Citygate Network is North America’s oldest and largest community of independent, faith-based crisis shelters and life-transformation centers. Started in 1906, the organization has grown to partner, educate, train and guide a network of 300 member organizations.
This week, Philanthropy Roundtable, with support from the Daniels Fund, is launching a new Civics Playbook, a digital resource for donors looking to make wise investments in high-impact organizations dedicated to enhancing civics education nationwide. The organizations featured in this resource reflect the Roundtable’s core values of liberty, opportunity and personal responsibility and bring those values to bear in the crucial area of civics education.
As the debate around renewing provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) heats up, a new working paper claims those tax cuts reduced charitable giving. A deeper dive reveals those claims are misleading as the analysis falls short in scope and methodology, while discounting the significance of higher income and growth on long-term patterns of charitable giving.
Philanthropy Roundtable is pleased to announce the selection of business leaders, philanthropists, and brothers Jeff and Pete Coors as the winners of the 2024 Simon-DeVos Prize for Philanthropic Leadership.
In an op-ed shared by the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, “Cybercrime is a Growing Threat Indiana Communities Need to Address,” Jud Fisher, president and CEO of Ball Brothers Foundation, explains how their foundation is improving the quality of life in Indiana.
The Foundations School, spearheaded by the Center for Creative Education (CCE), is an arts-integrated, research-focused demonstration school that’s transforming teaching and learning through the arts and creativity. The ultimate goal of the school is to help impoverished students reach grade-level in reading, social studies, science and math.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts face significant challenges today: corporations moving away from DEI investments, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision invalidating racial preferencing in college admissions and states passing legislation to prohibit DEI policies and programming on college campuses.
In an op-ed published in USA Today, “I lived in a homeless encampment for a week. I saw how Housing First doesn’t work.” Mayor Mike Hoffman of Aurora, Colorado, explains how the community is combating homelessness.
In 2023, following the passage of the Donor Intent Protection Act in Kansas, Philanthropy Roundtable launched a monthly series on donor intent developments and controversies around the country to better inform those who care about this important topic. The Donor Intent Protection Act has now passed in Kentucky and Georgia as well, and efforts on behalf of this legislation continue in additional states.
In an op-ed published in Newsmax, “Education Opportunities for Blacks Post-Affirmative Action,” Philanthropy Roundtable Adjunct Senior Fellow Patrice Onwuka explains how philanthropy’s historic role in the education of Black and disadvantaged students can be replicated in today’s post-affirmative action world.
On a pleasant October evening, the Santa Barbara fine art gallery Sullivan Goss buzzed with something wonderful. The exhibition “Space” graced the gallery, studying how outer space, inner space, time and any other interpretation of the concept inspired the featured artists.
Nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in our society, addressing various social, environmental and humanitarian needs. More fundamentally, nonprofits represent the long-standing tradition of Americans joining together voluntarily in associations outside of government to meet the needs of our communities.