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FBI Director Kash Patel, right, and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speak about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s indictment in April 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Trump administration’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center breaks with norms – and may lack evidence of criminal wrongdoing

It’s unusual for federal authorities to take this kind of action when federal funding is not involved. And the SPLC does not accept government grants.
Mike Bloomberg speaks at the Global Renewables Summit in September 2024. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies

Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists rebounded to $16B in 2024 − Mike Bloomberg; Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin; and Michael and Susan Dell lead the list of biggest givers

Three philanthropy scholars size up the latest data on gifts from the country’s biggest philanthropists.
Members of the Leonor Cuadras cooperative sort nursery-grown oysters in La Reforma, Mexico, in December 2023. Jonathan Röders

Why donors should ask local communities what matters to them while deciding what success looks like

What’s missing in most donor evaluations is a participatory approach to measurement and evaluation that asks local communities what matters to them and then adapts evaluation frameworks accordingly.
Steve Bannon, second from right, was indicted and charged on Sept. 8, 2022, with alleged money laundering, fraud and conspiracy for deceiving donors and misusing their funds for a charity. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Donor beware: Pause before you give to any cause

While the overwhelming majority of charities are legitimate, looking into a charity before supporting it can help you avoid supporting scams and make better-informed decisions.
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of the national Feeding America anti-hunger network, meets with Jay Worrall, president of a Pennsylvania food bank. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

What the 100 nonprofits that raised the most money in 2020 indicate about charity today

The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest ranking indicates that the coronavirus and heightened awareness about racism made a difference, but not necessarily a lasting one.

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