Alex Daniels of The Chronicle of Philanthropy

  • Jocelynne Rainey, CEO of Brooklyn Org, is photographed in Brooklyn, NY, in 2021. (Brooklyn Org via AP)Finance

    Brooklyn Org explains its recent name change: ‘There is nothing wrong with the word ‘foundation,’ but it ‘feels a little old and a little controlling’

    By Alex Daniels of The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Associated Press
  • Lisa Snowden-McCray, Adam HolofcenerSuccess

    ‘The money was a complete shock to me.’ A Baltimore foundation just gave its last $1 million to a free newspaper for the Black community

    By Alex Daniels of The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Associated Press
  • In this April 28, 2020, file photo, medical personnel attend a daily 7 p.m. applause in their honor outside NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. As more nurses leave their jobs in hospitals and health-care centers, foundations are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to ensure that more stay in the profession and get more out of the job than just the applause and pats on the back they got during the bleakest days of the pandemic.Health

    The nursing shortage keeps getting worse, and foundations and major donors are pouring in millions to stem the tide

    By Alex Daniels of The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Associated Press
  • Bill Gates, Melinda GatesSuccess

    Bill and Melinda Gates are chopping funding for reading, writing and the arts to plow $1 billion into math education instead

    By Alex Daniels of The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Associated Press