Tamara Straus
Senior Editor, News
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Tamara Straus is senior editor for news at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she supervises reporters and manages the publication’s partnership with the Associated Press and The Conversation. She joined the Chronicle in April 2023. Tamara has held editor positions at the San Francisco Examiner, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and San Francisco Chronicle. She also has worked for small nonprofits focused on civil rights and international development and for large nonprofits, including University of California, Berkeley.
Stories by This Author
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PhilanthropistsPatagonia’s ‘Dirtbag’ Billionaire Is Out to Transform Philanthropy
David Gelles’s new book examines the life of Yvon Chouinard, an entrepreneurial outdoorsman whose $3 billion company is now giving its profits to a charity fighting the environmental crisis. -
Case Study
Low Costs, Organic Growth, Repeat Gifts From Philanthropy: How This Nonprofit Is Scaling
The National Education Equity Lab has developed a powerful model to help lower income students get into selective colleges, succeeding where billion-dollar philanthropic experiments in education have failed. -
Q&A
An Indigenous Leader’s Message for Nonprofits: Focus on Resilience, Endurance
Joshua Arce, head of Partnership for Native Americans, is thinking seven generations behind and ahead to keep his nonprofit on mission. “It’s time to get centered on what you stand for,” he advises. -
Data & Research
What We Know — and Don’t Know — About the Nonprofit Layoff Crisis
As federal budget cuts ripple through an uncertain economy, at least 23,000 documented, full-time positions have been eliminated since Inauguration Day. -
Government and Regulation
Is Trump’s Second Term Affecting Your Nonprofit?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy wants to hear from you. Plus, a primer on Trump administration executive orders and actions affecting the nonprofit sector. -
Grant Making
The Foundation Providing Quick Disaster Relief in L.A. and Beyond
The Emergency Assistance Foundation helps corporations provide rapid aid without needing to run their own tax-exempt entity. -
Q&A
New Book Takes a Skeptical Look at Bill Gates’s Philanthropic Evolution
New York Times journalist Anupreeta Das depicts Gates in his many roles and outsize billionaire influence. -
Big Bets
What Happened to George Soros’s $100 Million Bet? How Human Rights Watch Went Global.
In 2010, Open Society Institute gave its biggest gift to a New York City-based human-rights nonprofit, with the mandate to expand internationally. Meanwhile, the world became more authoritarian.
