Michael Kavate

A historic gift from the Lilly Endowment follows a year of multi-million-dollar awards for the National Park Foundation, and underlines the system’s growing reliance on philanthropy amid static federal spending.

An Institute for Policy Studies analysis found that donors gave $5.8 billion to groups trafficking in climate disinformation from 2020 to 2022. A quarter of that sum comes from donor-advised funds and foundations.

The heir to the British throne, seven other billionaires, four centibillionaires and some powerful companies are all but putting pennies in the pot for their moonshot. Meanwhile, the backers of other prizes are far more openhanded.

Gill was one of six sector leaders who jointly published a 2023 op-ed on philanthropic pluralism that launched a firestorm of discussion. We asked him about the critiques.

Wiles’ firm was paid $2 million to lobby for nonprofits backed by billionaires like Bill Gates and foundations like Hewlett and MacArthur.

Larry Kramer thinks the Earthshot Prize is “relatively unimportant.” Walt Reid thinks it’s “not really the right model.” Read what they and other experts think of Prince William’s prize.

Trump’s team of billionaires is set to make his the wealthiest Cabinet in U.S. history. Here’s what we know about their turns in the nonprofit and philanthropy sectors.

Tulsi Gabbard, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner all started their own nonprofits in recent years. Here’s a look at those fledgling operations.

Media investigations have alleged self-dealing, prohibited political activity by the nonprofits of Trump officials like FBI nominee Kash Patel and “border czar” Tom Homan, reports Michael Kavate.

As a worldwide crisis unfolds and too few donors give, climate philanthropy still cannot say “billionaire.” Michael Kavate thinks the sector’s inability to talk honestly about wealth is toxic.