Ben Gose
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Pledge 1% got start-ups to give $3 billion. Can it win over AI companies? (opens the original)
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The movement has signed up 20,000 companies and pioneered a playbook for pre-IPO giving. Its next chapter may be harder. September 29, 2026 | Read Time: 12 minutes The software company Okta has been giving to charity since shortly after its 2017 initial public offering. A chart on its website shows a steady upward progression at the Okta for Good Fund, with grant making growing from $3.8 million in fiscal 2022 to $8.4 million in 2026. Get the commitment in place before the money shows up. Pledge
Watch ComNet Keynotes on Community and Storytelling (opens the original)
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The Chronicle is livestreaming keynote sessions from ComNet26, the Communications Network annual gathering, in San Diego. September 14, 2026 | Read Time: 1 minute Leaders in nonprofit and foundation communications, as well as journalists, academics, and researchers, are sharing ideas, insights, and inspiration at ComNet26, The Communications Network’s annual conference September 30 to October 2 in San Diego. ComNet26 attendees will learn about emerging ideas, innovations, and winning strategies
The nonprofit AI gap: Bosses are bullish, staffs are wary (opens the original)
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A new NTEN and Bridgespan survey of more than 900 nonprofit workers finds executives far likelier to see untapped promise in AI. September 11, 2026 | Read Time: 3 minutes Nonprofit executives are far more optimistic about their use of artificial intelligence than are frontline staff members, according to a new report. More than 60 percent of executives view AI as a way to reduce staff burdens and increase efficiency, compared with fewer than half of staff members. However, the report also finds
As psychedelics near FDA approval, donors rush to fund the next frontier (opens the original)
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Individuals and some foundations are pouring millions into research, veteran access, advocacy, and health-system readiness. September 3, 2026 | Read Time: 13 minutes Charmaine McGill’s family has distributed more than $100 million from the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation over 70 years, but nothing has been as meaningful for her as its latest focus: research into how psychedelics can treat mental health conditions such as depression, PTSD, and addiction. Philanthropic opportunities are expandin
Why a Foundation Quadrupled Its Grant Making (opens the original)
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Carmen Rojas, CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, on fiduciary duty. Carmen Rojas is president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, which quadrupled its grant making in 2025 to $130 million and pledged to give another $500 million over the next decade. Rojas told the Chronicle about why her foundation is giving more. What inspired such a huge increase in grant making? In 2025, we increased our payout to nearly 13 percent. Our endowment outperformed the benchmark, and we made back the
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