MacArthur and Lumina foundations help lead Unite in Advance, a network of 800 grant makers defending philanthropic freedom from government pressure.

Philanthropists are funding psychedelic therapy research as psilocybin and MDMA near FDA approval to treat depression, PTSD, ...

A United Way of Greater Newark pilot gives nonprofit employees $1,500 to invest, building personal financial stability and ...

Dolly Parton embraced trust-based philanthropy before it was trendy. Her example offers lessons on community investment and ...

Michael Bloomberg donated $155M to Museum of Science Boston. Plus, Ballmer gave $125M for children's behavioral health ...

Spending on programs to strengthen the nation’s democracy reached $6.7 billion last year, according to the U.S. Democracy Hub. While the field has grown sharply since Donald Trump’s first election in ...

The cultural momentum on DEI has shifted, including AOC calling Woke 1.0 "crazy," creating an opening the nonprofit sector shouldn't waste. Honest reckoning requires leaders to ask whether their own ...

Las Vegas philanthropist Dana Lee was always what she calls a “big tent” donor, giving to arts organizations, education, women’s rights, and groups that aid struggling families in southern Nevada.

Coefficient Giving is writing bigger checks. Last week, the grant maker and philanthropy adviser alongside GiveWell, a charity evaluator and funder, announced it would make a $276 million grant to ...

Carmen Rojas is president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, which quadrupled its grant making in 2025 to $130 million and pledged to give another $500 million over the next decade. Rojas ...

Last month the Grand Victoria Foundation, a $180 million dollar grant maker in Illinois, did something unusual in this era of attacks on race-based grant making: It has doubled down on building ...