Questions to Ask When Hiring Fundraisers
Veteran fundraisers offer tips on how to handle interviews with prospective gift officers.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How Can Philanthropy Help the Working Class?
With urban-rural tensions rising, regional spinoffs of Minneapolis’s McKnight Foundation offer a model for partnership between the big city and small towns.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Higher Education’s Megagift Boom Hits New High, Survey Shows
Big gifts to higher education last year topped $6 billion for the first time, continuing a postrecession surge in eight- and nine-figure donations as giving from smaller contributors is declining.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Fundraisers at William & Mary believe an old-fashioned technique will help them round up young donors and meet an ambitious goal.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Where Should Trump Donate His Salary? Disease Charities Get the Big Win
Disease-research organizations, veterans groups, and a few White House antagonists such as the ACLU and Planned Parenthood top a Chronicle survey asking which nonprofit should get the president’s $400,000.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How to Find and Learn About Donors Abroad
A University of Chicago international prospect researcher shares tips and valuable open-source tools.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
America’s Biggest Donors Give Unusually Large Share of Gifts to Colleges
Nearly half of giving by the country’s biggest donors went to higher education, with $1 of every $5 benefiting elite universities with multibillion-dollar endowments.
By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay
Philanthropy 50: Nike Mogul Tops Chart While Tech Giants Flex Charity Muscle
The Nike co-founder and veteran philanthropist headlines our annual ranking, while self-made women and tech moguls herald change in the giving ranks.
By Maria Di Mento and Drew Lindsay
Robert Smith, Carnegie Hall’s first African-American board chair, is making a splash with his giving.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Beware the Bearer of Big Gifts
Praise for megadonors like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and David Rubenstein is now tinged with questions about whether their good works are really good for society.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects