Some personal news: This week I began a new role @Philanthropy. I'll contribute to our results coverage, holding philanthropy accountable for its work and promises on a range of causes. Send me pitches & tips at eden.stiffman@philanthropy.com!

Hundreds of nonprofits promote conversation as the means to heal divides. The evidence, however, is mixed. Our story for #TheCommons features @StoryCorps spinoff @OneSmallStepSC. #NWOC #DisagreeBetter https://t.co/qlpYwoGLvs

Excellent reporting by @EdenStiffman in @Philanthropy on the mixed blessing of Big Philanthropy's entry into the world of environmental politics. The Nonprofit at the Heart of a Collision of Science, Politics, Business, and Big Philanthropy

"There’s a greater separation between philanthropy and the environmental and social agenda than there used to be."

Why is @RajShah of the @RockefellerFnd paid $1.7m per year, more than his peers in big #philanthropy? My new story for @Philanthropy https://t.co/HG88pEuRnA

A great piece by @DrewLindsayCOP today in @Philanthropy on donor-advised funds as "the bullet trains of philanthropy." The story highlights our research showing that #DAF sponsors now are 7 of the top 10 charities in the U.S. 😮 https://t.co/sc7X0SSR3T

#Nonprofit watchdog groups, journalists, scholars, and transparency advocates have spent years pushing for better access to the treasure trove of information captured in the IRS Form 990. This project could be a leap forward, experts say.

"Our political system alone is not going to address climate change in time. We need the courts involved in this issue,” @youthvgov's founder Julia Olson told me. Here's more about Our Children's Trust:

@ArshtRock @ClimateWorks @BarrFdn @kresgefdn @_SmartSurfaces @ResilientJane

What can #philanthropy do to address extreme heat? I wrote about some of the climate adaptation and mitigation efforts getting attention from grant makers, as well as a new job category: chief heat officer.

1/ NEW: Follow me on a @ProPublica investigation inside the exclusive, tax-deductible world of private nonprofits run by the ultrawealthy https://t.co/VlimYYzA9V

Why Fast Grants and other new science-advancement projects that speed funding to researchers are gathering support. @philanthropy's @EdenStiffman has the details #philanthropy https://t.co/ecZr4lUorn

We may be in a golden age for biomedical breakthroughs, but tech billionaires want to see progress faster. I wrote about a few of the donors giving boatloads of $$ to try to speed up discovery — and shake up how science research is funded. https://t.co/m7pWsJ9S3X #philanthropy

Gates is working to get more women into positions where they can set policies — for the country, workplace, and community. “We know that when women are in those positions, you start to see different decisions being made, says the program's lead.

"My worry is this sense of complacency and people thinking, Oh, abortion funds got it," says the director of the National Network of Abortion Funds.

Here’s the link to my 2017 profile of Patty Stonesifer:

New: A non-profit health system brings in $4 billion each year. It denies care to patients with too much medical debt. The policy means that poor patients and kids, some just 3 years old, are turned away because of outstanding bills. With @jbsgreenberg: https://t.co/NBRcHY8XGl

The IRS just released two years of long-awaited nonprofit tax filings and this is what we found: $2.5B in grants going from national DAFs to other national DAFs in 2021 alone. This shouldn't count as charity. 🧵 @IPS_DC @inequalityorg @IRSnews #DAFs

Nonprofits Fire Safe Sonoma and Habitat for Humanity forged a rare partnership to retrofit the homes of older lower-income Sonoma residents so they could age more safely in place in the county, where 20% of residents are over the age of 65. @KateRaphael_ https://t.co/IhZx4TRV7S

Fascinating new book: "The history of U.S. philanthropy in the past five decades has largely been a history of tax-exempt entities. But this is changing, and our most elite donors are increasingly practicing philanthropy outside the tax-exempt sphere."

"some providers came to feel that Planned Parenthood operated less like a mission-driven nonprofit than like an aggressive franchiser indifferent to the fate of smaller operations."