For a variety of reasons, women continue to be held back from chances to earn more and gain powerful positions at nonprofits large and small. The situation is even tougher for women of color.

Women of color are less likely than white women, white men, and men of color to rise to leadership positions at nonprofits, particularly large nonprofits. But beating the odds and landing the top spot often opens the door to a whole new set of problems. Plus: see our cover story on the pay gap for women.

Philanthropists and companies are pouring money and fresh ideas into community-development financial institutions.

Wealthy philanthropists, an academic, the heads of the Ford, Kellogg, and Kresge foundations, and multiple others are asking to change the rules on charitable giving to force more dollars out the door quickly.

Many meetings have little structure, and participants don’t always know if they need to turn on web cameras or whether it’s OK to leave them off.

Andrew and April Bosworth have made big gifts to the National 4-H Council and the Peninsula Open Space Trust.

Midlevel donors are an important but overlooked group of donors. If properly engaged though, they will keep on giving year after year and can become a nonprofit’s most loyal donors.

The pictures document poignant stories of everyday people struggling to survive the disease and the economic fallout it has caused.

The Trump administration’s failures during the pandemic have revealed government’s essential role in protecting the public welfare. Philanthropists should work to restore that role, rather than simply stepping in to try to fill the breach.

Nonprofits can encourage donors to support work that tackles systemic problems, no matter the organization’s mission. That’s why those who argue that fundraising has to be donor-centric or community-centric have it wrong. It can be both.