How Is Philanthropy Addressing the Traumatic Legacy of U.S. Indian Boarding Schools?
For more than a century, the U.S. forcibly placed Indigenous children in government-run boarding schools. Now, philanthropy is backing efforts to raise awareness... Read more.
Three More Foundations That Got Much Larger in 2023
The Haplotace, Walter Scott Family, and Denise and Michael Kellen foundations all saw their assets explode after receiving enormous contributions.... Read more.
How the Prebys Foundation Provided a Lifeline to Arts Groups Affected by Federal Cuts
We take a closer look at how one of San Diego’s largest funders is balancing the need to provide immediate support with preserving its long-term grantmaking capacity.... Read more.
Agnes Gund Was Much More than Your Archetypal “Old World” Arts Patron
The collector and philanthropist, who passed away this month at 87, launched the Art for Justice Fund to reduce mass incarceration in the U.S.... Read more.
Back in Detroit: A Closer Look at the Kresge Foundation’s Ambitious Relocation
We talked with President and CEO Rip Rapson about the foundation’s decision to relocate its headquarters to Detroit and a tranche of new funding to enhance the... Read more.
Why the Fleishhacker Foundation Went All-in on Unrestricted Grants for Artists
Executive Director David Blazevich discusses the funder's Eureka Fellowship Program, which now provides $40,000 awards to California visual artists.... Read more.
How Community Foundations Can Help Local Public Media Withstand Federal Funding Cuts
The Alaska Community Foundation’s actions underscore community foundations’ critical role in stabilizing outlets that lost federal funding.... Read more.
Arts Funders Want Things to Go Back to Normal. Here’s What They Can Do Until Then
Inflexible grantmaking practices are hampering arts groups’ efforts to navigate this fraught moment. Experts have some ideas about how to turn the tide.... Read more.
The New Art Prize Channeling Alice Walton’s Vision
The inaugural Bridgemaker Prize recognizes achievements of Art Bridges Foundation's partner museums. CEO Anne Kraybill shares more.... Read more.
20 Years After Katrina, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Is Still All-In on New Orleans and Mississippi
The foundation’s Rhea Williams-Bishop discusses how grassroots organizations have rebuilt health, education and food systems with an eye toward structural equality.... Read more.
Here’s Why Open Philanthropy Is Doubling Down on Abundance
Open Philanthropy’s Matt Clancy discusses what the Abundance and Growth Fund is looking for in applicants and where it’s potentially heading next.... Read more.
How Seventh Generation Fund Advances Indigenous Peoples’ Self-Determination
"How are we going to answer to our ancestors?" Board members from the regrantor discuss its strategic priorities, how it works to engage institutional funders and... Read more.
The Lilly School Went Deep on Giving for Communities of Color. What Did It Learn?
The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy analyzed funding trends for organizations serving communities of color and debuted a new online tool cataloging those groups.... Read more.
In 2015, Ford Made a Huge Bet on Unrestricted Multi-Year Support. What Has It Learned?
A decade into its Building Institutions and Networks initiative, where does the Ford Foundation stand? Here's what leaders had to say after Ford released a new report... Read more.
The Giving Pledge Just Turned 15. So Why Aren’t We Celebrating?
A new report by the Institute for Policy Studies offers a downbeat outlook on the pledge as "unfulfilled, unfulfillable."... Read more.
“Threats to Our Communities”: Stupski Foundation Accelerates Its Spend Down — and Giving
CEO Glen Galaich explains why the San Francisco-based funder is ramping up grantmaking and winding down ahead of schedule.... Read more.
How a Regrantor Advances Native Economic Development and Justice
First Nations Development Institute President and CEO Michael Roberts talks to IP about its new report exploring Native conceptions of justice.... Read more.
Henry Luce Foundation Boosts Grantmaking to Address Threats to Civil Society
Interim President Sean Buffington explains why the foundation is increasing its grantmaking by up to $25 million over the next two years.... Read more.
A Major Southeast Funder Dramatically Ups Its Grantmaking — and Announces Its Spend-Down
Tom Lawrence of The Leon Levine Foundation discusses the impact of a huge gift from Levine’s estate and the foundation’s plan to sunset in 50 years.... Read more.
To the Barricades! Alan S. Davis on the Newly Launched Extreme Wealth Center
We talked with Davis, the initiative's founder, about confronting concentrated wealth and how philanthropy can move the needle on billionaire greed.... Read more.
This New Youth-Led Grantmaking Program Backs Indigenous Approaches to Health
The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund empowers young people to decide where the grant money flows. Here's a closer look.... Read more.
A Film Regrantor Goes All-In as Support for Disability Rights Wanes Post-Election
Inevitable Foundation cofounder and president Richie Siegel discusses its growing support for disabled filmmakers and the fraught state of funding for disability... Read more.
Takeaways from a Europe-Based Panel on the “Promises and Pitfalls of Philanthropy”
Mike Scutari tuned into a recent discussion hosted by Central European University’s Democracy Institute for some international perspective on dynamics that are... Read more.
What’s Keeping Higher Ed Fundraisers Up at Night?
It’s an inherently stressful job, and one made all the more anxiety-inducing in recent years. We delved into a survey of advancement professionals to get a sense... Read more.
Giving USA 2024 Report a Reminder That Not All Giving Makes It to Nonprofits
The recently released report on last year's giving provides an instructive look at how contributions to donor-advised funds continue to transform the philanthropic... Read more.
Why the State of Nonprofits Is Probably Worse Than You Think
A conversation with the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Elisha Smith Arrillaga on the domino effect of federal funding cuts.... Read more.
Four Native-Led Funders to Know
Native-led grantmakers constitute a critical and growing segment of funders supporting Native and non-Native organizations.... Read more.
What’s Next for the Zell Family Foundation, Which Increased Grantmaking
Tax records show the Chicago-based Zell Family Foundation dramatically increased its giving after the 2023 death of its billionaire founder.... Read more.
If You Have to Ask… Five Funders Supporting Jazz
Wondering who backs jazz these days? These five grantmakers seek to educate aspiring musicians, provide financial support for touring artists and engage audiences.... Read more.
Could a Higher Foundation Excise Tax Spur DAF Reform?
The proposed excise tax hike in the so-called "big, beautiful bill" would incentivize foundations to pour money into DAFs. If that happens, how might legislators... Read more.
