On Philanthropy: Philanthropy can spark hope and change
Discouragement, despair and anger are understandable and common responses to the current experiences of systemic racial injustice and bigotry, an advancing global pandemic and an economic train wreck....
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On Philanthropy: Lack of accountability and transparency put philanthropy at...
An inflection point is a time of significant change; a turning point. Right now, the very way philanthropy works in the U.S. is being critically examined by a growing chorus of experts and scholars who...
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On Philanthropy: Start planning your year-end giving now
In 2019, U.S. giving to charity totaled nearly $450 billion. Historically, nearly one-third of that amount takes place in December, with 12% of all giving occurring in the last three days of the year....
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On Philanthropy: Erasing hunger in America requires more than charity
The holidays are around the corner and, for tens of millions of our neighbors across the U.S., this will be a time of scarcity, insecurity, worry and, in the richest nation on Earth, hunger. Consider...
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On Philanthropy: Don’t stand by this holiday season
We’re living (and dying) in a “quadfecta” of 1) A raging, unprecedented pandemic, 2) Economic inequality and hardship at the highest levels in memory, 3) Racial injustice permeating almost every aspect...
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On Philanthropy: Predictions on charity and giving for 2021
2020 is a year most of us are happy to leave behind. Amid the many disheartening challenges we endured, there were also some positive developments in the philanthropy field that will impact giving in...
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Letters: The cost of illness in the U.S. (2/18/21)
Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com The cost of illness in the U.S. Re: “High drug prices endanger lives,” Feb. 15 letter to the editor High drug prices not only endanger lives, they also burden those...
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On Philanthropy: Pandemic puts nonprofits in peril — what donors can do
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a crushing impact on the nonprofit sector that employs about 14% of the U.S. workforce, nearly half of which works for nonprofit hospitals and universities. The remaining...
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On Philanthropy: Simple questions to ask about the ongoing problem of food...
The winter holidays are right around the corner. Soon, many Americans will gather around the dinner table with family and friends to give thanks for abundant blessings and freedoms as they indulge in a...
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On Philanthropy: It’s time for some “moonshot” philanthropy
The challenges facing contemporary society are enormous. Think about helping to solve hunger, homelessness, climate change, disease (including pandemics), gun violence, income inequality,...
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