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Solutions, Accountability, and More: Essential Local Reporting on Nonprofits

As the Chronicle of Philanthropy works to help local journalists around the country step up their coverage of the nonprofit world, it is operating a fellowship program that provides yearlong training and coaching to a select group of reporters and editors. Here are samples of the work that these organizations have published:

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    Donating Buffett’s billions: Susie, siblings tasked with giving away fortune. Omaha may benefit.

    The three Buffett children are set to become some of the most important philanthropists in the world. Susie Buffett says her foundation will continue to focus on Nebraska.
  • Clinical Social Worker Rebecca Wheeler checks in with Eboni R. Pullins, who brought her daughter Olivia in for her four-month checkup at Wayne Pediatrics in their integrated health and early childhood support clinic in Detroit on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

    Wayne State program helps moms, dads get mental health help

    Two Detroit-area foundations are helping fund Wayne State’s new Infant Mental Health Program that screens parents during routine well-child visits to assess their basic needs, mental health and overall well-being. Then the program offers support for issues from housing insecurity to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Wayne State’s early childhood support model allows clinicians to observe the relationships between parent and child and offer solutions when needed.

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About the Fellowships

The Chronicle’s Philanthropy & Nonprofit Accountability Fellowship works with local news organizations to encourage them to provide regular coverage on how charitable organizations in their communities are making a difference — and to track where they fall short. Each news organization spends a year getting coaching from the Chronicle about how to report on nonprofits and training on why such coverage matters to readers, listeners, and others.

Support for the fellowship programs comes from the Lilly Endowment, which supports work by the Associated Press, the Conversation, and the Chronicle to advance public understanding of the nonprofit world.

  • Millions raised for sheriff’s animal shelter that was never built. Where did the money go? (Arizona Republic)
  • Beyond Nonprofit Overhead (Boston Business Journal)
  • Podcast: Unpacking the New Hanover Community Endowment’s $53 Million Second Round of Giving (WHQR)
  • Arizona nonprofits, struggling to maintain aging rentals, opting out of low-income program (Arizona Republic)
  • Corporate Philanthropy Drops When Donor Headquarters Move (Boston Business Journal)
  • The New Hanover Community Endowment’s uneven path to ‘transformational change’ (WHQR)
  • After Decades of Turmoil, How Did North Charleston Shelter Sidestep Scrutiny for So Long? (The Post and Courier)
  • Arizona Mobile Home Parks Are Disappearing. This Nonprofit Wants to Save Them (Arizona Republic)
  • Trapped in the Status Quo (Boston Business Journal)
  • Uncertainty Over Shelter’s Fate Leaves North Charleston Homeless With Few Options (The Post and Courier)
  • Tempe’s Clearing of Homeless Camps Has Ripple Effects for Phoenix, Aid Workers (AZCentral.)
  • The Community Foundation Boulder County’s Response to the Marshall Fire Highlights the Complex Decisions Local Philanthropic Organizations Face Following Climate Disasters (BRL)
  • One Nonprofit Housing Provider’s Dangerous Living Conditions Revealed a Systemic Lack of Oversight in Arlington County (DCist)
  • Philanthropy Helps Boost Manufacturing in Areas With High Job Vacancies (The Land)

For More Information

  1. Philanthropy & Nonprofit Accountability Fellowship

  2. Philanthropy  & Nonprofit Accountability Fellowship FAQs

  3. Philanthropy & Nonprofit Accountability Fellowship Application

  • Inside the Academy Working to Train D.C.’s Violence Intervention Workforce (DCist)
  • Founders of Color Lead Way to More Equitable Tech Ecosystem in Cleveland (The Land)
  • As Ohio Welcomes Refugees, a Nonprofit Gives Them a Boost (The Land)
  • D.C. Has Been Giving Residents ‘Mini-Grants’ for Violence Prevention. Here’s How They’re Using Them (DCist)
  • This Group Thinks Philanthropy Is the Missing Key to Reducing D.C. Murders. Are They Right? (DCist)