How should philanthropy adapt to fault lines deepened by Brexit and the election of Donald Trump? Nonprofits say they’ll have more work than ever: filling in where government services wane, protecting vulnerable populations, and resisting the rise of hate speech against women and minorities. Are funders mobilizing resources to tackle these new challenges or redoubling their efforts in targeted ways? Will philanthropy pay closer attention to the tectonic shifts caused by our modern globalized trade regime, and expand or direct their efforts to areas like rural communities?
Marc Gunther covered business and sustainability for many years. He now writes about foundations and nonprofits on his blog, Nonprofit Chronicles, and is a frequent contributor to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Marc was a senior writer at FORTUNE magazine from 1996 through 2008. He wrote cover…
LALEH ISPAHANI
Open Society Foundations, U.S. Programs (2008-present)
Acting Deputy Director & Democracy Director
Laleh Ispahani is a lawyer and advocate specializing in U.S. democracy and human rights issues. At OSF, she supports the Executive Director of U.S. Programs with administration of…
Pia Infante is Trustee and Co-Executive Director of The Whitman Institute (TWI), an independent foundation that leverages trust based philanthropy for social, political and economic equity. Ms. Infante draws on decades of multi-sector experience as an educator, facilitator, organizational consultant…
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Government of The Netherlands
In 1983, while still at university, Lilianne Ploumen became a community outreach worker in the Crooswijk area of Rotterdam. Two years later she joined the Institute of Psychological Market Research (IPM), working in the statistics department and as a research project leader. IPM focuses on…
Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation, a $16 billion international social justice philanthropy. Under his leadership, the Ford Foundation became the first non-profit in US history to issue a $1 billion designated social bond to stabilize non-profit organizations in the wake of COVID-19…