2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (388+ words) Wendy Paris | May 22, 2026 The Schwarzman Centre, built with a "185 million (about $216 million) gift from the American billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, began serving students this past fall; now, the public-facing arts venues would be open and ready for business. Schwarzman's gift was…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (146+ words) Connie Matthiessen | May 21, 2026 Steyer has suggested that he won't die a billionaire because of his philanthropy. As he told Mehdi Hassan earlier this year, "My wife, Kat Taylor, and I have pledged to give the bulk of our money away…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (917+ words) Mike Scutari | May 21, 2026 Founding donors often establish perpetual foundations to provide organizations with a steady and indefinite source of support. In the case of perpetual family foundations, founding donors look to their children to carry on the family's philanthropic legacy....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (414+ words) Paul Karon | May 21, 2026 The announcement comprised about $8 million in grants, along with a forthcoming open call for another $10 million. Most of the grants went to organizations that have already been working on tech and AI policy and didn't exactly break…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (386+ words) Sarah Henry | May 20, 2026 Forget helicoptering in before elections to mobilize voters: Reaching disillusioned citizens requires a long-term commitment to community power-building best done at the state level. That's one major takeaway from "Learning to Build Power," the latest report from…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (693+ words) Andre Dowell, Guest Contributor | May 20, 2026 In most American communities, the history of philanthropy does not reside in a single archive." It is dispersed across institutions and records that were never intended to tell a unified story. It appears in board…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (377+ words) Lauren Evans | May 20, 2026 Globally, child marriage impacts 12 million girls under the age of 18 each year. And as of now, not nearly enough is being done to stop it." A new analysis from the Girls First Fund donor collaborative and Girls…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (722+ words) Michael Kavate | May 19, 2026 Billionaires are behind half of America's top 25 richest private foundations, but does their dominance exist only at the top of U. S. philanthropy, or does it run much deeper?" That was the question I was left with earlier this…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (927+ words) Mike Scutari | May 18, 2026 Perhaps the most urgent question facing workforce development funders right now is whether or not philanthropy, with its limited resources, can mitigate AI-related job displacement while cultivating meaningful work in a fast-changing economy. One of America's top…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (630+ words) Wendy Paris | May 18, 2026 Of the 141 family offices surveyed for the North American Family Office Report 2025, nearly 90% make donations through the family office. A growing number of people with family offices also are using them to engage the next generation. Yet,…...