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Newsletter Archive
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Oct. 1, 2022
What the Flint Water Crisis Taught Foundations; Fundraiser Salaries Go Up
Plus, what young nonprofit workers want, and foundations urging others to be transparent should live up to their own ideals (opinion) -
Sept. 24, 2022
‘Baby Bond’ Trust Funds to Promote Equity; How Wendy Schmidt Gives to Protect the Planet
Plus, a big majority of Americans think all donors should get tax deductions for charitable gifts, and foundations are helping to pay legal bills for illegal immigrants facing deportation -
Sept. 17, 2022
U.N, Clinton, and Other Big Meetings Next Week; Foundations Collaborate on Early Childhood Efforts
Plus, CEO salaries climb again after dipping during the pandemic, and foundation support can get young people involved in climate change -
Sept. 10, 2022
Corrected: Reviving Volunteerism; How to Help Charities During Inflation
Plus, charities are racing to bring drinkable water to Jackson, Miss., but they need more help. Also, as attacks on transgender people escalate, foundations respond -
Aug. 20, 2022
Year-End Fundraising Starts Early; a Call for Donors to Recommit to Racial-Justice Giving (Opinion)
Plus, philanthropy for public-policy efforts goes mostly to white, elite think tanks (opinion). Also, the Gates Foundation’s board has expanded again. -
Aug. 13, 2022
Big Money to Educate Young Children; Foundation Investing Hurts Charities
Plus, the outspoken leader of a small nonprofit association has an outsize influence, and data about Indigenous people is woefully inadequate (opinion) -
Aug. 6, 2022
Trust in Nonprofits; Tiny Volunteer-Run Charity Raises $57 Million for Ukraine in 6 Months
Plus, a lawsuit against the Justice Department aims to raise the profile of safe injection sites for drug users, and Mother Jones defied fundraising rules to double donations -
July 30, 2022
‘Shocking’ Lack of Diversity Among Fundraisers; Rockefeller Goes All In on Climate Change
Plus, a community foundation CEO in Flint, Mich., aims to restore trust in the city and build bridges. Also, a Black nonprofit leader wants donors to stop asking about his near-death experience (opinion) -
July 23, 2022
Economy’s Mixed Effects on Donors; a Contrary View of Crypto Giving
Plus, a Hollywood film producer’s new nonprofit aims to help people of color in entertainment, and early-childhood and climate-change grant makers would have greater impact if they joined forces (opinion) -
July 16, 2022
Winning Back 20 Million Donors; Foundations and a Climate-Change Conundrum
Plus, Bill Gates is pumping a record $20 billion into the Gates Foundation, and what Americans think of grant makers and their donors