Nicole Wallace
Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.
Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.
Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.
A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.
Stories by this Author
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The Face of PhilanthropyA Flying Hospital and Streamed Surgeries Save Eyesight
Over Orbis International’s 40-year history, volunteer medical professionals have performed more than 500,000 eye surgeries and trained thousands of doctors, nurses, and other health workers. -
The Face of Philanthropy
Nonprofit Helps Women Athletes Navigate the Gender Pay Gap
The Homestretch Foundation is fighting unequal pay in professional cycling and provides free temporary housing to help women athletes continue their training. -
The Face of Philanthropy
Nonprofit Supports Holistic Efforts to Fight Climate Change in Alaska
The Alaska Venture Fund believes that with its natural resources and rich cultural diversity, the state is poised to become a model of sustainability. -
Next-Gen Philanthropists
Entrepreneur Gave $50 Million to His Alma Mater. Now He’s Looking to Broaden His Giving
Austin McChord started Datto, a data backup and security company, when he was a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Its success has fueled his philanthropy. Plus: See the rest of our special report on young donors challenging what it means to be a philanthropist. -
The Face of Philanthropy
Hitting the Gym to Change Lives — and Attitudes About Incarceration
The nonprofit InnerCity Weightlifting in Boston empowers people who were incarcerated to boost their income by becoming personal trainers. It also aims to make training clients think. -
Fundraising Update
How to Get Big Donors to Give in Uncertain Times
Plus, most wealthy people want their giving to be different than their parents. -
Fundraising Update
A Charming, Intimate Way to Bring in New Supporters
Plus, Sheryl Sandberg opens her next chapter as a full-time philanthropist. -
The Face of Philanthropy
Nonprofit Provides Wheelchairs to People in 94 Countries
Free Wheelchair Mission manufacturers low-cost, durable wheelchairs and then partners with organizations in developing countries to distribute them -
Fundraising Update
Supply-Chain Woes Hit Direct Mail
Plus, the Parkinson’s Foundation uses digital advertising to boost giving. -
The Face of Philanthropy
An Arts Center in East Palo Alto, Calif., Designed for — and by — Young People
Students helped guide the creation of the 25,000-square-foot center and made key decisions, like pushing for cutting-edge sustainability practices.
