Thalia Beaty

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  • Todd YoungPolitics

    600% tax hike on private foundations cut from Trump’s BBB after extensive lobbying: ‘This took some persuasion’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Points of Light president and CEO Jennifer Sirangelo and Neil Bush, chair, speak at the 2025 Points of Light Conference in New Orleans, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)Lifestyle

    President George H.W. Bush’s nonprofit plans to spend $100 million to boost volunteerism in America as Trump’s funding cuts threaten organizations

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • United Way CEO Angela WilliamsLeadership

    You can win a grant for up to $50,000 to give a nonprofit of your choice, thanks to a new award for ‘civic bravery’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool, file)Tech

    OpenAI’s CEO just ditched a months-long effort to abandon non-profit control over its for-profit business

    By Matt O'Brien, Thalia Beaty, and others
  • President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation Carmen Rojas poses for a portrait in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, April, 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)Economy

    UPS founder’s nonprofit is ramping up donations to $130 million to fill a ‘void’ left by Trump’s policy changes

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Low angle view of Morgan Gate (class of 1877) entrance to Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. (Photo by: Spencer Grant/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Politics

    A 116-year-old law gifted Harvard and most universities with tax-exempt status. Can Trump actually revoke it?

    By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Thalia Beaty, and others
  • Bernice King gives a speechPolitics

    Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter says housing discrimination is rearing its ugly head again: ‘We may end up right back where we were in the ’50s’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Laura Meissner poses for a portrait in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Politics

    Laid-off USAID employees are taking matters into their own hands to bridge the gap after DOGE cuts

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Judge bars Trump administration from shutting down federal African development agency

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • People hold up signs while rallying for USAIDPolitics

    The MacArthur Foundation will increase giving by $150 million over the next two years after Trump pulled the plug on foreign aid: ‘This is a major crisis for our sector’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • FILE – President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)Politics

    MacArthur Foundation will increase giving for 2 years in response to ‘crisis’ caused by Trump freeze on foreign aid

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • MacKenzie ScottSuccess

    MacKenzie Scott’s game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: ‘Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability’

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • A woman holds a sign saying "Donate" on Giving Tuesday, the first Tuesday after ThanksgivingSuccess

    Americans donated $3.6 billion on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which has become a holiday in its own right

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • Volunteer Victoria Vasquez, 70, of Providence, R.I., center, supervises one-and-a-half year olds Scarlett Thomas, left, and Liam Echevarria Gaytan, right, in an early childcare program at Federal Hill House, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Finance

    GivingTuesday estimates $3.6 billion was donated to nonprofits this year, up $500 million from 2023

    By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
  • The U.S. Capitol, including the House of Representatives, left, are seen on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Politics

    Treasury Department may soon be able to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits it claims support terrorism, worrying civil liberties groups

    By Thalia Beaty, Farnoush Amiri, and others