Author: David J. Hart, M. Sinan Gonul
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Multichannel Philanthropists Versus Cash Contributors: Segmenting Charitable Donors in the Digital Age
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Recent years have witnessed a radical shift towards digital charitable giving. Existing studies typically investigate a single donation channel, coming at the expense of a more holistic understanding of donor channel preferences. The current study seeks … Goto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Women’s health
Major funders and collaboratives doubled down on their investments in support of women’s health in 2025…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Podcast Episode 20: Taking Lessons from a Year of Aid Cuts into 2026
Global health programs faced major disruptions to their funding in 2025. Back in March, we published our first podcast episode to share a timely snapshot of the immediate impacts caused by the foreign aid freeze and GiveWell’s initial response strategy. It was unclear whether and when funding would resume, and what the medium and long-term…
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2025 Roundup: Funding for HBCUs and Tribal colleges
Giving to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well as Tribal- and Hispanic-Serving colleges advanced markedly this year with over $1 billion in related awards from MacKenzie Scott alone…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Religion
In 2025, the continued expansion of the Lilly Endowment’s grantmaking has helped maintain a solid foundation of giving to religious organizations around the world, while other individual and institutional funders have also made it a significant focus of their giving…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Medical research and health funding
This year saw a range of super-sized long-term awards for hospitals and health systems as well as targeted funding to expand science-to-treatment pipelines, address health equity gaps in data and research, and leverage AI technologies to accelerate medical breakthroughs…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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The Help-Seeking Preferences of Participants in Social Enterprises: Does Control Matter?
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Research on social enterprises has primarily emphasized organizational performance and social impact, while participants’ experiences remain underexplored. This study first conducted a scoping review of the current social enterprise literature and … Goto full post >>
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Intra-Group and Inter-Group Racial Disparities in Nonprofit Funding: Insights from Stratification Economics
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Recent research has increasingly examined nonprofit funding disparities between White and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, especially after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. However, limited attention has been paid to funding … Goto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Higher education’s response to federal cuts
Higher education institutions spent much of the year on the defensive following changes in federal funding and public policy put billions of dollars in limbo, if not eliminating the payments altogether…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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2025 Roundup: Climate Change
Funding for climate change and environmental resilience saw big gains in 2025, although philanthropic decisions were heavily influenced by the United States government’s decision to pull funding and participation from several global organizations, and the United Nations-led COP 30 climate change conference in Belém, Brazil…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Jeff, Lauren Bezos announce $25 million in Courage & Civility Awards
The 2025 Bezos Courage & Civility Awards, which provide $5 million to each honoree, aim to celebrate those who help challenge the status quo…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Futures Thinking: Building Proactive Resilience in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In an era of heightened uncertainty, nonprofits face complex risks that challenge their mission-driven work, making resilience more essential than ever. Existing research on nonprofit resilience, however, tends to adopt a reactive lens, focusing on post-… Goto full post >>
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December 2025 Updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
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DFG announces 2026 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize recipients
Selected by a committee of the German Research Foundation from a pool of 144 nominees, the 10 prize winners will each receive €2.5 million ($2.9 million) over a period of up to seven years in support of their research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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What Is a Just Transition and How Can We Pursue It?
By Sam Walby, April Doner, Jack Becher, Tchiyiwe Chihana, Sam Gregory, and Peter Pula This story was originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly on September 22, 2025: nonprofitquarterly.org/what-is-a-just-transition-and-how-can-we-pursue-it/ State of the Movements is a recurring NPQ column dedicated to tracking the pulse of social movements and the solidarity economy in 2025. In our movements, we often focus on actions—the…
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Funders award Detroit-area arts, cultural organizations $11.2 million
The 107 multiyear general operating grants from the Kresge, Erb, and Hudson-Webber foundations will help strengthen the sector regionally with consistent support to a diverse range of organizations, including the Motown Museum and the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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University of Cincinnati receives $3.4 million bequest for nursing
The gift from the estate of alumnus Stephen J. Helman will support nursing scholarships and mental health services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Salt Lake City’s Shelter the Homeless receives $10 million
The matching funds from board member Gail Miller will help the nonprofit—which provides 90 percent of the area’s shelter beds—to enhance programs, improve security, and expand support services…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Georgia State University receives $4.6 million from Gates Foundation
The grant will enable the university to scale degree-completion pathways for associate-degree students…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Coefficient Giving Commits $175 Million to GiveWell Opportunities
We are excited to share that Coefficient Giving, formerly Open Philanthropy, has decided to renew and increase their funding for GiveWell, committing to set aside $175 million in 2026 for opportunities we recommend. This is great news for the people our grants help, and it comes at a critical moment. Following 2025’s aid cuts, we…