NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 30, 2025

I was very impressed with the work the Foundation was doing to support officers and cultivate meaningful relationships with the community , he said. Founded in 2002, the Seattle Police Foundation supports public safety in Seattle through philanthropy, advocacy, and building strong community partnerships.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 12, 2025

Growing into one of the most powerful institutions in global health, the foundation drew acclaim and criticism. Growing into one of the most powerful institutions in global health, the foundation drew acclaim and criticism.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 13, 2025

Taxes could top hundreds of millions per year at the Gates Foundation and others. By Ben Gose Francis Chung/POLITICO, AP Taxes could top hundreds of millions per year at the Gates Foundation and others.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 23, 2024

Walker redirected the foundation to focus entirely on inequality and engineered ambitious collaborations on issues like Detroit's bankruptcy. Walker redirected the foundation to focus entirely on inequality and engineered ambitious collaborations on issues like Detroit's bankruptcy. He will retire in 2025. He will retire in 2025.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 30, 2025

When fires, hurricanes, or other crises strike, the Emergency Assistance Foundation is a one-trick pony that lets corporations provide rapid aid without needing to run their own tax-exempt entity. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) The Emergency Assistance Foundation is a one-trick pony. 19, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At age 13, when most young people are figuring out how to navigate middle school, Shrusti Amula started the Rise N Shine Foundation. At age 13, when most young people are figuring out how to navigate middle school, Shrusti Amula started the Rise N Shine Foundation.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 14, 2025

After Edward Blum's complaint to the IRS about the Gates Foundation's "illegal" scholarship program for students of color, the Seattle philanthropy giant said it would change the scholarship's eligibility criteria to include all races.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Philanthropy — from a billionaire's family foundation to the YWCA — has helped make Tulsa, Okla., Philanthropy — from a billionaire's family foundation to the YWCA — has helped make Tulsa, Okla., one of the most welcoming places in America for immigrants and refugees.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2025

The foundations planned closure marks the end of the once-celebrated era of expert-driven giving. The foundations planned closure marks the end of the once-celebrated era of expert-driven giving. The foundations planned closure marks the end of the once-celebrated era of expert-driven giving.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Prest Office of Governor Gavin Newsom California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, with Earvin Magic Johnson, Dodgers Chairman Mark Walter, LA 28 President Casey Wasserman, and L.A. County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger at the announcement of LA Rises.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

By Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press AP Photo/Brynn Anderson The shift will allow Save the Music to focus more on students like 17-year-old JaMarion Hulin, from Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School in Atlanta, where he is president of the schools record company and is learning to use equipment provided by the foundation to make music.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 7, 2025

One of the most promising new ideas is to improve the amount and the quality of diaspora philanthropy, while concurrently ensuring that younger generations of those whose parents and grandparents immigrated from the Global South engage in this important work. MacArthur Foundation , Bridgespan , and others). and Catherine T.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 7, 2024

The Oak Foundation, Sobrato Philanthropies, and the Dell Foundation are funding tiny home villages as homelessness spikes.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 26, 2025

By Drew Lindsay Casey Kelbaugh New York Community Trust president Amy Freitag at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September invites the audience to participate in the foundations contest to give away $3 million. The trust wants to change how it's perceived by the average New Yorker.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 18, 2024

The tax treatment of private foundations and endowments, long relegated to the wastelands of Washington policy debate, is poised to gain visibility through the Republican vice presidential nominee. Vance of Ohio has made his opposition to endowed wealth and the power wielded by progressive philanthropies a part of his political identity.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CEOs of the Ford Family Foundation, the Meyer Memorial Trust, and the M.J. By Alex Daniels Kari Rowe/Kari Rowe for The Chronicle Foundation CEOs Toya Fick, Romanita Hairston, and Kara Inae Carlisle meet regularly to discuss their work. Murdock Charitable Trust share a lot in common as grant makers.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 4, 2024

A Council on Foundations study finds that philanthropy hasn't created a coherent message about its impact and warns of a "narrative vacuum" as grant makers face increased scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org. By Alex Daniels To appeal to a new generation of donors, the Brooklyn Community Foundation is renaming itself Brooklyn Org.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By Darren Isom , Cora Daniels & Lyell Sakaue Each summer on Martha’s Vineyard, leaders of color working in philanthropy across the United States gather to strategize, to vision, and to be in community with one another on an island where Black families have been vacationing since the 1800s.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

20 foundations are speeding grants to protect voting and elections. Meanwhile, House GOP members are asking whether philanthropy is stepping into partisan politics. By Alex Daniels Matt McClain, The Washington Post, Getty Images 20 foundations are speeding grants to protect voting and elections.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new president of the JPB foundation will increase grant making to $510 million this year to support nonprofits focused on multiracial democracy and worker power. By Alex Daniels The JPB Foundation Deepak Bhargava is a longtime progressive movement organizer who plans to give big to democracy-strengthening efforts.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 25, 2024

Dozens of community foundations have new presidents, who are turning their well-capitalized philanthropies into key players in progressive policy battles. By Alex Daniels Dozens of community foundations have new presidents.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By Alex Daniels Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Since resigning from the Gates Foundation in May, Melinda French Gates has shone a public spotlight on women’s issues by making a $1 billion commitment to nonprofits working to improve women’s health and increase their political sway. Lever for Change will manage the competition.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Jared Blumenfeld says the Waverley Street Foundation supports community-based climate groups that have been largely overlooked by past climate philanthropy. By Jim Rendon Courtesy of the Waverley Street Foundation Jared Blumenfeld became Waverley Street’s president in 2022 after a long history in the environmental movement.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Crystal Hayling continually challenged conventional wisdom, practicing trust-based philanthropy before it was fashionable. By Eden Stiffman Libra Hayling is set to retire from her post as executive director of the Libra Foundation.

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Candid

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared. What can philanthropy do?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 22, 2025

By Buzz Schmidt Gates Foundation Bill Gates is right to accelerate giving but wrong to close one of the most effective private funding institutions on the planet. Bill Gates is right to accelerate giving but wrong to close one of the most effective private funding institutions on the planet.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 14, 2024

Prest Weingart Foundation Joanna Jackson will remain as president and CEO of the Weingart Foundation. Plus, Sandy Ho will be the next executive director of the Disability and Philanthropy Forum, and the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has named a new leader.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Yet, philanthropy endures. Philanthropy will no longer remain confined to a wealthy elite but will transform into a shared, lived experience for people across the economic spectrum. This will be about laying a foundation, beginning in childhood, that makes giving as instinctual as it is rewarding.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 16, 2024

Prest Silicon Valley Community Foundation Moses Zapien, left, is joining the Silicon Valley Community Foundation as executive vice president of community action, initiatives, and policy, and Marie D’Costa as executive vice president of philanthropic partnerships.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 18, 2024

Prest Mother Cabrini Health Foundation The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation has awarded $172 million to 514 nonprofit organizations that are helping to improve community health and reduce disparities in health outcomes across New York State. Above, the New Immigrant Community Empowerment organization, based in New York City.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 6, 2024

The most talked about women in philanthropy don’t always take the same tack, but they have some core approaches in common. By Jim Rendon Illustration by The Chronicle; Getty Images and XOSE BOUZAS, HANS LUCAS, REDUX After leaving the powerful foundation she co-founded, Melinda French Gates is striking out on her own.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 30, 2025

The organization behind the annual post-Thanksgiving generosity extravaganza wants to help nonprofits and foundations create drives nationwide to help groups raise cash and earn trust. Above, foundation staff at a community GivingTuesday event in Hancock, Mich.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 10, 2024

Prest Courtesy of the Maine Community College System An automotive technology program instructor at Washington County Community College works with a student on an electric vehicle as part of the school’s work-force development programs, which the Harold Alfond Foundation supports.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Ben Gose WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION Sofia Jaramillo New donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or a strategy. Plus, see the rest of our September issue, posted online today.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 27, 2024

Without checks and balances, scrutinizing and challenging foundation leaders’ million-dollar paychecks is nearly impossible. By Craig Kennedy Without checks and balances, scrutinizing and challenging foundation leaders’ million-dollar paychecks is nearly impossible.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

billion to their Hastings Fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Michael Bloomberg gave $1 billion through his Bloomberg Philanthropies to Johns Hopkins University to make medical school free for most students.

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