
Tamara Straus
Senior Editor
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Tamara Straus is senior editor at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she supervises reporters as part of our effort to increase coverage of philanthropy, including nonprofits, charities, and foundations. She joined the Chronicle in April 2023. Tamara has held editor positions at the San Francisco Examiner, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and San Francisco Chronicle. She also has worked for small nonprofits focused on civil rights and international development and for large nonprofits, including UC Berkeley.
Stories by This Author
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Grant Making
The Foundation Providing Quick Disaster Relief in L.A. and Beyond
The Emergency Assistance Foundation helps corporations provide rapid aid without needing to run their own tax-exempt entity. -
Q&A
New Book Takes a Skeptical Look at Bill Gates’s Philanthropic Evolution
New York Times journalist Anupreeta Das depicts Gates in his many roles and outsize billionaire influence. -
Big Bets
What Happened to George Soros’s $100 Million Bet? How Human Rights Watch Went Global.
In 2010, Open Society Institute gave its biggest gift to a New York City-based human-rights nonprofit, with the mandate to expand internationally. Meanwhile, the world became more authoritarian.