Stanton Foundation Gives $45 Million to Create Nuclear-Policy Center at MIT
Plus, the Bezos Earth Fund granted $30 million to establish its third Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, and the Hamon Charitable Foundation gave $25 million for a new pediatric hospital in Dallas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit Employees Often Can’t Afford Basics, New Report Finds
More than one in five nonprofit workers in the United States is struggling to make ends meet, even as many dedicate their careers to helping others facing financial hardship, according to a new report released Tuesday.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
More Funders Are Handing Off Grant-Making Duties to Intermediaries. Is It a Good Idea?
A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds that nonprofits are not as enamored with intermediaries as consultancies and foundations.
By Stephanie Beasley
Senior Writer and Fellowship Director
Nonprofit Boosts Health Care in Rural Burundi
Infant mortality has dropped by 50 percent in the past 10 years, and malnutrition is a fraction of the national rate.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Native American Group Gives to Individuals to Build Community Wealth
The NDN Collective is giving out $25,000 and $50,000 awards, thanks to a $50 million foundation grant.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
National Grant Makers Bet This Rural Education Program Can Scale
The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Rural America Is Struggling. Where’s Philanthropy?
New donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or a strategy.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
The A.I. That’s Already Raising Money
A new start-up is testing autonomous fundraisers that will interact directly with donors. Some tech experts have questions.
By Rasheeda Childress
Senior Editor, Fundraising
Nonprofit Seeks to Make Culinary Careers More Accessible
The Food Education Fund provides hands-on experiences and mentoring for low-income students of color at 10 New York high schools.
By James Pollard
Philanthropy Reporter, Associated Press
Waverley Street Foundation Taps First Head of U.S. Programs
Also, the Associated Press Foundation for Journalism has named its inaugural executive director, and Georgetown U.’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership will install a new director in January.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions