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Black migrants are being hunted. Grant makers are still looking away.
Opinion

Black migrants are being hunted. Grant makers are still looking away.

Will Pierre Damas Bel’s suicide and the plight of Ohio’s Haitians prod funders to increase the trickle of dollars that go to immigrant causes?

By Rini Chakraborty and Jonathan Jayes-Green

Gates closed down a half billion anti-poverty effort and instead banked on AI
Foundation Giving

Gates closed down a half billion anti-poverty effort and instead banked on AI

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By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations

Boys and men are back on funders’ agendas. Here’s what could go wrong.
The Commons | Opinion

Boys and men are back on funders’ agendas. Here’s what could go wrong.

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By Michael D. Smith
Contributor

What to do now to maximize year-end fundraising
Solutions

What to do now to maximize year-end fundraising

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By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising

Museums provide lessons on how to use AI effectively
Technology

Museums provide lessons on how to use AI effectively

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By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor

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Executive Leadership

Podcast: A candid look at what it takes to lead in these times

Major-Gift Fundraising

Bill Clinton calls on leaders to fill gaps left by ‘retreating governments’

Philanthropists

9 pro athletes who give like champions

Philanthropists

A look at Warren Buffett’s giving as he steps down

Fundraising

How small fundraising teams can produce outsize results
Solutions

How small fundraising teams can produce outsize results

Growth starts with cutting low-return work — then pouring the time you save into donor relationships and your team.

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By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Grant Seeking

How nonprofits can spend less time reporting to funders

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By Wayne van Zijl
The Conversation

Playbooks

Why more nonprofits are borrowing, not just raising money

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Giving

Bill Clinton calls on leaders to fill gaps left by ‘retreating governments’
Major-Gift Fundraising

Bill Clinton calls on leaders to fill gaps left by ‘retreating governments’

He called on attendees at this year's Clinton Global Initiative to “step into the void” after cuts to foreign assistance.

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By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press

Advocacy

Jon Stewart explains his ongoing philanthropic support of first responders

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By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press

Philanthropists

9 pro athletes who give like champions

By Maria Di Mento and Elizabeth Haugh

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Leading

Podcast: A candid look at what it takes to lead in these times
Executive Leadership

Podcast: A candid look at what it takes to lead in these times

Lysa Ratliff, CEO of KaBoom, on the state of children’s mental health and why she refuses to soften the truth.

Solutions

How to build a succession plan before you need one

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By Barbara Frye
Contributor

Government and Regulation

Is Trump weaponizing the IRS against nonprofits?

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By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations

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The Future of Giving: Building Ties With the Next Generation of Donors

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America’s Favorite Charities: Fundraising Growth
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America’s Favorite Charities: Fundraising Growth

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We used AI to ease staff burnout. Here’s what we learned.
Solutions

We used AI to ease staff burnout. Here’s what we learned.

A nonprofit built its own tool to unburden frontline staff — and the lessons reach well beyond AI.

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By Erica Waterford
Contributor

A funders guide to repairing democracy
Playbooks

A funders guide to repairing democracy

How to build a nonprofit that pays for itself
Solutions

How to build a nonprofit that pays for itself

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By Patrick Bardsley
Contributor

How to create donor events that inspire giving
Playbooks

How to create donor events that inspire giving

Start asking donors what they own, not just what they’ll give
Solutions

Start asking donors what they own, not just what they’ll give

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By Sam Marks
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Boys and men are back on funders’ agendas. Here’s what could go wrong.
The Commons | Opinion

Boys and men are back on funders’ agendas. Here’s what could go wrong.

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By Michael D. Smith
Contributor

What our debate team taught us about teaching students how to disagree
The Commons | Opinion

What our debate team taught us about teaching students how to disagree

By David Einhorn and Rajiv Vinnakota

Black migrants are being hunted. Grant makers are still looking away.
Opinion

Black migrants are being hunted. Grant makers are still looking away.

Will Pierre Damas Bel’s suicide and the plight of Ohio’s Haitians prod funders to increase the trickle of dollars that go to immigrant causes?

By Rini Chakraborty and Jonathan Jayes-Green

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Letters to the Editor

If wealthy donors want to give well, grantees need a voice

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The Commons

Boys and men are back on funders’ agendas. Here’s what could go wrong.
The Commons | Opinion

Boys and men are back on funders’ agendas. Here’s what could go wrong.

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By Michael D. Smith
Contributor

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What our debate team taught us about teaching students how to disagree
The Commons | Opinion

What our debate team taught us about teaching students how to disagree

By David Einhorn and Rajiv Vinnakota

The loneliness epidemic needs its own philanthropic movement
The Commons | Opinion

The loneliness epidemic needs its own philanthropic movement

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By Aaron Hurst
Contributor

Campuses are rebuilding a culture of dialogue. Funders can ensure it lasts.
The Commons | Opinion

Campuses are rebuilding a culture of dialogue. Funders can ensure it lasts.

By Jonathan Haidt and Tamar Remz

John Palfrey, president of the MacArthur Foundation, and Jamie Merisotis CEO of the Lumina Foundation, have helped to build Unite in Advance, a network of hundreds of grant makers willing to defend one another’s right to fund work at odds with the Trump administration.
The Commons

Facing Trump crackdown, foundations form a mutual-defense pact

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By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director

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Alex Daniels

Senior Editor, Foundations

Alex covers foundations and public policy for the Chronicle. Previously he covered national politics and business for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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Gates closed down a half billion anti-poverty effort and instead banked on AI

Government and Regulation

Is Trump weaponizing the IRS against nonprofits?

Results

‘We feel that we were used’: Nonprofits after Chan Zuckerberg dropped social advocacy
Foundation Giving

‘We feel that we were used’: Nonprofits after Chan Zuckerberg dropped social advocacy

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By Byard Duncan
Contributor

Funders want to help boys and men — again. Will they stick around this time?
The Commons

Funders want to help boys and men — again. Will they stick around this time?

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By Drew Lindsay
Contributor

As psychedelics near FDA approval, donors rush to fund the next frontier
Major-Gift Fundraising

As psychedelics near FDA approval, donors rush to fund the next frontier

Individuals and some foundations are pouring millions into research, veteran access, advocacy, and health-system readiness.

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By Ben Gose
Senior Editor

How Code.org is reinventing itself for the age of AI
Technology

How Code.org is reinventing itself for the age of AI

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By Rebecca Koenig
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Letters to the Editor

If wealthy donors want to give well, grantees need a voice

A reader says input from grantees should have a part in educating philanthropists to be better donors.

Letters to the Editor

Fiscal Sponsorship Disclosure Is Common Sense, Not an Attack

Letters to the Editor

Funders Want Nonprofits to Merge. There’s a Better Option.

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Philanthropy 50
2026 Philanthropy 50

Philanthropy 50

Search or browse this year’s list of America’s biggest donors and all the past lists going back to 2000. You can sort by name, amount donated, source of wealth, location, and top cause.

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By Maria Di Mento
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2026 Philanthropy 50

The Philanthropy 50: Top Donors Reward Charities They Know Well

By Maria Di Mento and Ben Gose

2026 Philanthropy 50

Michael Bloomberg, Biggest Donor of 2025, Tops Philanthropy 50 List for Third Year in a Row

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