Nonprofits

Gates Foundation: Global health cuts put millions of children at risk

Deaths of children are rising for the first time this century

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B for global women's health

It's the foundation's largest-ever investment in women's health research and development

Refugee-turned-rescuer: How women escape the Taliban

Friba Rezayee runs a nonprofit to help women fleeing the Taliban

Women will pay the price for SNAP cuts

Impact 100 Seattle brings women together for local change

The collective giving organization is helping drive the evolution of philanthropic giving.

$9.7M worth of USAID contraceptives are going up in smoke

The birth control products were originally intended to reach women and girls in low- and middle-income countries.

DEI 'is about creating opportunity for all of us'

Alesha Washington discusses how nonprofit leaders are responding to political divisions.

'This isn't really a time to back away from supporting nonprofits,' Seattle Foundation president says

Nonprofit leaders face an increasingly polarized political climate and staffing challenges, according to a new report.

Modern philanthropy is focused on sustainability

Modern philanthropy is evolving to meet the dynamic, complex needs of today’s world.

'Crisis of grievance' erodes trust in government, business, media, NGOs

The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer found 61% of people have a moderate or high sense of grievance — a belief that government and business make their lives harder and serve narrow interests.

Opinion: Immigrants are not at the periphery — they are the foundation of our society

This is a moment of crisis as immigrant rights are being dismantled.

Arts add $1.2 trillion to U.S. economy, even as cuts slice deep

The arts and cultural sector employs 5.2 million people and continues to grow

Nearly 200 groups aiding women in crisis zones could close within months

Foreign aid cuts are being felt across the humanitarian aid sector, but organizations supporting marginalized groups face the most severe impacts.

Want to end the malaria crisis? Start with women and girls

Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to health complications from malaria infections, but access to preventive care isn’t equal.

GOP wants to defund NPR, PBS

Member stations, especially those in rural areas, would be hit the hardest.

Why raising menopause awareness is 'a smart business decision'

Menopause symptoms cost billions of dollars in lost productivity and health expenses every year, but few employers offer benefits or accommodations.

Exec order seeks to roll back student loan forgiveness for nonprofits workers

About 69% of nonprofit employees in the U.S. are women

Afghan women ‘risk their lives to tell their stories’ amid media crackdown

The Taliban implemented new strategies to control the media after seizing control of the country in 2021, including oppressive restrictions on women working in the industry.

Convent of nuns brings mercy, compassion to women on death row

The nuns work with many women who never had a chance

'Strongly worded statements' won't do anything to save women from Taliban

Women who have escaped the repressive regime call on the rest of the world to hold the Taliban to account

How one young woman escaped the Taliban in pursuit of education

She found her way to Canada on her own and wants to see more pressure on Afghan leaders

Men flock to nursing careers for stability, higher salaries

The number of male nurses has tripled since 2000

Drug overdoses declined over last year

The fentanyl supply is getting less lethal as it gets mixed with other drugs

How the Supreme Court ruling on homelessness will change downtowns

Ruling allows cities to remove homeless encampments as humanitarian crisis grows

New York sees jump in homeless students

One out of every eight kids in New York City schools is unhoused