Dawn Wolfe

With the Haitian community in Ohio much in the news, we look at organizations there that are helping them.

With the support of philanthropic funders like the Ford Foundation and the Just Trust, the Alliance for Safety and Justice is assembling thousands of people from 200 organizations to combat the backlash to criminal justice reform.

Despite how central religion is to public life in the U.S. and abroad, relatively few philanthropic funders support religious literacy efforts. Here are several that do, including four larger funders and a smaller grantmaker specifically targeting this area.

Tens of millions of Americans can’t afford the civil legal aid they need in the wake of a natural disaster or other crisis. Fortunately, more funders are realizing just how important civil legal aid is.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton were only two of 87 major disasters declared so far in 2024. Philanthropy needs to step up.

Voices of Hope Community Chorus, a local nonaudition chorus dedicated to supporting the breast cancer community, is proud to announce a charitable donation of $1,200 to ALAS-WINGS, a Chicago-based organization that empowers Hispanic/Latina women and their families who are affected by breast cancer.

Reports from Independent Sector/United for Alice and the Federal Reserve show that many nonprofit workers and organizations are still underfunded.

Global health funders should plan now for the re-imposition of the so-called global gag rule on abortion care. The Safe Abortion Action Fund and Ipas share what’s at stake.

Focus for Health Foundation and Ashley Pettus started their criminal justice giving when the field was the next hot new thing for funders. Unlike others, they’ve kept giving.

We sat down with octogenarian Barry Segal, the force behind three foundations, to ask what drives his approaches to giving.