ICYMI an excellent Inside Philanthropy piece about the @NewAmericanEcon and American Immigration Council merger by Michael Kavate: "In this case, the decision to combine forces was sparked by the potential for greater impact, as well as the organizations’ similarities and complementary programs."

Hard to comprehend the scale of the flood disaster in Pakistan, the 5th most populated nation in the world. Nearly 1400 dead, 1 million houses damaged or destroyed, and 50,000,000 people displaced. 1/3 of the country is underwater.

READING | Eight Questions for Jonathan Pershing, Climate Diplomat and Hewlett Program Director Michael Kavate interviews climate diplomat Jonathan Pershing for Inside Philanthropy: insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/8/25…

Good @sammy_roth interview with Jared Blumenfeld, the head of Laurene Powell Jobs's new climate philanthropy. latimes.com/environment/ne…

Sad news. Barbara Ehrenreich, my one and only mother, died on September 1, a few days after her 81st birthday. She was, she made clear, ready to go. She was never much for thoughts and prayers, but you can honor her memory by loving one another, and by fighting like hell.

I found it super fascinating to track down the foundations started by the late hedge fund billionaire Julian Robertson's "Tiger Cubs" and his lasting influence on Wall Street philanthropy. insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/9/16…

🌎🔥 Today I asked World Bank president @DavidMalpassWBG if he believed in the scientific consensus that the man made burning of fossil fuels is rapidly and dangerously warming the planet. “I’m not a scientist,” he said. Here’s a thread about the remarkable exchange. 🧵 1/

What issues and interests are driving funding for conservation, agriculture and reducing pollution? We love to see collaboration listed in the 10 themes that are on the minds of green funders, based on reporting from @MichaelKavate: bit.ly/3REJpAD

New climate funder alert: Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, and his wife, Connie, made their first-ever climate grants this week. Could billions be on the way? insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/10/2…

Thanks to Inside Philanthropy and Michael Kavate for showcasing our newest grantees in climate.

All those billionaires (ie Bezos Earth Fund & co) who are pledging millions (and sometimes more) to climate? They're starting to show up in the numbers from ClimateWorks Foundation. insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/10/3…

Telling. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11…

“We need to make sure that foundations understand that, yes, it’s great that you’re diversifying, but you also need to make sure that you’re diversifying at all levels,” - Andres Jimenez at @DiverseGreen via Inside Philanthropy by Michael Kavate bit.ly/3UTlSg6

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

...Foundations gave CJA just under $8million in 2022. Compare that, for example, to the EDF, which received $40.8million from institutional philanthropy that same year. We’ll see if that disparity persists." - @MichaelKavate, Inside Philanthropy climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/upl…

This @InsidePhilanthropy series by Michael Kavate will be interesting to follow. Staff at big funders often can't afford to make small grants. Regrantors also add field expertise through their Advisory Councils and Boards and are an important buffer between strategic change in

Credit where credit is due! This heatwave is only possible thanks to carbon pollution, and no one is producing more of it in the US than ExxonMobil. #Sponsored #Ad

I just published The common causes behind the Top 10 Challenges of Small Foundations - thank you Exponent Philanthropy link.medium.com/bwuTX4XfcBb #philanthropy #fundraising #nonprofits

“Foundation assets could soon reach double the value of the combined endowments of the top 700 richest U.S. universities,” Inside Philanthropy’s Michael Kavate reports, on basis of new FoundationMark data … insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/1/29…

The Giving Review co-editor Michael E. Hartmann compares higher-ed and foundation endowments with at least $10 billion in assets under management, thegivingreview.com/comparing-high…, relying on numbers from FoundationMark, NACUBO, and @JDVance1’s office and reporting from Inside Philanthropy’s