September 4, 2025
In January, I published a pledge describing how I hoped Democracy Fund would approach the emergency facing our democracy. That pledge hangs above my desk.…
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Authoritarian Attacks on Philanthropy are Coming. Here’s How We Can Stand Strong for Our Grantee Partners.
April 10, 2025
These are scary times — by design. Authoritarians are using a deliberate strategy meant to instill fear, suppress dissent, and fracture civil society. We know…
March 27, 2025
Will philanthropy rise to the occasion? It’s a question many are asking just a few months into this new era in which Americans are seeing…
January 17, 2025
Inside Philanthropy’s choice to recognize the success of last year’s All by April campaign by naming me “Foundation Leader of the Year” was a surprising…
November 7, 2024
As a leader of a foundation committed to a more inclusive multiracial democracy, I want to acknowledge the pain, fear, and exhaustion that so many…