Marc Gunther

Journalist & Speaker 

Bethesda, Maryland

Marc Gunther is a veteran journalist who writes about about foundations, nonprofits and global development on his blog, Nonprofit Chronicles, and for such publications as The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The New York Times, National Geographic and Medium.Marc was editor at large of Guardian Sustainable Business US from 2012 through 2015. He was a senior writer at FORTUNE magazine from 1996 through 2008. Before joining FORTUNE, Marc worked for more than 20 years for newspapers including The Paterson (N.J.) News, The Hartford Courant, The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press.

Marc is the author or co-author of four books, including Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business (Crown 2004). His latest book, Suck It Up: How capturing carbon from the air can help solve the climate crisis, was published in 2012 as an Amazon Kindle Single.

In 2015, Marc turned his attention as a reporter to foundations, nonprofits and global poverty. His particular interest is in reporting on the effectiveness of nonprofits. His hope is that more resources will flow to those organizations that can demonstrate their impact.

Marc has a B.A. from Yale. He lives in Bethesda, MD with his wife Karen Schneider, a communications consultant.