Big Funders Pour $56 Million Into Civics at a Fractured Moment
Ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday, the effort aims to rekindle learning, engagement, and action through support of a growing network of civic organizations.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
This Foundation Measures Its Impact by One Number. Is That a Model for Success?
The Lumina Foundation threw virtually all its resources at changing one metric. Now, with its holy grail in sight, it’s making the goal even harder to reach.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Foundation Coffers Are Full as Pressure Mounts to Increase Giving
Foundation assets are at an all-time high following two years of solid investment returns. Projections suggest that will translate to increased giving in 2025, but how much?
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
8 Things a Mega-Donor Did Right to Engineer a ‘Miracle’
How $160 million from Netscape pioneer Jim Barksdale — a newcomer to social-change philanthropy — helped make schools in his native Mississippi a source of pride, not shame.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Inside the Leadership Success of a Millennial and Boomer Who Share the CEO Seat
Co-leaders of a Louisiana community group share what makes their norm-defying intergenerational partnership a boon for their staff, their community, and their personal growth.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Communities Fix What’s Broken as Washington Brawls
National funders back efforts to repair sewage, schools, civic health, and more. Is that a better investment than trying to stop polarization in politics?
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Stephen Heintz to End 25-Year Run Leading Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The 73-year-old practitioner of “acupuncture philanthropy” will step down next year, in part to make way for a younger leader to work with the sixth generation of Rockefellers on the grant maker’s board.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Giving Campaigns in Every Community? GivingTuesday’s Big New Idea
The organization behind the annual post-Thanksgiving giving spree wants to help nonprofits and foundations create fundraising drives nationwide to help groups raise cash — and earn trust.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Recession Ahead? How a Tariff-Induced Downturn Might Change Giving
There’s good news and bad, according to analyses of how donors responded to the four most recent economic downturns.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
As Populism Surges, Can a $3 Billion Foundation Shed Its Elite Image?
Community grant makers are “built for this moment” of division in America, says New York Community Trust’s Amy Freitag. The trust wants to change how it’s perceived by the average New Yorker.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor