Sara Herschander

2 months ago | philanthropy.com | Sara Herschander

Kimberly Lewis couldn’t remember where she’d heard the name MacKenzie Scott when she received a call about a multimillion-dollar gift headed to her East Texas Goodwill branch. When she learned the size of the grant — $5 million with no strings attached — she said she nearly swallowed the phone. “It was a great pat on the back to say: I see you.

Nov 18, 2024 | philanthropy.com | Sara Herschander

The day after Donald Trump’s win, the Leslie-Lohman Museum transformed its SoHo gallery into a refuge. Streams of visitors and staff alike sunk into comfy chairs, sipped hot tea, laughed, cried, and processed the news in one of the world’s few LGBTQ art museums, a haven that has survived over half a century of storms. “The only agenda was to be a place for processing,” said executive director Alyssa Nitchun.

Nov 4, 2024 | calonews.com | Sara Herschander

When Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was last in office, his administration repeatedly attempted to gut the country's social safety net, proposing cuts to nutrition assistance, Medicaid and other government programs that one in four Americans rely on. If he wins in November, experts say it's likely that Trump would once again target those programs, spelling financial peril for the most vulnerable Americans.

Oct 25, 2024 | capitalandmain.com | Sara Herschander

When Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was last in office, his administration repeatedly attempted to gut the country’s social safety net, proposing cuts to nutrition assistance, Medicaid and other government programs that one in four Americans rely on. If he wins in November, experts say it’s likely that Trump would once again target those programs, spelling financial peril for the most vulnerable Americans.

Jun 18, 2024 | philanthropy.com | Sara Herschander

A donor pulling a longtime grant in response to a nonprofit executive’s politically-charged social media post. A family foundation forced to bring in an outside facilitator to mediate internal divisions over the war in Gaza. Risk-averse grant makers asking organizations to scrub language like “ceasefire” from their websites.