Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Commits $50 Million for Social Justice

Plus, a note about our standards after we erred, and the wealthiest should take a cue from small foundations (opinion) [Philanthropy Today] Are you working remotely? Many organizations provide access to premium Chronicle content in the office. If your group is one of them, you can maintain that access when you’re at home. Read this helpful [FAQ]( to see how. Your account is easy to set up and will provide you access wherever you are. We Erred. A Note About Our Standards Dear Readers, In the wake of criticism of a recent interview with Mark Krikorian, we have been reviewing in recent days our relationship with the Business of Giving podcast, which we have featured on our website for several years. Denver Frederick created the podcast because he wanted to give nonprofits more opportunities to share their ideas with the public, a goal we share. However, this recent interview lacked the type of journalistic rigor we value, and we erred in not reviewing it more carefully before posting. As a result, we have decided to sever our ties with Frederick and will no longer post these interviews. We do think his other interviews have added value to the nonprofit conversation, and we want to be clear that we are committed to sharing a broad range of diverse ideas on our site. To that end, in recent months we added to our editing ranks so we could reach out to more different and varied voices for our opinion section, which is a place for robust and unfettered debate and viewpoints about the important issues the nonprofit world faces. Strong editing, which ensures that we are presenting opinion based on solid facts, allows us to better meet our goal of promoting the sharing of a wide range of ideas in the nonprofit world. We appreciate your continued feedback as we seek to help everyone at nonprofits and foundations carry out essential missions. — [Stacy Palmer,](mailto:Stacy.Palmer@philanthropy.com) Editor Top News and Opinion Grants Roundup [Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Commits $50 Million for Social Justice]( [Image]( LISA O'CONNOR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES By M.J. Prest Also, the Koret Foundation has granted $10 million to continue scholarships for underrepresented college students in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is giving $1 million to neighborhood-revitalization projects in Flint, Mich. ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( Opinion [In the Pandemic, the Wealthiest Should Take a Cue From Small Foundations]( By Henry Berman Grant makers with $100 million or less in assets are giving on average 8 percent every year. If more billionaires did that or, better yet, followed through on the Giving Pledge and gave 50 percent of their wealth now, it would make a huge difference in solving the problems cause by the pandemic, climate change, and the struggle for racial justice. Opinion [During This Time of Deep Need, How Nonprofits Provide Service Is as Important as the Service Itself]( Doniece Sandoval Offering a high level of personalized care and treating those we serve with respect and dignity is fundamental to helping people tap into their ability to persevere and build resilience, says the founder of a nonprofit serving the homeless. Paid for and Created by GolfStatus [A New Age for Golf Fundraisers]( Providing an opportunity to steward existing donors while also tapping into their influential networks, GolfStatus offers best practices for implementing golf fundraisers, providing golf event management technology to modify and adapt outings based on the unique needs of the players and sponsors. 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