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Advocacy
On the Sidelines at the U.N.: Hope, Cocktails, and Efforts to Be Heard
Outside the General Assembly this week, throughout New York City, civil-society groups, big philanthropies, and others attend cocktail parties, meetings, and protests to make their voices heard and chart new paths forward. -
Transitions
Alcoa Foundation Names New President
Also, the National Center for Youth Law has promoted its new executive director from within, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation has hired its first chief impact officer and director of racial justice. -
Racial reckoning
Statues of Confederate Generals Have Come Down. What Should Take Their Place?
The Mellon Foundation has launched a $250 million nationwide effort to rethink public art and memorials. The debates over it are just starting. -
Measuring Impact
With 200,000 Nonprofits Rated, the New Charity Navigator Aims High, Falls Short
Once obsessed with overhead, the evaluator wants to judge impact and more. Data, however, is scarce. -
Big Gifts
Can a Grant-Making Competition Stop Rich Donors From Getting Cold Feet?
In 2019, Lever for Change spun off from the MacArthur Foundation as a separate organization with an eye-popping goal: to drive $1 billion in philanthropic funding over four years to promising nonprofits. -
Letters to the Editor
Donors Looking to Combat Antisemitism Can Start With Universities
On-campus antisemitism efforts are critical to creating an inclusive environment for the Jewish community but must be expanded. -
Nonprofit News
Journalists of Color Worry a $500 Million Effort to Boost Local News Outlets Will Leave Them Behind
Several organizations are urging the Press Forward Initiative, a group of 20 funders led by the Knight and MacArthur foundations, to commit more explicitly to supporting diverse news outlets. -
Opinion
Fighting Online Lies and Deception Requires Large-Scale Philanthropic Response
Piecemeal responses to misinformation won’t work. Instead grant makers must help build an environment in which accurate and diverse information sources flourish. -
Grants Roundup
Ballmer Group Commits $175 Million to StriveTogether for Youth Economic-Mobility Programs
Also, Blue Meridian Partners awarded $124 million to the HBCU Transformation Project, and Virginia Tech received $50 million to bolster health-sciences research. -
Giving
A Short History of the Fast and Furious Rise of DAFs
Just 30 years after Fidelity Charitable opened, contributions to donor-advised funds now top giving to foundations.