Stacy Palmer has served as a top editor since The Chronicle of Philanthropy was founded in 1988 and has overseen the development of its website, Philanthropy.com. She plays a hands-on role in many Chronicle services, such as its Philanthropy Today daily newsletter and its webinar series offering professional development for people involved in fundraising, grant seeking, advocacy, marketing and social media.
Palmer has appeared frequently on radio and television to offer commentary on news in the nonprofit world. She is the editor of Challenges for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, a book published by the University Press of New England that collects three decades of observations by the nonprofit activist and Chronicle columnist Pablo Eisenberg. Before she helped found The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Palmer was editor for government and politics at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
She is a graduate of Brown University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations. She has been an active alumna, serving on numerous alumni boards, including chairing the Brown Alumni Magazine and is now a member of the university’s Women’s Leadership Council.
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Philanthropy This Week
Millennials Are Giving Much More; Tyre Nichols’s Death Prompts Foundations’ Appeal
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Philanthropy This Week
Giving It All to a Black-Focused Nonprofit; Why the Charitable Deduction Should End (Opinion)
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Black Causes Try to Keep Fundraising Momentum; Gates Foundation to Boost Giving to $8.3 Billion
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Chronicle Insider
Nonprofit Workers Unionize; a Baltimore Family Goes All In on a Black-Run Newspaper
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Philanthropy This Week
Fundraising Trends for 2023; Proposal to Extend Charity Tax Breaks Failed … for Now
Plus, artificial intelligence can ease and simplify nonprofit work, but it comes with risks. Also, a young neurologist finds her calling in philanthropy -
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Next-Generation Donors; MacKenzie Scott’s New Website, Analyzed
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Chronicle Insider
How Young Donors Are Remaking Philanthropy; the Future of Giving to Diversity
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Philanthropy This Week
Alleged Racism and Sexism Drive Award-Winning Leader to Resign; Unicef Reverses Drain of Major-Gift Officers
Plus, nonprofits turn from urging recycling to other ways to reduce plastic waste, and the Ford Foundation details how it prioritized disability rights in grant making, hiring, and culture -
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GivingTuesday Bonanza; Americans Welcome Charitable Solicitations
Plus, donors say inflation won’t dampen their year-end giving. Also, nonprofits are wary of Twitter but not leaving — yet -
Philanthropy This Week
Inflation’s Impact on GivingTuesday; Nonprofits Urged to Push Agendas in Congress
Plus, MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy had all the benefits and none of the downsides nonprofit worried about. Also, why nonprofits are sticking with crypto despite the Sam Bankman-Fried scandal