A Foundation Pilot Program Simplifies Grant Reporting With AI
The Houston Endowment uses Zoom AI tools to record and transcribe virtual meetings between program officers and grantees.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer
A Defining Moment for Democracy: The Immigration Crisis
The head of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights joins hosts Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette to discuss the unprecedented scale of current immigration enforcement and its implications for everyone.
Effecting Change at the Local Level: Wisdom From Community Foundation CEOs
The leaders discuss working across ideological lines, supporting under-appreciated nonprofits, and the proliferation of giving options for donors.
Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman on Funding Urgent Needs
Suzman weighs in on the crisis in international development brought on by the dismantling of USAID.
Hiring a Consultant? 4 Steps to Success
Before you sign a contract with a consulting service, check out these tips to help you get the most value out of the relationship.
By Geoffrey Hamlyn
Contributor
How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut
Early donors built JSTOR into a giant with more than $160 million in net assets. Now comes the AI challenge.
By George Anders
Contributor
How Nonprofits Can Tap Technology in Lean Times and Avoid AI Hype
In his new book, “Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems,” Jim Fruchterman offers a practical roadmap based on his life’s work.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Searching for Fresh Leadership Ideas? 4 Insights From Inspirational Stories
Take a minute to recharge with this collection of uplifting content.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Low Costs, Organic Growth, Repeat Gifts From Philanthropy: How This Nonprofit Is Scaling
The National Education Equity Lab has developed a powerful model to help lower income students get into selective colleges, succeeding where billion-dollar philanthropic experiments in education have failed.
By Tamara Straus
Contributor
When Locals Lead Grant Making: 20 Years of Results From Colorado
El Pomar Foundation’s unique grant-making program offers a blueprint for community-based, locally led giving.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt Believes Science and Immersive Media Can Inspire Action for the Planet
Extended-reality technology can get people’s attention, the philanthropist says, and expose them to the “most wonderful things they’ve ever seen that are here on this planet.”
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Fears of Authoritarianism Destroying Your Mental Health? A Community-Minded Solution Could Help
The answers to nonprofit leaders’ pervasive anxiety could be found in an African approach to healing.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor
With Federal Funding Slashed, This Nonprofit Aims to Reinvent Itself
About half of Jumpstart’s funding came from AmeriCorps, support the Trump administration recently cut.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Lurie Family Gives $50 Million to Back Autism Research
Plus, Vassar College received $28 million for its music programs, a Chicago art collector sold her collection to back quantum science, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center got $50 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Points of Light, Founded by Former President Bush, Aims to Double American Volunteerism by 2035
The group aspires to mobilize people to volunteer with nonprofits in the U.S. at a scale that only federal programs like AmeriCorps have in the past.
By Thalia Beaty
Associated Press
Why We Stopped Asking for General Operating Support
When a financially stable nonprofit vacuums up precious dollars, smaller organizations lose out.
By Mark S. Gold
Contributor