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Very few ultra-wealthy people support efforts to bring about systemic economic change. There are, however, some exceptions to note.

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Class Traitors: Can Billionaires Back Structural Economic Reform in a New Gilded Age?
Very few ultra-wealthy people support efforts to bring about systemic economic change. There are, however, some exceptions to note.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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As part of @insidephilanthropy.com's series on the new Gilded Age, we take a look at the few billionaires who have sought to address the wealth gap at a systemic level.

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Class Traitors: Can Billionaires Back Structural Economic Reform in a New Gilded Age?
Very few ultra-wealthy people support efforts to bring about systemic economic change. There are, however, some exceptions to note.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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As trust in the press hits all-time lows, there’s actually a lot that funders can do to help restore confidence in a critical institution for democracy.

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Five Things Philanthropy Can Do to Restore Trust in Journalism
As trust in the press hits all-time lows, there’s actually a lot that funders can do to help restore confidence in a critical institution for democracy.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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For all the good that philanthropy has done to support journalism, especially when its comes to preserving and expanding the local news ecosystem, it may all be for naught if the majority of people don’t trust the information they’re receiving.
Five Things Philanthropy Can Do to Restore Trust in Journalism
As trust in the press hits all-time lows, there’s actually a lot that funders can do to help restore confidence in a critical institution for democracy.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Backed by donors like Ron Terwilliger, the NGO is working to develop scalable ways to build homes for the billions worldwide who lack access to adequate housing.

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Philanthropy Powers Habitat for Humanity’s Search for New Housing Solutions
Backed by donors like Ron Terwilliger, the NGO is working to develop scalable ways to build homes for the billions worldwide who lack access to adequate housing.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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As homelessness in the U.S. reaches record levels, here's what some major billionaires are funding.

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7 Billionaires Funding Efforts to Address the Homelessness Crisis
As homelessness in the U.S. reaches record levels, here's what some major billionaires are funding.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Even as philanthropic funders writ large seek to address homelessness — with mixed success — billionaires’ relationship to the homelessness crisis is a complicated one.
7 Billionaires Funding Efforts to Address the Homelessness Crisis
As homelessness in the U.S. reaches record levels, here's what some major billionaires are funding.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The shutdown showed that for all philanthropy can and should do to address hunger and poverty, it’s ultimately the government that is responsible for the wellbeing of its people.

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Philanthropy’s Response to SNAP Cuts Highlights Government’s Abdication
The shutdown showed that for all philanthropy can and should do to address hunger and poverty, it’s ultimately the government that is responsible for the wellbeing of its people.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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As this administration and a Republican-led Congress continue to make broad cuts in federal funding, philanthropy has been met with mounting pressure to play a bigger role in funding human services programs, including SNAP.
Philanthropy’s Response to SNAP Cuts Highlights Government’s Abdication
The shutdown showed that for all philanthropy can and should do to address hunger and poverty, it’s ultimately the government that is responsible for the wellbeing of its people.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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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.

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Lessons from Prop 50: Why Safeguarding Elections Needs Year-Round Support
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.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The 83-year-old heir and rail entrepreneur Timothy Mellon is one of Trump’s top political donors. His recent gift, meant to pay troops during the government shutdown, has raised eyebrows.

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What Can We Make of Timothy Mellon’s $130 Million Donation to Pay the Military?
The 83-year-old heir and rail investor is one of Trump’s top political donors. His gift, meant to pay troops during the government shutdown, has raised eyebrows.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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"The possibility remains that [Timothy] Mellon is trying to influence military personnel to his or Trump’s favor, while also giving the White House a way to argue that as Democrats extend the shutdown, big Trump donors have the troops’ interests in mind."
What Can We Make of Timothy Mellon’s $130 Million Donation to Pay the Military?
The 83-year-old heir and rail investor is one of Trump’s top political donors. His gift, meant to pay troops during the government shutdown, has raised eyebrows.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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As the federal government threatens to revoke the 501c3 status of nonprofit organizations, a new California law will allow organizations to continue to receive grants and contracts from the state.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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“In the spirit of trying to figure out how to protect a...crucial part of California’s resilience and resistance to the Trump administration’s agenda, we wanted to ensure that California would be in a position to continue to...grant and contract with our nonprofit organizations that we depend on.”
New Law Will Protect California Nonprofits Targeted by the Feds
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.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Now in its second year, the Trust for Civic Life is bringing people together in underserved rural communities to tackle local issues that matter most to them.

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The Trust for Civic Life Tackles Polarization in Rural America
Now in its second year, this pooled fund is bringing people together in underserved rural communities with backing from around two dozen philanthropies.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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With a new tool, the Appalachia Funders Network wants to guide funders to where their dollars can make the most impact as the region strives to recover from Hurricane Helene and prepare for future climate disasters.

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Appalachia Funders Network Aims to Make Climate Disaster Giving Easier
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.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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“If our democracy is to survive, the freedoms of speech and the press need a vigorous, determined defense."

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Free Speech Is Under Attack. Here’s What Funders Are Doing — and What Else Is Needed
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.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Women make up the majority of members in 70% of all giving circles, which are steadily popular and more democratic ways of giving. With more than 4,000 giving circles in the U.S., here's some women’s giving circles to know.

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Seven Women’s Giving Circles and Networks to Know
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.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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.

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This Philanthropic Partnership Aims to Reduce Youth Incarceration in L.A. How Is It Faring?
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.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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.

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Voting Rights Are Under Attack. It’s Time for All Funders to Take Action
With Trump now taking aim at mail-in voting, 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.
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September 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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“You can never have a real democracy with mail-in voting. We as a Republican Party are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots,” President Trump said.

For philanthropic funders and the nonprofits they support, this is a moment of truth.
Voting Rights Are Under Attack. It’s Time for All Funders to Take Action
With Trump now taking aim at mail-in voting, 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.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
August 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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A group of philanthropic funders has come together to commit $36.5 million in emergency funding for at-risk public television and radio stations. The fund will focus on rural, Indigenous and other underserved communities that are most vulnerable to losing their stations due to federal cuts.
Rapid Response: Funders Pool Their Dollars to Protect Public Media
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.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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"Whether people see racial justice as a winning issue or not, it is something that they have to contend with."

Originally launched as a five-year initiative following the murder of George Floyd, the Black Freedom Fund is now a independent, permanent institution working to advance racial justice.
Inside the Black Freedom Fund’s Journey to Independence and Permanence
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.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM