Inside Philanthropy

Inside Philanthropy was established with a clear mission: to shed light on one of the most influential forces in our society. Our dedicated team of editors and journalists works tirelessly to uncover how foundations and significant donors allocate their funds and the reasons behind their choices. We believe that philanthropic resources should be available to everyone, not just those who have the right connections. Our aim is to make the world of giving understandable for all. If you're in search of funding for your initiatives, we are here to assist you. Additionally, we strive to enhance transparency and accountability within the philanthropic sector, especially as its influence grows in the United States and beyond. While we celebrate the increasing generosity and often highlight innovative funders, we also address challenging questions regarding the impact of private funding on public life.

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Can Tech Lawsuit Settlement Dollars Back Youth Mental Health?

2 days ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen

Many experts point to a cause-and-effect link between social media and the youth mental health crisis — unsurprising, given how much time we all spend these days, young and old, staring at screens. While a number of funders have attempted to tackle the problem, its scale and sheer pervasiveness in modern life is daunting.
Robert Wood Johnson’s Final Culture of Health Cohort Targets Structural Racism

5 days ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen

Mothers participate with their children in a baby massage class at the Children's Home Society of New Jersey in Trenton, NJ. © 2024 Bethel Kriston Jae. Photo courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Our health is determined by many factors besides access to healthcare. In fact, research has found that medical care accounts for only 10 to 20% of health outcomes.
Five Funders Supporting Meditation and Mindfulness for Mental Health

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Mike Scutari

In February, my colleague Wendy Paris spoke with Bob Roth, the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, about a month after the passing of the foundation’s namesake.
Hereditary Disease Foundation’s Meghan Donaldson on Funding for Huntington’s Disease

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Wendy Paris

The Hereditary Disease Foundation just announced a new round of research grants in two of its three grantmaking programs, a welcome bit of good news in an otherwise bleak moment for medical research in the U.S. The 2025 grants, totalling $1.8 million, go to 16 researchers around the world who are focused on finding treatments and cures for Huntington’s disease.
Slash and Burn: Trump Cuts Open Up More Funding Gaps in Native American Education

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen

Since Trump took office, the administration has slashed staff and programs at the Department of Education and aims to shut it down altogether. Native American education hasn’t been spared in the torrent of executive orders and budget cuts. In February, for example, administrators, teachers and maintenance staff were terminated at two federally funded Native American colleges operated by the Bureau of Indian Education.
Mellon and Haymarket Books Back Justice-System-Impacted Writers

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Dawn Wolfe

The whole city buys tickets to feed the one-winged eagle, and the stranger asks why I went to prison, and everyone just wants to see the mistake, to fascinate on a free thing flightless, to squeeze a small fish and feed a big appetite. Everyone except the little girl in line. She demands to know what fish crime deserves this, this dying, this dying slowly, for a show. The adults ignore her, but fish hears.
You’ve Got Critique: Three Philanthropy Newsletters That Will Singe Your Inbox

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Michael Kavate

I had only just started in philanthropy when my then-boss turned me on to Vu Le’s blog, now called Nonprofit AF. I was fresh to the field but already feeling confused by it, not least by the gulf between the sector’s humanitarian ideals and its often lifeless, public-relations-manicured language. Le’s weekly posts were like encountering a living being in a robotic landscape, someone who cared so much that they did not worry if they made others uncomfortable.
What New Data Tells Us About the MAGA Coalition and the Challenges Facing Liberal Philanthropy

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | David Callahan

If you’re in any kind of conflict, it’s a good idea to be extremely curious about your adversary. What motivates them? How do they operate? What do they really want? As Sun Tzu famously wrote: “Know thy enemy.”*While this advice has been around for 2,500 years, it’s routinely ignored, with unfortunate results. Liberal America’s response to the rise of Trump is a great example.
Project Healthy Minds: A Star Mental Health Nonprofit Draws in Diverse Donors

1 week ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Ade Adeniji

I first met Phillip Schermer on a blustery April afternoon in New York, where we bonded over growing up on the east coast and our ties to the University of Michigan (go Wolverines!). His nonprofit, Project Healthy Minds, which aims to tackle the mental health crisis — particularly among young people — had come up before in my philanthropy reporting. Home Depot billionaire Arthur Blank supports it as part of his broader mental health work.
Should Funders Boost Volunteerism? A New Report Makes the Case

2 weeks ago | insidephilanthropy.com | Mike Scutari

A topic that comes up time and again in the philanthropy conversation is why so many issue areas and vital nonprofit needs receive scant support from grantmakers collectively sitting on trillions of dollars. Of course, this is a subjective exercise, since a cause’s value to society is in the eye of the beholder.