PND spoke with Brunner, founding director of the Media Democracy Fund and an advisor to the Quixote Foundation, about the role of philanthropy in the ongoing debates over freedom of expression, data privacy, and the impact of social media on civic discourse....

PND asked Shifman, executive director of the New York City-based NoVo Foundation, about the foundation's recently announced $90 million commitment to strengthen and deepen the movement for girls and young women of color in the United States....

Philanthropy News Digest spoke recently with Katherine Lorenz about the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation's ongoing strategic planning process and its ambitions going forward....

PND spoke with Millett about the impact of HIV/AIDS on the African-American community and ongoing efforts to address it....

PND spoke with Garduque about the genesis of the MacArthur Foundation's juvenile justice work and the prospects for further reform as MacArthur exits the field....

PND spoke with the president of the oldest public affairs forum in the U.S. about what North Korea's recent announcement of a nuclear test means for the current sanctions regime and further nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula....

PND asked New York Life Foundation president Heather Nesle about the foundation's grantmaking in the childhood bereavement area, its accomplishments to date, and its hopes for the future....

Foundation Center's Nancy Albilal spoke with Ward S. Caswell, president of the Beveridge Family Foundation about the foundation's grantmaking to nonprofits working to create a more vibrant economy and opportunity for residents of western Massachusetts.... 

PND spoke with Rodin about the foundation's role in the post-Katrina recovery process and what it has learned about urban resilience in the twenty-first century....

PND's Matt Sinclair spoke with the president and CEO of YMCA of the USA about the organization's Hop the Gap campaign and the ways in which the Y has changed its approach to donor cultivation and partnerships....

PND asked Robert G. Ottenhoff, president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, how the philanthropic response to major disasters has evolved over the last decade....

PND asked the Case Foundation co-founder and CEO about some of the findings and implications of the 2015 Millennial Impact Report: Cause, Influence & the Next Generation Workforce....

PND's Mitch Nauffts spoke with Timms about a new report that provides an in-depth look at #GivingTuesday fundraising trends since 2012....

PND spoke with De Luca about a new foundation initiative aimed at convincing donors to make more timely allocations from their donor-advised funds....

PND asked Michael Sovern, board president of the Shubert Foundation, about the role of philanthropy — and general operating support, specifically — in sustaining performing arts organizations....

PND's Matt Sinclair spoke with Shapiro about the role of a foundation president, challenges in changing institutional culture, and the impact of digital technology on higher education....

PND asked the noted environmental activist about the impact of the fossil fuel divestment movement, the role of philanthropy in the fight against climate change, and the prospect of something meaningful coming out of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris....