Grant Williams is a senior editor at The Chronicle of Philanthropy, where he has worked for 15 years. He has covered Congress, the courts, the IRS, and politics, and has also focused on investigative reporting. He was previously employed by The Tulsa Tribune, where he served as Washington correspondent, a state capitol correspondent, and a special projects reporter (winning the Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives Sweepstakes award for best story of the year for a series on abuses by nonprofit organizations). He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma, a master's degree in political science from the University of Minnesota, and a master's degree in communications from American University.