Foundations that fund organizations focused on free speech and bridging ideological divides must ask themselves which ideas are worth defending.

Clear answers will require investments in solutions-focused research — and an easily accessible evidence base.

Visiting the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice helped grantees better understand America’s history of racial injustice while promoting empathy and awareness.

Because of federal regulations that go into effect July 1, organizations are likely to boost some employees’ salaries and pay others overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week.

“These days, it seems so easy to hear opinions of what people are against,” wrote CEO Scott Harrison. “But there’s also something powerful about being for something good.”

You shouldn’t assume trustees know how to raise money simply because they joined your board, experts say. Here are nine ways to build a board that prioritizes fundraising — and help them succeed.

Her $1 billion commitment, announced Tuesday, and the momentum generated if others join her, could break through that ceiling.

Leah Garcés ran hard-hitting animal-rights campaigns. Craig Watts raised 700,000 chickens on a factory farm. Their partnership can be celebrated, but collaboration has its limits.

Also, the Nationwide Foundation commits $100 million to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and the ArtsFund and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation jointly give $10 million in unrestricted grants to 811 arts organizations in Washington state.

The humanitarian nonprofit started by providing food, toiletries, mattresses to people in shelters, then helped them move into apartments.

The report by the Center for Effective Philanthropy also finds that charities are struggling to hire new employees.

Plus, five other wealthy U.S. donors and a couple from Switzerland and New Zealand also signed the pledge to give away at least half of their wealth to charity.