Inside the Foundation Payout Debate: How Crisis and Opportunity Are Forcing Change

By Michael Kavate
Originally published in Inside Philanthropy on June 19th, 2020.


Five of the nation’s largest and most storied foundations are expanding their combined grantmaking by nearly $1.7 billion. A growing wave of smaller foundations have doubled their giving or more. One group is pushing a legislative effort to force foundations to spend more. And more grantmakers are questioning the assumptions that shape how they decide their giving rates in the first place. …


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