Among the main reasons philanthropists decide to spend down: the desire to make an immediate impact and fear that future ...

Operating in perpetuity and spending down can both be effective strategies. The key is for a foundation to match its spending ...

It may slow everyday donors’ adoption of DAFs — and lead some DAF donors to alternate between itemizing their taxes and ...

This summer, I had the opportunity to keynote the Points of Light annual conference in New Orleans, where a consistent ...

CGI hopes to address growing needs due to war and climate change and the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID.

At a time when the government is slashing nonprofit grants and contracts, the thought that it might adopt and expand ...

The BLACK Wellness & Prosperity Center supports and guides mothers throughout the birthing process and promotes culturally ...

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$2.5 Billion Pledge Makes Women’s Health a Priority in Gates Spend-Down The new commitment will triple the amount the foundation spends on women’s health innovation.

How $160 million from Netscape pioneer Jim Barksdale — a newcomer to social-change philanthropy — helped make schools in his ...

Rasheeda Childress is the senior editor for fundraising at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she helps guide coverage of ...