations that focus on building grassroots advocacy.
