Marc Gunther

The company has closed a $39 million round of financing to optimize existing substances, which they say will make them safer and more effective.

The difficulty is, at least in part, because the two polarized sides can’t agree on what they are trying to accomplish.

California’s attorney general said top executives and board members knew the fund was using money in ways that ran counter to what donors wanted.

The federal mandatory minimum didn’t leave many options.

Two new books kept me busy last week: Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, by Paul Shapiro, and Clean

Big foundations are supporting nonprofits that give money, with no strings attached, to those in need.

Luz Vega-Marquis, who announced this week she will retire in 2020, has faced turnover from employees who say they felt mistreated, diminished, and even traumatized.

Hallucinogens like psilocybin and LSD remain illegal, but researchers want to test their ability to treat PTSD, addictions, and other disorders.

After amassing a fortune in software and giving away $40 million of it, tech entrepreneur Mario Morino established an invitation-only group of experts dedicated to improving nonprofit management.

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has grown to become one of the world’s most well-funded foundations. But who in the Valley benefits from this largesse?

Even in the resistance-to-Trump era, philanthropy is a zero-sum game.