The typical American exceptionalist perspective holds that everyone wants to be like the U.S., including non-U.S. charities and governments. However, a study from the Charities Aid Foundation suggests that the UK might not be quite interested in following the U.S. model.
It doesn’t matter how many foundations, individual donors, local and regional governments, and other funders believe in your organization and can donate financial support to it if those donors can’t find you and put you on their radar. Researching grants and prospects is the first step in the process, and navigating the upper levels of major-gift fundraising often requires a different approach than individual gift campaigns.
Private philanthropy may bring much-needed additional resources to critical public agencies, but transparency may eventually become an issue.
Is it a coincidence that Comcast devotes a noticeable share of its foundation grantmaking to funding minority and civil rights organizations that then weigh in with the FCC in support of Comcast mergers and acquisitions? We think not.
The Code Liberation Foundation seeks to open up a notoriously male-dominated industry to women.
Foundations ought to remind Congress of its responsibility to address our nation’s social inequities. According to Don Mathis of the National Community Action Partnership, Congress can learn lessons from foundations and nonprofits about the creation of a more caring, equitable society.
During Philanthropy Week, institutional philanthropy makes its case to senators, representatives, and their staff about what’s on the legislative and regulatory minds of grantmakers. To complement this theme, we’ll run one or two challenging op-eds every day, newswires from NPQ’s collaborative journalists that focus on foundation-related news, and a special semi-live blog covering a variety of Foundations on the Hill programming. Read on to see what else is in store!
Addressing inequality in America, getting the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes, and focusing on job creation—Gary Bass’s agenda for philanthropy during Philanthropy Week in Washington.
Lots of details remain to be ironed out in the unprecedented foundation-financed privatization of Motown’s public art collection.
Observing Iowa’s Senator Tom Harkin this past week reminds us that our nation needs people like him on both sides of the aisle if we’re going to see any progress in our nation’s otherwise polarized Congress. His statements on assistance for persons with disabilities, workforce development, and the minimum wage make it clear that his real political allegiance is to the social safety net.
With 98 years of history behind it and daunting challenges for nonprofits ahead, the Hawaii Community Foundation is flexing its muscle to provide new solutions for the sector.
American donors and American nonprofits will unavoidably be motivated to do something to help the Ukraine. The problem is figuring out how to understand and do the right thing.