Special Report: Foundation Survey
Foundations Rethink Priorities as Assets Slowly Recover 
A new Chronicle survey suggests that grant makers will give more in 2011 even though they still have not recovered all their losses from the financial crisis.
Seeking Foundation Grants in Today’s Giving Climate: Tips for Grant Seekers
Focusing on collaboration and signature programs can help charities gain grant makers' support.
Large Grants in 2010: A Sampling
How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2011
The Nation's 10 Wealthiest Foundations
A look at the nation's 10 wealthiest foundations in 2010.
How The Chronicle Compiled Its Survey of Foundations
Survey shows changes in assets and grant making over the past two years by 91 foundations.
About Fund Raising
New Web Sites Make It Easier for a Charity’s Supporters to Raise Money
More and more nonprofits are asking volunteers to devise their own ways to raise money from friends, colleagues, and family members.
Could IBM’s Watson Computer Aid the Work of Nonprofits?
If a robot can outsmart two top game-show contestants, can it also solve tough social problems? An IBM official thinks so.
About Managing
When Donors Commit Fraud, Nonprofits Often Pay the Price
Nonprofits that received money from donors convicted for investment fraud face demands to return big gifts.
Charities Try Many Tactics in Fights Over Tainted Gifts
Nonprofits have rebuffed requests to return ill-gotten money by pleading poverty, fighting in court, or taking other steps.
Lawsuits Ask Minn. Funds to Return $450-Million in Fraud Case
Four nonprofits have been asked to return money they received through their association with Tom Petters, who was convicted of running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Many Charities Could Lose Aid in Earmark Battle
As Congress comes under pressure to end federal support to lawmakers' pet projects, some nonprofits could lose big federal grants.
A Bay Area Nonprofit Devises Smarter Ways to Help Poor People Save Money
A San Francisco charity wants to figure out why its approach to ending poverty is working so that it can spread the lessons to others nonprofits.
From #gettngslizzerd to Getting Donations: Red Cross Capitalizes on Twitter Gaffe
How an accidental post on Twitter became a fund-raising opportunity for the American Red Cross, from our Social Philanthropy blog.
Survey of D.C. and N.Y. Nonprofits Says Most Will Raise Salaries in 2011
Nonprofits are stepping up their hiring and increasing the pay of many employees, according to a new survey of trends in three regions of the East Coast.
Sharing Failure Stories Can Help Nonprofits Build Better Programs, Say Authors
Grant makers need to give charities more room to takes risk, says a new book that explains what went wrong in community-development programs that flopped.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Announces Its New Leader; More Personnel Moves
Andrew Watt takes the helm at AFP and other personnel news from the nonprofit world.
New on the Job: Antihunger Charity Appoints Leader
Jeffrey D. Klein, a veteran businessman, is the new chief executive officer of the Global FoodBanking Network.
Opinion
Why Grant Makers Need to Think About Power
The Tea Party movement shows that the power of democratic involvement can have a more profound effect on social causes than all of foundations' prized innovations and...
Do Foundations Recognize Their Limits?
A foundation's examination of mistakes it made in an ambitious antipoverty effort raises questions about whether grant makers can really promote big social changes, says a...
Sending the Wrong Signal
As Congress considers big cuts in support for public broadcasting, they need to recognize that demand for news, educational, and cultural programs is growing, writes a...
Nonprofits Must Fight Obama’s Cuts in Aid to the Poor
The failure of nonprofit leaders to defend government antipoverty programs is a key reason the White House has gotten away with ignoring the plight of the poor, writes Pablo...
Grant Makers Seek Specific Results, but That’s Rarely Possible
Giving money to programs with proven results is all the rage, but do grant makers realize how bad human beings are at predicting what works, wonders Sean Stannard-Stockton, a...
Letters: Measuring Nonprofit Results Is Not A Futile Task
Experts on evaluation say a Chronicle columnist got it wrong when he urged foundations to stop their "measurement mania."
More Features
An Effort to Secure Benefits for a City’s Forgotten Residents
A charity's safety net catches homeless and mentally ill Chicagoans.
