Innovation

Grant Making

Who Decides? Foundation Staff Look to Outsiders to Steer Grants

By Alex Daniels October 24, 2025

The Spark Fund and the NextGen Grantmakers Initiative are among several philanthropies backing participatory grant-making efforts.

Students attend a cyber security training class at Per Scholas' Brooklyn campus, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in New York.

Grant Making

Citi Foundation Puts $25 Million Toward Youth Unemployment, AI Labor Disruptions

By James Pollard, Associated Press October 22, 2025

The banking group’s philanthropic arm is donating $500,000 each to 50 groups worldwide that provide training for low-income youth.

Podcast | Giving Done Right

Faith, Generosity, and Justice: Dilnaz Waraich on Muslim American Giving

October 10, 2025

In this episode, the WF Fund president discusses Islamic principles behind charitable giving, why trust-based philanthropy requires humility, and how interfaith bridge-building strengthens communities.

Podcast | Giving Done Right

An Anti-Authoritarian Playbook for Donors

October 3, 2025

The Democracy Fund’s Joe Goldman offers a three-part framework for donors who are concerned that America is backsliding into authoritarianism.

Chera Reid listens at an event hosted by Freedom Dreams of Philanthropy in Detroit, Michigan on June 18, 2025.

Leadership

Black Foundation Leaders in the Age of Trump: Still Leading and Dreaming

By Alex Daniels October 1, 2025

Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy provides a record and a time capsule of Black foundation leaders as the backlash against racial equity reaches the highest levels of government.

Houston Endowment team members Miguel Rivera, left, Robiel Abraha, center, and Juan Huerta Hernandez, right, review reporting notes in Houston, Tex. on September 23, 2025.

Grant Making

A Foundation Pilot Program Simplifies Grant Reporting With AI

By Stephanie Beasley October 1, 2025

The Houston Endowment uses Zoom AI tools to record and transcribe virtual meetings between program officers and grantees.

Podcast | Giving Done Right

A Defining Moment for Democracy: The Immigration Crisis

September 26, 2025

The head of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights joins hosts Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette to discuss the unprecedented scale of current immigration enforcement and its implications for everyone.