Corporate Cash Giving Rises 5%, Exclusive Chronicle Survey Shows
Total giving, including products, grew 8 percent, driven mainly by overseas donations of drugs by large pharmaceutical companies.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips and Megan O’Neil
Drug Makers Give Billions to Fight Neglected Diseases Globally
Global-development nonprofits are racking up victories in the fight against diseases like trachoma. None of it would be possible without billions in donations from big pharmaceutical companies.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
See the data along with analysis and strategies to help charities benefit from companies that increasingly want to be seen as leaders on a wide spectrum of social and environmental issues.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Corporate and Charity Leaders Exchange Advice
Nonprofits and companies have much to gain from getting to know each other better. The Chronicle asked leaders experienced in corporate-nonprofit partnerships for advice on how best to support each other.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
How a Phone Call — and Smart Data Tracking — Led to a $100 Million Windfall
The nonprofit was ready and able to move fast when a corporate donor called out of the blue and started asking if it could put a large sum of money to good use.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Facebook’s New Birthday Fundraising Tool Helped Nonprofits Raise $300 Million in a Year
The social-media giant has made it easy for people to seek donations to their favorite causes to mark their birthdays, and groups small and large are benefiting.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Tex. Nonprofit Sues Stanford U. Over Trademark ‘Philanthropy Lab’
Two groups focused on promoting innovation in charity fundraising and philanthropy education have gone to court over overlapping names.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
When Salaries Are Bigger Than Grants
Our look at 20,000 foundations identified 49 at which the compensation paid to staff and board members accounted for more than half of the foundations’ charitable grant making.
By Peter Olsen-Phillips and Megan O’Neil
Schwab Charitable Donor-Advised Fund Contributions Reach $3.3 Billion
The strong stock market, tax-law changes, and a desire to provide disaster relief were major factors in the 9 percent increase, the financial giant said.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Facebook Efforts to Thwart Fake News Trip Up Some Nonprofits
A program that brings New Orleans music to Buffalo, N.Y., is among the nonprofits that have been caught up in the social-media giant’s response to the misuse of its platform in the 2016 elections.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor