Martha Ramirez

California’s special election prompted some funders to act quickly to ensure access to the polls. Maintaining and growing that support will be key going into 2026.

The 83-year-old heir and rail entrepreneur is one of Trump’s top political donors. His gift, meant to pay troops during the government shutdown, has raised eyebrows.

As the federal government threatens to revoke nonprofits' 501c3 status, the law will allow organizations to continue to receive grants and contracts from the state.

Now in its second year, this pooled fund is bringing people together in underserved rural communities with backing from around two dozen philanthropies.

With a new tool, the network is hoping to guide funders to where their dollars can do the most as the region recovers from Hurricane Helene and prepares for future disasters.

With civil liberties under increasing threat, it’s critical that philanthropy retains its voice and defends free speech, both to protect nonprofits and democracy writ large.

We look at how several community foundations are getting behind community land trusts, which put control of properties in residents' hands and aim to ensure long-term affordability.

Women make up the majority of members in 70% of all giving circles. Here are a few to know focused on women, trans and nonbinary people.

With a renewed contract and an injection of philanthropic dollars, Ready to Rise will continue its work to support youth in Los Angeles for another seven years.

Trump has taken aim at mail-in voting. With the midterm elections on the way, philanthropy’s role in supporting the right to vote has become all the more critical, and it’s not just “democracy funders” who need to step up.

Big, public-facing rapid response initiatives from philanthropy have been notably rare so far amid Trump's cuts. But here's an exception: the newly launched Public Media Bridge Fund.

Launched in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, the pooled fund is now a legally independent organization. It's facing stiff headwinds this year, but it's in it for the long haul.

With the imminent closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, philanthropic support for public news will be all the more critical. Here’s who’s funding public news, including PBS NewsHour and NPR.

California Funders for Boys and Men of Color has been around since 2014 and has notched wins in the state, despite ongoing national setbacks.

PBS stations are finding themselves in trouble after Congress decided to strip the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of more than $1 billion. Here are some funders that have the broadcaster’s back.

How does this complex and growing problem illustrate philanthropy's limits? And what do progress and setbacks through COVID and into the second Trump administration tell us about the way forward?

Chalk up the billionaire-backed grantmaker as one that's willing to act amid Trump's mass deportation campaign.

With the right to protest under attack in the U.S. despite its First Amendment protections, these grantmakers have been pushing back.

As billions of dollars are cut from public food assistance programs, community ownership models like equitable food oriented development offer hope for a better way.

Backed by The California Endowment and others, the planned campus will feature affordable housing, a market, a hub for nonprofits and community spaces.